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Quantitative Stock Picking. You buy a company's future value of its cash flow stream and then discount it back for how much risk you are taking. Fixed income has very low risk. With equities it is hard to figure out how sustainable the cash flow is. Rail companies, for example, are easy to be sure of. Moats can be many, many things. They can be legislated, natural like the rails, or brands. It could be network economics such as with a credit card. This could manifest itself in high returns on capital.
Unknown
BUY ON WEAKNESS
Russel Metals
It is a unique company. He expects their earnings to drop but they are counter cyclical because they harvest their inventory in parts of the cycle so their cash flow actually goes up quite high then. The dividend is quite safe. You have to look at cash flow over a 10 year period. Below $20 is probably not a bad entry point.
steel
COMMENT

It is a pretty solid company. They have risk from a fiscal policy which would be lower on PPL-T. You have fiscal risk on all the telecoms right now.

Cable
BUY
Great company and sustainable. It is a great long term hold.
food stores
BUY
It is a core holding. It is a very well run operation. They are smart at going into areas early. A great core holding for any investor.
management / diversified
STRONG BUY
It is a core holding. It is considered the safest utility. It is near the top of his list right now.
electrical utilities
BUY
Magna Int'l. (A)
It is an incredibly well run company. They make reasonable profits. Their customers are very happy with them. It is a well diversified company and they make great returns on their capital. They generate a lot of free cash flow. They are very disciplined on that. The risk is that they have no control over the auto cycle. Their margins can get quite compressed. MG-T feels they will have a higher content on electric cars than internal combustion cars.
Automotive
COMMENT
Manulife Financial
He finds it is a bit of a black box. He finds it hard to understand their business because there are so many moving parts. The banks are more protected from foreign competition or ownership.
insurance
TOP PICK
They are one of the best in North America. The broadcast industry only really grows at the GDP rate. What's going to change is that you now have Netflix and others and they are on the leading edge of that. On top of that is the high def cycle and the equipment is getting pretty old on that. They have a sustainable competitive growth. They just paid out a special dividend bringing the yield up to about 9%. (Analysts’ price target is $19.67)
electrical / electronic
TOP PICK
The Real Estate Sector. He is well over 10% in real estate. Publicly traded real estate is typically at a discount (20-30%) to private transactions.
Unknown
TOP PICK
Mortgage Investment Corporations. They are not publicly traded typically. Half the mortgages in Canada are insured by the CMHC so the lenders are making risk-free profits. They go after those clients who do not quite qualify for a mortgage. Typically you go directly to these companies to invest in them.
Unknown
COMMENT
He's still finding companies with a competitive moat. The TSX broke out a little and the S&P flirted with 3,000. The markets are opening higher, then come down--interesting. Not boring at all. We're in a Twilight Zone where bad news (negative data) leads to good news (the Fed will cut rates). So, poor PMI numbers in Germany and Korea points to recession there. Then if Trumps tweets, markets may jump higher. He follows Nike which reports tomorrow--and this may reflect the US-China trade war. If the Chinese yuan gets weaker it will benefit Nike as well as Dollarama.
Unknown
DON'T BUY
Tesla Inc
Own their debt through their bonds? No Tesla at all. They carry a a lot of debt and chronic production issues. Meanwhile, other carmakers are catching up like Porsche.
Consumer Products
WATCH

They don't meet his criteria because they make no profits yet. He needs to see at least three years of consistency. They feel like Shopify--strong topline growth. He doesn't know much of what they do. They've come off a lot from their highs. This is a speculative play but for five years. He keeps his eye on it. It could become a success.

Technology
COMMENT
Alphabet Inc

Sell Google, and buy IBM? Yes, Google has been languishing, but IBM has languished more. Also, Google has a better moat than IBM. Google is well-entrenched in the internet more than IBM. Instead, consider Amazon or especially Microsoft, or just hold onto Google.

Technology