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The question was on his preference of this group of wealth management companies. He owns all three for different reasons. The possible lack of regulation under the new administration has already boosted them. They are in excellent financial shape and have good dividend growth. It is not an expensive sector.

The question was on his preference of this group of wealth management companies. He owns all three for different reasons. The possible lack of regulation under the new administration has already boosted them. They are in excellent financial shape and have good dividend growth. It is not an expensive sector.

The question was on his favourite property casualty insurer. He likes Allstate which has reduced its share count by 70% in the last 20 years.

Its Capex is exceeding its cash flow but there is no net debt and the dividend is secure. In general the cost of producing an ounce of gold is way up over the last 20 years. The strong U.S. dollar has put downward pressure on gold.

There are potential substantial tariffs on China under the new administration but he is not convinced they will carry through with them. Tariffs on China would not be good for Tesla because China would retaliate and a lot of Tesla's products are made there. Also every major car company has a slew of EV's so Tesla should trade closer to these companies, which are not great investments in themselves.

Ozempic is their major product and it has been on a wild ride. He is not a buyer of a company where the share price is inflated over one drug. Pipelines cannot be evaluated.

It makes equipment that is used by semi-conductor manufacturers. It is more cyclical than the semi-conductor sector, which outside of AI shifts is already facing a flat to downward cycle.

The question was on what stocks to buy and hold for an initial investment of $10 000 for a 23 year old. He would invest in a Canadian fund which would be diversified in a number of high quality businesses - don't try to buy three stocks.  You can balance things out over time. Do not hedge with a U.S. index or U.S. stocks. An example given was ZSP which is not hedged and trades in Canada.

At the present price its dividend yield is 10% and looks secure.The recent acquisition disappointed investors, including him, who were hoping for debt pay-down. He is hoping that the Board knows what they are doing.

House insurance always goes up and it is the best in its field with little competition. Trades at 11X earnings.

He is expecting some relief on the regulatory side with less competition. It has a solid dividend yield and lots of cash flow. The stock looks cheap but the earnings are flat-lining.

He sold recently on valuation. Banks in the U.S. and Canada are more attractive than the European ones where the situation is much tougher.

It has been up and down for a decade and its ten year chart shows a price not much higher than 10 years ago. He is not expecting much dividend growth. He prefers TC Energy which is more solid and more diversified.

He owns this as well as BCE. It is a rock solid core position with a good dividend return. It is reasonably strong but there is pressure on pricing mobile phones. He doesn't expect much growth in the next few years but there could be some with immigration.

It is in the medical devices and pharma spaces and has spun off the consumer care division. The overhang is the talcum powder litigation. He hopes it will be settled before too long and then investors can concentrate on the growth aspect of the stock. It has set aside 8 to 10 billion dollars for a settlement.