PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 29/23, Down 43%)

He sold it in April and now owns Costco in this space. It is trying to turn things around and get efficiencies up. It plunged after an announcement in late August.

BUY

He doesn't know where the self-driving car technology is going but there is an expectation that driver-less cars will not be in common use for 5 years or more. However the service is here to stay so a pullback is a buying opportunity.

COMMENT

He hasn't owned it in its recent journey. He has witnessed the burning of so many great Canadian tech companies and this has been an issue with him. He prefers U.S. counterparts in technology. SHOP could be the exception though. He likes the retail and online shopping space.

COMMENT

The question was on the telcos. Bell has some challenges but has the best commercials. The protectionism for telcos may make the big three vulnerable. All big three Canadian telcos are down by at least 18%. He owns no Canadian telecommunications companies.

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It is one non-bank financial company that keeps on going and going. Insurance companies actually do better when longer term interest rates go up and are one of the better investments when this happens. He owns it in the value momentum strategy fund and it has the potential to expand internationally.

SELL

He feels sports gambling is awful. We should see losses in these gambling companies because of the lack of duty of care. There will be fewer gambling companies ahead since it is a saturated industry.

Unspecified

It makes most of its money on the cloud which is the biggest growing, and highest margin part of the business. The delivery part is OK and data from that will do well in using AI to monetize it.

WAIT

Farming has not been great for investments so profits from fertilizer businesses are down. However the cycle could change. Don't buy today except if you want the dividend - wait for the turn which should allow it to run for a while.

BUY

Canadian energy is still very good and should continue to be very good. There could be greater economic integration between Canada and the U.S.

TOP PICK

He owns it in the dividend strategy fund since it has the ability to increase its dividend. There is lots of power consolidation. It can monetize AI which should be a quicker process than the Internet was in general. It has new services and is able to be on the cutting edge.     Buy 68  Hold 9  Sell 3

(Analysts’ price target is $661.28)
TOP PICK

It is a builder of energy plants. The U.S. still uses lots of coal but is just on the beginning of a transition to natural gas which is a better solution than coal, although not at the point of green energy.       Buy 0  Hold 2  Sell 0

(Analysts’ price target is $150.00)
TOP PICK

International investors want to get into buying U.S. stocks. After two years of good markets he thinks the total addressable market is 20 to 30 times the number of clients that Interactive Brokers have. They are a powerhouse in this industry.     Buy 9  Hold 1  Sell 1

(Analysts’ price target is $197.09)