If not already familiar, consider first browsing through Alta Fox Capital’s analysis of multi-baggers over a five year period ended summer 2020. I will be using their criteria to highlight what has already been and is on track to be another impressive multi-bagger: Sangoma Technologies, currently trading on the TSX Venture (and soon to be [...]
Below is a summary of my thoughts on Q2 performance and holdings, peppered with sector and macro musings. YTD returns are on the Portfolio page. Waste Connections: Currently my largest holding, for good reason: the waste industry is the place to be right now. I wrote a piece on it a few months ago highlighting [...]
In it's 2021 technology industry outlook, Deloitte identified three critical issues in a post-COVID world. The first of these applies to all sectors and services: digital transformation. "Facing new pressures and constraints, companies are working to improve their agility and flexibility, increase automation, and move to more real-time operations. Accelerating digital transformation efforts will likely [...]
The green revolution is upon us. Enbridge is a critical energy infrastructure business known for transporting oil and natural gas. It also has a sizeable renewable segment. What you might not be aware of is how well that stacks up in the renewables space and how such companies are including non-renewable power in their total [...]
The market does not like the idea of Couche Tard buying Carrefour. A common reason is that Couche Tard is stepping away from it's roots to tackle the grocery business. Second, and the only reason that matters in my view, is that Couche Tard's target of 15% EBITDA growth moving forward might be challenged in [...]
There is plenty to choose from in the land of tech, although the field is sparse in Canada. CGI trades on the NYSE (ticker: GIB and GIB.A on TSX), but Constellation Software (ticker: CSU) is a standalone Canadian play. These are core, forever holds in my portfolio and you should consider them too. First, a [...]
I will focus solely on stimulus from US Federal Reserve as our base given it’s role as a global currency. In 2008, the Economic Stimulus Act came at a cost of $152 billion, providing tax rebates for low-middle class earners along with business incentives. In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act cost $831 billion [...]
A common question I receive is what method I use to track my portfolio. There are ways to do this manually in Excel, although I find that process too laborious and prone to error. My preference has always been a “one-stop shop” type of program where I can input (or have automatically updated via broker) [...]
What's to say that hasn't been said already. This week alone, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell cut dividends. Most Canadian EPs have too. Will this be enough to save them? RBC predictions on GDP growth in Canada look less severe than Europe, but still moderate. Of course it's too early to tell what the [...]
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