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Curated by Allan Tong since 2019.
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The asset management business saw fee-related earnings grow 20% over the past year in Q2, wealth solutions earnings increased 23%, while the company raised a staggering $77 billion. By last June, Brookfield was sitting on $210 billion of cash that it could spend on buying or expanding companies, something that BN is renowned for. After a dismal nine months, October was good to BN-T when shares rallied nearly 7%, particularly in the last week. With the wind in its sails, Brookfield looks like it's back.

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The turnaround continues—and it's going well. The bank beat earnings in its past four quarters, including a clean top and bottom line beat last month when earnings surged 27% over the past year. That Q3 also boasted net income of $5.25 billion (all figures in USD), up 40% year-over-year, diluted EPS of $2.85 which beat the $2.66 analyst consensus, and total revenue of $23.8 billion, which was 8% higher year-over-year).

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Since July 1, Visa has rallied from $351 to $414. Mastercard also caught a bid. Why? Well, money flowed out of volatile AI and semis into safer havens like credit cards. It's like the market remembered that credit card companies make money. After all, Visa is everywhere and enjoys a duopoly with Mastercard. Both act as a toll both, taking a small cut every time a consumer taps their card or a merchant accepts a payment. On Oct. 27, Visa reported strong Q4 numbers: payments volume rose 9% year over year, processed transactions climbed 10%, cross-border transactions jumped 14%, and e-commerce grew 17%. Earnings beat the street (narrowly) the past four quarters and continue to trend higher. The report inspired two upgrades, hiking the price target to from $426 to $464 (when averaged out). The only knock against Visa was that shares ran up heading into the print, and lost ground immediately after reporting until rallying again on Oct. 29 on strong volumes. Definitely one to buy and hold for a long time.

COMMENT


Stock buyer at present. Natural resources has been falling but it has a great future. The primary driver for the drop is higher interest rates. Precious metals in particular reflects the level of real interest rates. In the US questions about credit quality affected the availability capital to the natural resources industry making growth concern appear. Operating results in the sector has been impacted by higher energy costs. Gold is very attractive at this level. The purchasing power of the USD and CAD is deteriorating at a higher pace than CPI suggest and that is going to be accentuated in the next 5 years. He likes uranium and think that the uranium companies don't reflect the underlying strength in the uranium price. Market is mispricing uranium equities in a big way. 

HOLD

The copper business will do well over the next 5 years. The US permitting environment is improving. Affiliating yourself with Robert Friedland over time has been a license to print money. 

WATCH

Has been looking at it closely. Large gold resource. Uncertain whether it makes money at this level of gold price. Could benefit from a settlement with Seabridge. Respect for the Management team. 

BUY

It will continue soft until they reach nameplate capacity in Ontario and Newfoundland. He expects that the projects will be be completed and generate cash. He expects to benefit more and more from index buying as a consequence of the merger. 

COMMENT

Holds the Management team in high regard. He expects nickel to recover but doesn't know when. Large deposit but grade on a global basis is low. 

BUY

Very large Dundee holder for many years. High regard for Jonathan Goodman. Actively buying. The company is selling for a large discount to the value of the sum of the parts. The risk is on their technology holdings. 

BUY

The reason for the soft earnings is because they hedged their production (sold their production for a low price). most of these hedges come off by mid-2027. The company is the highest quality, lowest cost uranium producer in the planet. Delighted to see the stock price decline so he can buy.  There are structural advantages in the uranium market. The upcoming catalyst will be the potential IPO of the Westinghouse stake. 

RISKY

Extremely speculative stock. A drill hole play. Only to be owned by people with some degree of geological knowledge willing to pay attention to news releases. The size of the prize is enormous though. The probability is not super high. High risk / high reward business. 

HOLD

Needs to know they are dong progress in the cost side before increases his position. Large position and hasn't sold but needs to see operating performance in the income statement. 

COMMENT

Quarterly results were fairly good. If your time frame extends to 2030 you'll see substantial higher oil prices. The company has done a wonderful job creating value for shareholders over time. If you are a trader, it appears that the whole energy complex is going lower. He sees a resolution in 2026 or 2027 in the Gulf prices and then oil prices will fall. But by 2030 oil prices will be higher because of the systemic underinvestment in the industry. 

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(A Top Pick Jan 05/26, Up 7%)

Relatively to the gold index it has done really well. The CEO is retiring. The market needs to see that the new CEO will continue what the previous CEO has been doing. They need to reach nameplate capacity in their operations in Nunavut. He has confidence in the operations team. Very cheap on an operating basis. He has sold none but the market is skeptical. 

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(A Top Pick Jan 05/26, Up 75%)

Amerigo is a copper factory. He believes in the copper price. Very long reserve life This becomes a dividend machine if you believe in higher copper prices (which he does). They'll continue to be impacted by higher cost structure because they are a fairly energy intensive company.