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Tax loss selling/Santa Clause Rally. Investors sell losers in December to offset gains and it drives that sector down temporarily. It was the energy sector this year. He usually sees a Santa Clause rally but it was late this year. People use the Santa Clause rally as an indication of the rest of the year.

It tends to do well at this time of the year. The revenue on gift cards is recognized when they are redeemed so the first part of the year benefits from them. They tend to do well at the beginning of the year. It gets weaker in April and May. It has technical strength also.

PWF-T vs. POW-T. The parent vs. the subsidiary. He would go to PWF-T. We saw a bit of a pull back. He prefers the banking sector even more than these. He would not step into either one.

PWF-T vs. POW-T. The parent vs. the subsidiary. He would go to PWF-T. We saw a bit of a pull back. He prefers the banking sector even more than these. He would not step into either one.

They had a pullback earlier in the year and have come back. This is where you should buy into the company. They do well this time of the year. From a fundamental perspective if we are having a slowing economy then it may pull back.

(A Top Pick Oct 25/18, Up 0.4%) At the end of the year, his fund de-sectorizes but he will look to go back into it. This one should do well from the end of October into the beginning of April. The top holdings are much more equally weighted in this fund.

(A Top Pick Oct 25/18, Down 7%) He sold it. He is looking to get back into it. The retail sector does well from late October into early November. The big action for retail is Black Friday. He wants to get in before the rest get in and then get out before they do. He exited the trade a little earlier.

(A Top Pick Oct 25/18, Down 8%) From October to December this one usually outperforms the S&P. This year the trade war got in the way so he never bought it.

It has an industrial slant to it. It pulled back with the rest of the marketplace. Around $12-13 is the support. It is pulling back today which is not a good thing but we are starting on a seasonal period at the end of January. It should do okay.

It tends to get to the end of its seasonal cycle soon. He would hold off because we are ending the seasonal cycle. We are showing some basing here and if it goes up that would be positive.

We had a round trip, going up and down. But AG stocks tend to be weak this time of year. Farmers get their money in the last quarter of the year and don't spend it right now. Once we get past the fourth quarter grain prices get softer. This is not the time.

They are natural gas and people are frustrated with Nat Gas companies. Nat Gas is up in the states but this one has been hit. It is the difference between Canadian and US pricing differences. In Canada Nat Gas companies don’t have the same robustness from seasonality. Nat Gas will do well again just before the A/C season. Wait until you see Nat Gas going up before getting into this stock.

US Banks – BAC-N and JPM-N. Seasonally strong until the end of April. BAC-N is expected to come out with earnings. This is a positive with C-N today. It is bank week this week for earnings releases. If we see positive action this will be good. BAC-N is up on good news with C-N. JPM-T has done well relative to the sector. BAC-N is at a base going back to 2017. He is favourable on US banks. However he is not falling in love with them.

Not for the faint of heart. It is hard to pick where you should have gotten in until after the fact. It was on a downward trend. He would be cautious right now. It is too soon to say it is forming a base. He would be surprised if it put in a 'V' bottom.

It has been forming this base, going back and forth in a trading range. It is a good trading type of stock. It is coming up to its strong period. This is probably a good place to be over the next few months.