HOLD
Knight Therapeutics
This company gets a lot of flak for holding 60% of market cap in cash. A recent board battle is creating division. They are sowing the seeds of venture capital funds and making small acquisitions, which have been small but profitable. You don't need to worry if you hold it, but it is not expected to show great growth in the near term. If the market takes a retracement, the large cash position will serve it well. He likes it, but you will have to be patient.
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BUY ON WEAKNESS
Descartes
Common share offering? He likes this well run company. They are always very good with their guidance. They are getting into bigger acquisitions. You should see some efficiencies coming in the next few years. A great technical chart. The time to own this is on pullbacks. The share issue will definitely cause a bit of a pullback, but the company has been astute as to how to employ new capital.
computer software / processing
WATCH
He does not follow this too closely. It might be a bit early for their new technology, so watch revenues for the sign the enter. A little too soon to enter just yet.
Technology
DON'T BUY
Stuart Olson Inc
It has not done well for shareholders over the past 5 years. The dividend is attractive, but could quickly come under risk. He would wait to see improvement before jumping in. Yield 7%
REAL ESTATE
TOP PICK

They are focused on retail and restaurant sector. A great example of a Canadian growth company that does not get enough interest. One of the highest growth companies on the TSX. A good software company with high recurring revenues. Cheaper than Shopify. Yield 0% (Analysts’ price target is $29.20)

Technology
TOP PICK
Leon's Furniture
They purchased the Brick a while ago. They are sitting on a nice cash flow position -- about 12% free cash flow yield. Payout ratio on the dividend is 38%. All they need to do to be successful going forward is buy back some shares and increase the dividend. Yield 3.68% (Analysts’ price target is $18.00)
specialty stores
TOP PICK
Collision repair centres. They make great acquisitions and quickly find efficiencies. They have deals with large insurance companies as they are the required centre to have repairs done. A long runway for growth. Yield 0.32% (Analysts’ price target is $182.83)
other services
COMMENT
The US Fed held rates today but laid the groundwork for a July cut. The Fed is right on top of things, neither ahead nor behind the curve. They even steepened the yield curve at 2.03% for the 10-year. This and the ECB moves have placated investor angst. Inflation remains low, subpar with concerns over de-flation. To deal with this, there remain stocks with healthy--growing--dividends with little risk (they're mostly defensive). Then, there's big tech, which has come down a lot but boast higher-than-average growth rates. We could have both a US-China agreement and low interest rates, but not for the long-term, just short-lived.
Unknown
COMMENT
The state of the energy market He's been out of this sector since fall 2014. It's been a classic bear market since with some extreme bear rallies. Two things: the global oil market is already hard, compounded by domestic pipeline issues. It's just too hard. To own this sector, you must firmly believe that global oil will stay at $60-65 and not plummet, and that pipelines will happen soon. He has no confidence in either, especially the latter. True, there's excellent value in Suncor, Vermillion and Whitecap, but these catalysts need to happen.
Unknown
BUY

Chartwell vs. Sienna for growth He likes and owns both. CSH's latest report says their operating income grew an impressive 4.7%, but Sienna's was 5.4%. CSH's and Sienna's growth are 5-5.5%. CSH has a low 64% payout ratio, but Sienna is a little cheaper at 12.7x vs. CSH's 15.6x. They're similar in many ways, but Sienna has more room for multiple expansion/upside. But CSH is slightly safer because it has a bigger cap. Both are in a good space with demographics as a tailwind.

property mngmnt / investment
BUY

Chartwell vs. Sienna for growth He likes and owns both. CSH's latest report says their operating income grew an impressive 4.7%, but Sienna's was 5.4%. CSH's and Sienna's growth are 5-5.5%. CSH has a low 64% payout ratio, but Sienna is a little cheaper at 12.7x vs. CSH's 15.6x. They're similar in many ways, but Sienna has more room for multiple expansion/upside. But CSH is slightly safer because it has a bigger cap. Both are in a good space with demographics as a tailwind.

other services
BUY ON WEAKNESS
Walmart Inc

Very good company and well-run. There's enough room for this and Amazon to both do well. Buy this on a pullback. He's long held this.

department stores
COMMENT
Growth stocks as a TFSA strategy Put all your growthier winners in your TFSAs? Yeah, I guess you could, but.... aim for singles like dividend growth. It's safer.
Unknown
WEAK BUY
Cineplex Inc

Dividend safe at 7.5%? CGX has an unsustainable 167% payout ratio to free cash flow. Their PE is pricey. They've spent a lot of non-movie ventures, but movies still account for 45% of business plus 25% in concessions. They need people coming into movie to attain growth. You can buy a little of this like around $23. It's an okay name, but has risk.

other services
BUY
Manulife Financial

Pros and cons. Yes, they won the trial, but there remains a litigation overhang (they should win their appeal). They just had a good quarter, but it was driven by Asia--is this sustainable? He expects 9% EPS growth and 10% annual dividend growth. Trades around 7x. It's outstanding value, but all insurance companies are hurt by falling interest rates. MFC has done a great job diversifying away from that, though.

insurance