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We've seen strength in materials pretty much throughout the year. Financials have been fairly strong. Those have been two of the dominant sectors in Canada.

Looking at the US, technology has been a very strong sector. Now seeing a rotation. Healthcare, which didn't really perform at the beginning of the year, is now starting to in the back half of the year.

This indicator looks at long-term momentum, and it often gives a "deterioration" signal well ahead of what we actually see with prices (and even as markets go higher). It's been positive coming out of everything that happened with the tariffs in April. 

Right now, not seeing any deterioration in that at all. Even with the pullback in November, the indicator remained positive the whole time.

He also looks at short- and medium-term indicators. In November, the short-term reading turned negative across a number of different indices. It's since repaired itself. As with the long-term signal, the medium-term outlook remained positive all the way through that.

All this showed that it was a standard run-of-the-mill correction of 5-7% that you can expect to see every 3-4 months. That's exactly what we saw. Things recovered, and we're heading higher into year end.

A tough call. His team looks at the indicators they have right now, which are telling them that everything is positive. 

When they look at some of the economic data and the economic rate-of-change data, it looks as though we have visibility into a strong first 6 months of the year. With the move that the Federal Reserve has made in the US by continuing to lower interest rates, as well as integrating some QE and some activity with the balance sheet, things should continue to be positive.

In Canada, the infrastructure push will certainly help. What we really need to see is a control on inflation. The consumer continues to struggle. The affordability from everything from housing to fast food is off the charts. Inflation needs to come in line. We need to see incomes catching up to the inflation we've seen over the last 5 years.

Brand-new commodity exchange and clearinghouse. For example, natural gas, wind power and gold. Starting to see strong adoption in both volumes and new clients. Revolutionary technology will shorten settlement execution time.

Stock pulled back recently. Only reason he can identify is that a large shareholder reduced position size (but still owns a lot).

Buys orphaned assets from big producers. Issued convertible debentures to fund latest purchase, and will use funds to enhance assets. CEO has street credentials to execute his plans. Stock tends to move sideways for a while and then jump up.

Price has struggled. Company recently announced a pause on dividend growth. Business not really growing, but it kept increasing dividend. 

If you bought this for the dividend, you should feel slightly more comfortable that the dividend is now sustainable. Company wants to get back to a place where it earns its dividend, and that's really what you want. Watch to make sure the payout ratio keeps coming down so that eventually it's earning more than the dividend. Stock price may move in anticipation of that. Now seeing some rotation and stock consolidating as some investors see an opportunity to get in, while others have just had enough and get out.

His firm likes to see confirmation from price momentum, so this isn't one he'd own.

Tends to be very cyclical, usually doing well counter to how the economy's doing. Probably 10-12% compounded return since its IPO 20 years ago. OK if you can either stomach the volatility or trade it. Acquisitions always integrated successfully.

Sort of a "Shopify" model for doctors. Lets a doctor see the same patients, compared to a Teladoc model when you never know who you're going to get. Allows doctors to specialize. Built-in medical library helps with diagnoses. Now ramping up from Canada to US, revenues should increase, and eventually will be EBITDA-positive.

One of the better compounders in Canada, mainly through acquisitions. Has gone sideways recently. Over time, should continue its trend higher. Ranks middle of the pack right now. He likes to see revenue acceleration, and this one isn't in that camp right now.

(Note the short timeframe.)  Underwater is still a huge opportunity for defense. Really strong point is its battery technology that can withstand compression underwater.

(Note the short timeframe.)  Tower security is a growing area. Good job integrating AI via centralized monitoring. Manufacturing in US. Expanding geographically.