COMMENT
Canadian banks.

Banks in general are entering a normal level. Concerns about high interest rates and defaults are mostly in the past. Banks are good to hold here if you want some dividend-paying stocks. 

A good strategy would be to hold an ETF with equal-weight banks, such as the ZEB.

BUY

Banks in general are entering a normal level. Concerns about high interest rates and defaults are mostly in the past. Banks are good to hold here if you want some dividend-paying stocks. This one has a good strategy, holding the banks in equal weight.

HOLD
Recently retired investor has 14% of portfolio in this name, looking to trim.

Make sure it stays above $86. A range of $5 is not going to break the bank ;)  But $86 is where you might want to start trimming and looking at some of the underperforming banks such as TD. He can't imagine TD will stay in its current situation forever. This strategy will also add to your diversification. But be cautious selling, because it's on a nice upswing.

This type of stock is not going to drop from $91 to $50 on a single announcement, it's a lot more predictable than that.

HOLD

Banks in general are entering a normal level. Concerns about high interest rates and defaults are mostly in the past. Banks are good to hold here if you want some dividend-paying stocks. Can't imagine this one will be stuck in the penalty box forever.

HOLD
Trim a 14% position?

Well, that's about his position in this name, which he's been holding since ~$300. Now approaching $1000. He trims, but in a minor way. You'd want to wait for a position to top off.

PARTIAL BUY

His favourite technical indicator is probably volume-weighted average price, looking at a 3-4 year range. Helps to identify where a lot of people were buying. You can use that as a support level, and sometimes as resistance.

Going back to 2016, he can see that the most average price of this stock is $160, mostly because of where it traded from 2020-2022. On a shorter timeframe, it's done a lot of trading around the $165 level. Right now, he likes to keep it simple and just look at trends. Stock's done well, taken a pause, but broken above so we have new support right where we are right now ~$198.

Good stock to take a position in.

BUY

Downward trend since 2021 from $95 to $55. Seeing nice head-and-shoulders reversal, with the "head" in October 2023. Nice consolidation around the shoulders, breakout to where we are now at $78-79. Everything looks really good right now. Conservative, don't have to worry about too much.

Potential to reach $90, playing catchup to some of the others.

(Analysts’ price target is $77.10)
RISKY

Has done very well lately; not normal for a dividend-payer to march up like this. He's holding right now, but waiting to sell it off. Have to be very cautious if you buy, could lose 10-15% very quickly. Somewhat predictable. The 5-10 year chart has lots of volatility, but not like a tech stock. All-time, record highs; not a bad holding.

DON'T BUY

Technically, looks great. Chart shows a huge consolidation zone and then a breakout. If it were a stock, he'd say to go for it. But there's no value associated with the price. The whole idea has a host of issues. Go back to 2018 and look at the chart. So you can roll the dice and buy it, but don't blame him if you lose money ;)

DON'T BUY

Looks like a rollercoaster at the end of the ride. Don't touch this right now. Looks to be making a recovery today, and there might be a quick pop to $82. The drop from June is significant. Usually if you see a bottom and big volumes, there's a big turnover and lots are interested in buying it. But he doesn't see those big volumes.

In a downtrend. Prices reflect value, despite what you might read.

TOP PICK

Lots of pipelines, mostly US assets. Gives you diversification into US markets. Could be $40-50 a year from now. Pretty safe. Will probably hold above $34-35 over the next year. Good quality dividend yield of 7.5%.

(Analysts’ price target is $33.99)
TOP PICK

A pick for growth. Good take up right now from a very recent $160 due to a good and surprising earnings report. It's going to be volatile, so make it only a 3-4% position. You'd want to get out around $240. No dividend.

(Analysts’ price target is $259.92)
TOP PICK

Not the superhero, but shoes. Very good chart, mostly due to pop in recent earnings. A name that no one ever talks about. This pick is meant to add a bit of diversification. Yield is 1.7%.

RISKY
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DWS is a small company that produces and distributes wine; the company’s market cap is only $14M and it is extremely illiquid. Revenue in the last five years has been quite volatile, but overall revenue on a trailing twelve-month basis is basically flat compared to five years ago. DWS is unprofitable and burning cash. Overall, we see it as a high-risk name with low liquidity, uncertain growth and profitability prospects. We think investors are better off deploying capital somewhere else.
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TVK is a unique serial acquirer of energy assets that possesses a solid track record of growing nicely over the years. In the last five years, TVK managed to grow its topline and EBITDA by approximately 23% and 27%, respectively. Since going public in 2013, TVK has managed to compound capital at 42% per year, even more impressively than CSU during that period. 

TVK is trading at 15.0x EV/EBITDA, a premium valuation relative to its own historical averages of around 8.4x. The company is not as cheap as it used to be, but that being said, we think TVK is still a solid compounder and it is not too late to own the name. However investors need to set realistic expectations as the prospective returns in the near term may not be as attractive as in the past.
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