| DON'T BUY | | Norbord Inc. | NBD-T | 5.200 | Chart shows a downward trend, however the stock seems to have finally bottomed recently. Earnings have not been too good. Because the US housing market is down, fundamentals are iffy. Starting to receive some early short-term momentum indicators that suggest a low here. Seasonally, forest product stocks tend to go lower after April through to October. | 2008-04-03 | |
| HOLD | | Teck Cominco Ltd. (B) | TCK.B-T | 43.790 | Nice upward trend with a nice upward channel. Stock bottomed Jan 14 and since then has gone up 54% so easy money has already been made. Seasonality-Historically base metals stocks do very well from Oct until the end of May so there is still 2 months to go so the channel will probably continue to go higher. Sell at the end of May. | 2008-04-03 | |
| Comment | | A Comment -- General Comments From an Expert | A Commentary | 0.020 | Oil: - Normally in Canada, the sweet spot is from January until the 1st couple of weeks in June. The TSE Oil Index from the middle of January has already gone up 23%, so the easy money has been made. | 2008-04-03 | |
| Comment | | A Comment -- General Comments From an Expert | A Commentary | 0.020 | S&P 500: - Has a nice base pattern being built over the last 3 months. If it is truly a base building pattern, you should expect to see the index go up to around the $1,450 level, which would take it to its 200 day moving average. Probably around June. | 2008-04-03 | |
| HOLD | | Research In Motion | RIM-T | 123.420 | Very strong upward trend since early February. It is just testing the all time high. Expect it will break into the all-time high very shortly. Continue to hold to the end of the current trend, which is about May or June. Watch the technical indicators very closely. | 2008-04-03 | |
| HOLD | | Nortel | NT-T | 7.900 | Very definitely in a downward trend. However, in the last 3 weeks, it has been the best performing stock on the TSX60. Up 35% in 3 weeks. If you own, continue to hold until the end of May. | 2008-04-03 | |
| WAIT | | A Comment -- General Comments From an Expert | A Commentary | 0.020 | Gold - Jr Producers and Exploration: - Gold stocks are in an upward trend with the price of gold. The chart on gold shows the upward trend has been broken indicating a little bit of concern. When it gets back down to about the $850 level you could start considering buying gold and gold stocks. Historically, seasonality for gold and gold stocks has been the end of July to the end of October. As you get into the summer, you will have seen the seniors and intermediate stocks move. The next level to go will be the juniors. | 2008-04-03 | |
| BUY | | Claymore BRIC E.T.F. | CBQ-T | 38.000 | Has come down on long way and has now formed a nice support level around $32. Technicals are just turning positive. Has just broken through its 50 and 200 day moving averages. This ETF has very strong content, particularly through Brazil. The Brazilian, Russian, China and Indian (BRIC) economies continue to grow. Very attractive opportunity. | 2008-04-03 | |
| Comment | | Viterra Inc | VT-T | 14.680 | One of the hottest sectors during the last couple of years. Agricultural sector tends to have very strong seasonality characteristics. Have not shown up as well in the last year or two because fundamentals of the industry have been so strong. Historically, the best time to Buy his around the end of June when they do very well until the end of December. For an agriculture stock, he would prefer Deere (DE-N), which is both agriculture and infrastructure. | 2008-04-03 | |
| TOP PICK | | Finning Int | FTT-T | 28.800 | Can take advantage of any infrastructure going forward. Chart shows a potential reverse head and shoulder pattern. If it gets above the line ($29.50?) it's off to the races. The company will have very strong 1st quarter results and very strong earnings for 2008. Seasonality strength seems to be between November and the end of May. | 2008-04-03 | |
| TOP PICK | | SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. | SNC-T | 46.740 | Excellent position to take advantage of a lot of the huge projects that are coming. Trendline is on the up side and it has recently broken through a couple of resistant levels. | 2008-04-03 | |
| TOP PICK | | Russel Metals | RUS-T | 25.880 | Has been forming a potential reverse head and shoulders pattern. If it breaks above $26.80 it should go up to about $31. Fundamentally, the company has very strong first-quarter results. Earnings for the whole year are going to be up about 15%-20%. | 2008-04-03 | |
| DON'T BUY | | Petro-Can | PCA-T | 44.910 | Still in a downward trend. Chart is starting to show early signs of support. Short-term momentum indicators have started to turn positive during the last week. Recently just broke through its 50-day moving average. Choose something that has relative positive strength rather than relative negative strength. | 2008-04-03 | |
| BUY | | Aecon Group Inc | ARE-T | 16.900 | An infrastructure company so he likes it very much. Long-term trend is clearly on the upside. Has recently formed a nice base pattern at around $15 as well as an intermediate upward trend. Very strong earnings picture. | 2008-04-03 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits S&P/TSE Energy E.T.F. | XEG-T | 83.690 | Crude oil is going to come down and has support at the $86 level. Then there will be another run to take us into the summertime. Target of $115 oil in that time. | 2008-01-16 | |
| TOP PICK | | Claymore Oil Sands Sector E.T.F. | CLO-T | 23.000 | SEC has announced that they are looking for the possibility of including oil sand reserves as part of overall reserves. This could give all the energy companies in Canada a nice little boost. Wait until you see some signs of bottoming. | 2008-01-16 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits S&P TSE 60 E.T.F. | XIU-T | 76.930 | (A Top Pick Aug 27/07. Up 0.9%.) Seasonal play for the overall Canadian market is Oct through to April. Wait for technical indications of a bottom, 15 days of support and short-term momentum indicators. | 2008-01-16 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | iUnits Gold S&P/TSX E.T.F. | XGD-T | 86.800 | (A Top Pick Aug 27/07. Up 39.5%.) Start of the seasonal period for gold and could be sold in October. | 2008-01-16 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | iUnits Info Tech | XIT-T | 8.400 | (A Top Pick Aug 27/07. Up 0.7%.) High tech stocks do very well from September until the Electronics Consumer Show in January. This one peaked in December, a little earlier expected. | 2008-01-16 | |
| Comment | | A Comment -- General Comments From an Expert | A Commentary | 0.020 | Market Strategy: TSX broke a very critical support level today in the next level is at 12,500. S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite broke key support levels also. Market has been most heavily oversold in a decade. This is the time to buy. | 2008-01-16 | |
| WATCH | | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | CM-T | 69.240 | Canadian bank stocks have 2 periods of seasonal strength. Next one coming up starts at the end of January and goes through until the end of May. This one has had a severe downtrend but early signs, on a momentum basis, indicate it is trying to bottom. Watch for this as a potential buy as you get close to February. Also keep an eye on the sector. Would prefer Toronto Dominion (TD-T) or Royal Bank (RY-T). | 2008-01-16 | |
| WATCH | | Toronto Dominion | TD-T | 66.500 | Canadian bank stocks have 2 periods of seasonal strength. Next one starts at the end of January and goes through until the end of May. Toronto Dominion (TD-T) or Royal Bank (RY-T) would be his favourites. This one is at its support level. Consider buying closer to February. Also keep an eye on the sector. | 2008-01-16 | |
| WATCH | | Royal Bank | RY-T | 48.650 | Canadian bank stocks have 2 periods of seasonal strength. Next one starts at the end of January and goes through until the end of May. Toronto Dominion (TD-T) or Royal Bank (RY-T) would be his favourites. Consider buying closer to February. Also keep an eye on the sector. | 2008-01-16 | |
| WAIT | | Northgate Minerals Corp. | NGX-T | 2.730 | Combination of gold and copper. Stock is coming down to the bottom of its trading range. Momentum indicators are clearly quite negative. Look for it when it's closer to the bottom of its trading range at about $2.50. | 2008-01-16 | |
| WATCH | | Talisman Energy | TLM-T | 17.810 | Classic Canadian oil stock and has a classic seasonality as well. Canadian energy stocks do very well from December to May. Seasonal strength is just getting started again. Any kind of weakness is a classic buying opportunity. Wait for all the technicals to start bottoming. Right now, momentum indicators and moving averages are quite negative. | 2008-01-16 | |
| SELL | | Sanmina Corp | SANM-Q | 1.570 | Historically high tech stocks do very well from September until the Electronics Consumer Show in January, plus or minus 2 weeks. This stock peaked out early so it has under performed the others. Would move into another sector. | 2008-01-16 | |
| SELL | | Potash Corp of Saskatchewan | POT-T | 138.000 | Seasonality, fertilizer stocks go up from the end of June to the end of December and then tend to go lower. Consider taking some profits. The MACD is just starting to roll over. Wait before June before buying. | 2008-01-16 | |
| SELL | | LuLulemon Athletica | LLL-T | 34.330 | Chart shows a head and shoulders pattern indicating the stock is going to go a lot lower. The short-term momentum indicator shows the stock has been clearly oversold but there is additional downside risk at this time. On any type of strength, Sell. | 2008-01-16 | |
| Comment | | Centerra Gold Inc | CG-T | 13.850 | Gold and gold stocks move from July through to September each year. This one went up from August into October, fell back, and rose again when the price of gold went up. At this point, it is your call on the price of gold. Gold hit an all-time high on Jan 15. Technical target for gold is $930 but could fall back to support of $848. If a short-term trader, take some money off the table but if a long-term investor, Hold. | 2008-01-16 | |
| DON'T BUY | | Shaw Communication (B) | SJR.B-T | 20.000 | Very brutal chart. The trend is definitely on the down side. Broke through 2 support levels. If you own, sell on any strength, particularly if it reached the old support level of around $22. | 2008-01-16 | |
| WAIT | | Suncor Energy Inc | SU-T | 96.010 | Seasonal strength is from December through until May. Has dropped to some very important support levels. Momentum indicators show that it is going down. Looks like it is trying to bottom at the current level. Downside risk is pretty minimal but you are entering a season of strength so it could move higher between now and May. | 2008-01-16 | |
| DON'T BUY | | Research In Motion | RIM-T | 91.270 | A classic seasonal play. Has a history of moving higher from September until the Las Vegas consumer show and that is where the chart starts to show some problems. MACD is rolling over. Look for it to come down to about the $80 level. | 2008-01-16 | |
| Comment | | BCE Inc. | BCE-T | 37.010 | Seems to be trading in a range. The current consensus is that the stock will be taken over after April. The longer it takes the more likely the stock will go lower. | 2008-01-16 | |
| Comment | | UTS Energy | UTS-T | 5.390 | Just about to enter into its seasonal strength like it did last year. Trend line is higher which is interesting. $5.50 seems to be the breakout level. Right at its 200 day moving average. MACD is trending higher implying that the stock wants to bottom right around current levels. | 2008-01-16 | |
| Comment | | Goldcorp Inc | G-T | 35.310 | If you were trading seasonally, you would buy in August and sell it in October. The stock continued higher in response to higher gold prices. Gold itself is starting to peak out. There are also signs that this stock is reaching a fairly important short-term peak. MACD looks like it is turning over. He would suggest you stay away from this until July, when you can play the seasonal trade. | 2008-01-16 | |
| DON'T BUY | | Sandisk Corp | SNDK-Q | 28.030 | Good example of where seasonality does not always work. A microchip stock. Historically semiconductor stocks have done very well from September until January but this and similar stocks have not had a good period of seasonal strength this year. This one is clearly in a downward trend. Well below its 200 and 50 day moving averages. Momentum indicators are still negative. | 2008-01-16 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | | Fortis Inc. | FTS-T | 29.150 | Have had a good growth profile for quite awhile. Stock is in a channel on an upward trend. Short-term momentum indicators are saying the stock is a little bit ahead of itself so you might see it back off a little. Try to buy at its support level of around $27.91. | 2008-01-16 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | | Teck Cominco Ltd. (B) | TCK.B-T | 32.740 | (Market Call Minute.) By at around the $30 level. | 2008-01-16 | |
| SELL | | Telus Corp | T-T | 43.990 | (Market Call Minute.) Technicals are still negative and the trend is down. | 2008-01-16 | |
| DON'T BUY | | Shoppers Drug Mart Corp | SC-T | 50.150 | (Market Call Minute.) Technicals are still pretty negative. | 2008-01-16 | |
| WAIT | | Encana Corp | ECA-T | 61.160 | The trend is up. There was a correction back to the previous high. There is good support right around the current levels. Seasonally strong from November to May. | 2007-08-27 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits Gold S&P/TSX E.T.F. | XGD-T | 64.850 | Seasonal strength for gold is Aug into Sept. Gold fabricators are buying for Christmas and wedding season. Gold has tried to bottom so there is good reason to believe gold will start to recover. | 2007-08-27 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits Info Tech | XIT-T | 8.440 | Historically the season is from the end of Sept until the middle of January. This is the time when people buy a lot of electronic goods. This will be an exceptional year for electronics with products like the iPhone, Blackberry, electronic games, etc. Ca | 2007-08-27 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits S&P TSE 60 E.T.F. | XIU-T | 78.650 | Basically the Canadian market. Period of seasonal strength is from the end of Sept until April. Delay any purchases until the end of September. Chart shows a long support level but now has a bounce. Big spread between the support and the top in July, ind | 2007-08-27 | |
| WATCH | | U.S. Natural Gas Fund E.T.F. | UNG-A | 34.980 | Natural gas has been in a downward trend since May. Recently broke a support level, so technically does not look good. Seasonal strength for natural gas is now, but didn’t happen this year. However, natural gas price ratio to crude is at 13 times. Every | 2007-08-27 | |
| DON'T BUY | | Telus Corp | T-T | 54.000 | Recently broke a key support level this month. Has been in a downward trend for the last few months. Market had expected this company would be taken out similar to BCE (BCE-T) but that didn't happen. | 2007-08-27 | |
| BUY | | Rogers Communcations (B) | RCI.B-T | 47.400 | Chart shows an excellent trend. It has recently formed a trading range but there are now indications of support around $43. | 2007-08-27 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | | Hudbay Minerals Inc. | HBM-T | 24.010 | Nice long upward trend. Recently bounced off a key support. Trend is still on the upside. Seasonal factor on copper and zinc is from October until March. Look for an opportunity to buy within the next 6 weeks. | 2007-08-27 | |
| HOLD | | Enbridge | ENB-T | 34.850 | Seasonal strength is from the end of July to the end of December. Technically the chart does not look too good. The trend is down and it broke a support this month. Technicals are not positive yet, but they probably will turn positive fairly soon. | 2007-08-27 | |
| WAIT | | Teck Cominco Ltd. (B) | TCK.B-T | 44.890 | Chart is typical for the base metal sector. Good upward trend with a trading range. Had a nice bounce from a key support level this month. Seasonal strength is October through April. | 2007-08-27 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits Gold S&P/TSX E.T.F. | XGD-T | 75.000 | The gold stocks are showing some pretty good technicals. It looks like a good time to get into the gold stocks now. | 2007-05-05 | |
| TOP PICK | | iShares COMEX Gold E.T.F. | IGT-T | 75.500 | Watching for the entry point, watching the Canadian dollar. | 2007-05-05 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits Short Bond Index E.T.F. | XSB-T | 28.080 | As protection in case the Canadian equity market starts to roll over. He will buy in this money market fund, and make his 4% return and sit there until next September of next year when he will be lined up for another seasonal trade. (Buy when it snows, sell when it goes). | 2007-05-05 | |
| HOLD | | Nexen Inc | NXY-T | 67.920 | Gorgeous technical chart. A lot of new production coming on stream over the next 12 months. | 2007-05-05 | |
| PARTIAL SELL | | Power Financial Corp | PWF-T | 39.620 | Gorgeous chart. Trend is your friend, stick with your friend. Longer period of seasonal strength. Watch your technicals very closely. Stick with it for now, but if you are trading it, watch for an exit point. | 2007-05-05 | |
| SELL | | Agrium | AGU-T | 41.080 | Fertilizer stocks, like this have a seasonal period of the end of June to end of December. Was extended this year due to the news that ethanol was important, giving farmers more money in their pockets to buy more fertilizer. | 2007-05-05 | |
| Comment | | Teck Cominco Ltd. (B) | TCK.B-T | 45.440 | Has done very very well. Seasonal period is from end of September to end of April. Today broke to a new high. He likes it. | 2007-05-05 | |
| HOLD | | Toronto Dominion | TD-T | 68.680 | Seasonal period from end of September until the end of May. He says the chart is “beautiful”, only concern is the strength relative to the rest of the market is going negative. This is with banks in general. | 2007-05-05 | |
| HOLD | | Cameco Corporation | CCO-T | 55.750 | Just recently a gorgeous breakout. Sensitive to what is happening in uranium prices. The stock is in gear, stick with it for now. | 2007-05-05 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | iUnits S&P TSE 60 E.T.F. | XIU-T | 78.850 | Seasonal strength from the end of September to the end of March, but it's been extended. (Sell on exit points.) | 2007-05-05 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | iUnits S&P/TSE Energy E.T.F. | XEG-T | 87.590 | Period of seasonal strength from the end of November to the end of May. Average gain is 16.6 percent. Are holding on for a little longer, but also is looking for an exit point. | 2007-05-05 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | iUnits Gold S&P/TSX E.T.F. | XGD-T | 75.000 | Period of seasonal strength for gold is from July to the end of September. The reason for that is gold fabricators each year buy gold to prepare for Christmas. Hang in there, the time to buy gold and gold stocks is very shortly. | 2007-05-05 | |
| SELL | | Canadian Oil Sands Trust | COS.UN-T | 31.350 | Has not been a happy stock, recently broken this downward trend. Company is very sensitive to the price of crude oil.
He is not interested in energy stocks, as the period seasonal strength is about to end. | 2007-05-05 | |
| HOLD | | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | BAM-N | 62.330 | Has just reached it's all time high. Considered to be a financial service stock. Period of season strength until the end of May. Strong Hold. | 2007-05-05 | |
| HOLD | | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | CM-T | 100.290 | Talking about banks in general, Longer term trend for the banks is phenomenal. End of September to end of May. Time to sell will be on technical weakness at the end of the Month. CIBC is showing some weakness around the edges. | 2007-05-05 | |
| SELL | | Sunlife Financial | SLF-T | 49.790 | Had a very good track record, but as of today broke the trend and the support line. In a bit of a quandary for a while. Came out with worse then expected results a couple of days ago. Time to take some profits. | 2007-05-05 | |
| HOLD | | Bombardier Inc (B) | BBD.B-T | 4.890 | Trend is consistently higher. Stock has broken out once again. Technically looks very good. Fundamentals also looks good. | 2007-05-05 | |
| Comment | | Uranium One Inc. | UUU-T | 16.690 | The stock is a reflection of what's happening to the price of uranium. Involved in the consolidation of uranium properties. | 2007-05-05 | |
| HOLD | | Apple | AAPL-Q | 95.348 | Just came out with blow out earnings and broke out through its resistant point. Has had a huge run. | 2007-04-25 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits Gold S&P/TSX E.T.F. | XGD-T | 75.870 | (A Top Pick Oct 17/06. Up 7.2%.) Just getting into the period where you would normally see golds do very well. Very attractive level. Good seasonal play from July to September each year. | 2007-04-25 | |
| TOP PICK | | iShares COMEX Gold E.T.F. | IGT-T | 75.690 | This is basically buying gold in Cdn $’s. The charge shows a nice upward trend with support around $75. | 2007-04-25 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits Short Bond Index E.T.F. | XSB-T | 28.100 | Bond ETF. Basically a short term note. Expecting the market to have problems going into the 2nd half of this year, so he wants something that is stable. Basically gives you 4% yield while the market is rocky. | 2007-04-25 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | iUnits S&P TSE 60 E.T.F. | XIU-T | 78.520 | (A Top Pick Oct 17/06. Up 14.5%.) Have reached the end of the seasonal strength, which runs from the end of September to the end of March. Waiting for a technical signal for a Sell. | 2007-04-25 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | iUnits S&P/TSE Energy E.T.F. | XEG-T | 85.560 | (A Top Pick Oct 17/06. Up 8.1%.) End of November to the end of May is the seasonal strength. | 2007-04-25 | |
| Comment | | Caterpillar | CAT-N | 73.230 | Had a great move because of strong earnings, with came out because of the Canadian companies Finning (FTT-T) and Torormont (TIH-T). It's clearly in upward trend and could go higher, but would prefer the Canadian companies, which haven’t moved as far. | 2007-04-25 | |
| WAIT | | iShares MSCI EAFE $Cdn E.T.F. | XIN-T | 29.120 | Based on the EFA Index (Europe, Australasian and far east). Historically, the EFA Index does very well from the end of September to the end of April. Technically, the next target is around $33 and he is looking at short-term indicators as to when to get out. Wait for September before buying. | 2007-04-25 | |
| Comment | | Claymore S&P/TSX Preferred E.T.F. | CPD-T | 19.990 | New ETF based on 60 higher quality preferred shares based in Canada. Dividends are fully eligible for dividend tax credit. | 2007-04-25 | |
| Comment | | HOLDRs Oil Services | OIH-A | 157.100 | Oil services ETF. Seasonal strength is the end of January to May. Technically, it is still in gear, so combine the MACD and the “Bullish % Index” as to when to take profit. | 2007-04-25 | |
| BUY | | iShares S&P Europe 350 E.T.F. | IEV-N | 115.705 | ETF on 350 largest European companies including UK. MER’s are reasonable. 1st choice for an ETF in Europe. | 2007-04-25 | |
| BUY | | iShares MSCI Emerging Market Union E.T.F. | EZU-N | 116.380 | ETF on European companies excluding UK. 2nd choice for an ETF in Europe. MER’s are reasonable. | 2007-04-25 | |
| Comment | | BetaPro S&P/TSX 60 Bear E.T.F. | HXD-T | 21.710 | If the TSX60 goes down 2%, this one goes up 4%. Used by those speculating on the market going down, but also by conservative investors who are not sure if the market will continue going higher and by it as part of their overall portfolio for protection against downside risks. | 2007-04-25 | |
| HOLD | | Bank of Nova Scotia | BNS-T | 54.140 | Just broke to an all-time high. Has 2 periods of seasonal strength. End of September to the end of December and end of February to the end of May. If you own, you may want to take some money off the table. | 2007-04-25 | |
| HOLD | | iShares DJ Canadian Value ETF | XCV-T | 22.150 | Has done very well. If you own, consider taking some profits as we get into this spring period. | 2007-04-25 | |
| HOLD | | HOLDRs Semiconductor | SMH-A | 37.700 | The period is seasonal strength for this is from the end of September until the end of January. Has basically been trading sideways for 8 months and finally broke out at about $35.25. The technical target based on the break out is $39. | 2007-04-25 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits Gold S&P/TSX E.T.F. | XGD-T | 70.800 | Chart indicates it is trying to bottom. Starting to get some MACD “buy” signals. Seasonality for gold is generally from July to September, but there is some minor seasonal strength from the end of November to the end of February. | 2006-10-17 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits S&P TSE 60 E.T.F. | XIU-T | 68.550 | “Buy when it snows and Sell when it goes.” This has been coming down and reached a very important low on Oct 4. Since then, the signals have turned positive. Historically, this would give you a 9-10% return, but if you use the MACD buy/sell signals, the return can be much better. | 2006-10-17 | |
| TOP PICK | | iUnits S&P/TSE Energy E.T.F. | XEG-T | 79.150 | Energy starts to move higher around the end of November until the end of May. It looks like the seasonal factors might be coming in earlier than expected. Be prepared to enter in the next few weeks. Historically, this would have created a 16.2% return plus dividends. | 2006-10-17 | |
| Comment | | iShares S&P 500 $ Cdn E.T.F. | XSP-T | 17.210 | The seasonality for the S&P500 tends to be from the end of September to the end of April. If you had purchased in this period, you would have made a profit in 9 of the last 10 periods with an average return of 8.6%. From the end of April to the end of September, it has gone down 2.7%. If you own, continue to hold. If you want a short, wait until next spring. | 2006-10-17 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | | Agrium | AGU-T | 31.700 | Agrium (AGU-T) and Potash (POT-T) have their lows in June and peak at the end of December. You can continue to hold or buy on weakness. | 2006-10-17 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | | Potash Corp of Saskatchewan | POT-T | 125.750 | Agrium (AGU-T) and Potash (POT-T) have their lows in June and peak at the end of December. You can continue to hold or buy on weakness. | 2006-10-17 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | Medcomsoft Inc | MSF-T | 0.390 | (A Top Pick Oct 3/05. Up 10.8%.) The seasonality for the high-tech sector is from the end of September to the end of January. (This would have been sold in January, and not kept.) | 2006-10-17 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | Canfor Corp | CFP-T | 11.450 | (A Top Pick Oct 3/05. Down 14%.) Seasonality runs from October to March, so would have been sold in March at about 25%. | 2006-10-17 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | | Nortel | NT-T | 2.560 | (A Top Pick Oct 3/05. Down 33 %.) This would have been sold in January. Looking very interesting right now in that is trying to buy them and is forming a reverse head and shoulders pattern. | 2006-10-17 | |
| BUY | | FNX Mining Company | FNX-T | 14.120 | Base metal sector has done very well from the end of October until the end of March. | 2006-10-17 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | | Hudbay Minerals Inc. | HBM-T | 16.650 | Technically, it is looking very, very strong. It recently broke into a new high. The buying point occurred about a month ago. | 2006-10-17 | |
| BUY | | Royal Bank | RY-T | 48.770 | Seasonality for banks is from the end of September to the end of May. Average return for the last 10 periods has been 15.2% plus dividends. Royal has been profitable 10 out of 10 times. It will probably sit at its present price for a little bit and then will continue on. | 2006-10-17 | |
| WAIT | | Petro-Can | PCA-T | 46.060 | Although it is a little early for seasonality, you might see base for a while and then see it go. Energy runs from the end of November to the end of May. | 2006-10-17 | |
| WAIT | | Encana Corp | ECA-T | 53.810 | This is a gassy stock and a good part of its production is hedged which has helped hold up the price. Generally, you buy in November and sell in May. | 2006-10-17 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | | Manulife Financial | MFC-T | 37.100 | Seasonal pattern for the financial sector is from the end of September to the end of May. Technically, the stock is getting into gear. Right now, the stock is a little bit overbought. | 2006-10-17 | |
| WAIT | | Canadian Oil Sands Trust | COS.UN-T | 30.220 | Seasonality, you buy in November and sell in May. This is getting close to the period of seasonal strength. A nice little base building is going on now. | 2006-10-17 | |
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