Keystone Stock Talk Podcast

This week in KeyStone’s Stock Talk Podcast, we pose the question as to whether the Stock Market is Showcasing Economic Reality, as the S&P 500 hits all-time highs after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the initial COVID-19 induced sell-off. In our Your Stock, Our Take segment we start by taking a look at Canadian micro-cap, C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (CMI:TSX-V), a leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems. A listener who had made a great return on our recommendation on the stock in the past, asks us our take on the stock today. Our second YSOT, is a significantly larger business, US-based Yeti Holdings Inc. (YETI:NYSE), a global designer, retailer, and distributor of premium outdoor products. The stock, which went public in October of 2018 at $17.00, has seen its share price jump 209% since this time. A listener asks how the company’s current valuations stack up to our models. Our third question came in on GFL Environmental Inc. (GFL:TSX), a large cap, environmental

This week in our Your Stock, Our Take segment we take a look at a unique green power producer, Boralex Inc. (BLX:TSX). The company develops, builds and operates renewable energy power facilities in Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. We recently reviewed the stock for our upcoming Renewable Power Report and a listener asks us our take on the business. Our Star of the Week is XPEL Inc. (XPEL:NASDAQ), a stock which KeyStone clients are very familiar with as it has been a strong buy recommendation in our Canadian Small-Cap or Growth Stock and US Growth Stock coverage for just under 3-years. XPEL, which provides protective films and coatings, including automotive paint protection film, surface protection film, automotive and commercial/residential window films, and ceramic coatings, has seen its share price jump 79% this month, 373% in the last year and 1,920% since we recommended it at $1.42 less than 3-years ago. XPEL reported better-than-expected second quarter results which boosted the s

This week in our Your Stock, Our Take segment we take a look at two unique businesses sent in by listeners. The first, micro-cap, CEMATRIX Corporation (CVX:TSX-V) manufactures and supplies cellular concrete products developed from proprietary formulations across North America. A listener asks how the shutdown has affected business and if we think the company is a good way to play potential government infrastructure spending post shutdown. Our second YSOT is on Canadian digital media and marketing company, Yellow Pages Limited (Y:TSX). Yellow Pages local online properties including YP.ca, Canada411 and 411.ca. The company also continues to publish the Yellow Pages print directories, despite the fact that even most rotary phone aficionados appear to have graduated to something known as Google.

This week begins with a preview of our upcoming Canadian Alternative / Green Energy & Sector Report. In our Your Stock, Our Take segment we take at the ridiculous movement of shares in Eastman Kodak Company (KODK:NYSE) over the past week. Most of our listeners will know of the storied company well, for those that do not, Kodak is a global technology provider focused on print and advanced materials and chemicals. Our Star of the Week is no stranger to KeyStone Clients, having been recommended and sold for a 400% gain, then re-recommended just 5-months ago to clients. The company, Photon Control Inc. (PHO:TSX), primarily designs and produces precision temperature and position sensors used by semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) manufacturers. The stock is up 25% this past week and 156% in the last 5-months since our re-recommendation. Our Dog of the Week is SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV:TSX), owns a portfolio of 60 restaurants in Canada. SIR's Concept brands include: Jack Astor's Bar and Grill®,

This week we start with M&A activity or lack thereof over the first 6-months of the year and what that could mean for the balance of 2020 and into 2021.  In our Your Stock, Our Take segment we take a look at an interesting renewable energy finance company. The company, RE Royalties Ltd. (RE:TSX-V) which acquires revenue-based royalties from renewable energy generation facilities by providing a non-dilutive financing solution to renewable energy generation and development companies. Our Star of the Week is Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (WPRT:TSX), a transportation technology company, which engages in the engineering, manufacture, and supply of alternative fuel systems and components. The stock was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic earlier this year but is up over 37% in the past five trading days. We let you know what is driving the rebound. The first time ever Aaron will be hosting a Live Dividend Growth Stock Focussed Webinar on July 28th at 7pm Pacific.

This week we start by talking dividend stocks and specifically dividend growth stocks. Why they are right for your portfolio, particularly in this environment. And we intro a new Webinar dedicated to this topic. In our Your Stock, Our Take segment we take a look at two interesting companies. The first, Transalta Renewables (RNW:TSX), a renewable independent power producer. With the stock paying a 6.3% dividend a listener ask us the sustainability of that dividend and the growth potential for the business. Our second YSOT is on CloudMD Software & Services Inc. (DOC:TSX-V), a company which is helping digitize the delivery of healthcare by providing patients access to all points of their care from their phone, tablet or desktop computer. Telemedicine applications are hot, and a listener asks whether CloudMD’s revenue growth is leading to strong profit growth as well. We let you know how this small cap is progressing.

This week we will begin by briefly touching on an article detailing how, and I quote, “Subprime Canadian borrowers are weathering the crisis just fine.” How Joe Bidens tax plan could affect US markets. In our Your Stock, Our Take segment we take a look at three interesting companies. The first, Gatekeeper Systems Inc. (GSI:TSX-V), a provider of intelligent video solutions for public transport and smart cities. We have two “Stars” for listeners this week. The first, should be no stranger to KeyStone clients being the first Cannabis related stock we ever recommended just in December/January of the past year. The company, Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (TRUL:CNX), is a vertically integrated "seed-to-sale" company and is the first and largest fully licensed medical cannabis company in the State of Florida. Trulieve’s shares have surged 30% in the past week. Our Second star is, NexTech AR Solutions Corp. (NTAR:CSE), which develops and operates augmented reality solutions. The stock is up 70% in the past week. We let you

This week we will begin by briefly revisiting our discussion on FaceBook (FB:NASDAQ) from last week, we will touch on electric car manufacturer Tesla overtaking Toyota as the world’s most valuable car manufacturer by market cap, and Warren Buffett’s first significant purchase since COVID-19. In our Your Stock, Our Take segment we take a look at three interesting companies. The first, MediPharm Labs (LABS:TSX-V), once a singular standout in terms of profitability in the Canadian Cannabis sector, has lost 70% of its value in 2020 – is it an opportunity or value trap? In our second segment, Aaron will be running a comparison on NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA:NASDAQ), and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD:NASDAQ). NVIDIA is leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) which are used in high-end PCs for gaming, data centers as well as AI and machine learning applications. For its part, Advanced Micro Devices produces microprocessors for the computer and consumer electronics industries with the majority of the

This week in KeyStone’s Stock Talk Podcast, we continue our discussion of the stock market’s coming potential “lost decade”. We take a look at this concept in reference to the Schiller PE and if the Market is Cheap or Expensive at present. In our Your Stock, Our Take segment we take a look at a couple of small-cap companies sent in by listeners, including a dividend payer and one cash rich technology play. The first, Decisive Dividend Corporation (DE:TSX-V), is an acquirer of diverse profitable companies including everything from a wood and gas stove business to and air blast sprayers and a business that provides products to the cement, mining, oil and gas, aggregate, and coal industries. The second is, Quarterhill Inc. (QTRH:TSX), historically an IP licensing business which is now focusing on the acquisition and management of technology companies that provides products and services worldwide. Finally, our Dog of the week, FaceBook (FB:NASDAQ), which needs no introduction. Mark Zuckerberg’s social med

This week in KeyStone’s Stock Talk Podcast we start by discussing the idea that the market may be headed for a ‘lost decade’. The idea, while not new, was brought front of mind this week in a note from Bridgewater, the largest hedge fund manager in the world. We also circle back on last weeks thoughts about the surge in Day Trading activity as the author of the book "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" cited the same study we noted in our episode last week as evidence day trading is not a smart idea for the average investor.   In our Your Stock, Our Take segment we take a look at a couple of highly published names from the past several weeks. The first, Nikola Corp. (NKLA:NASDAQ), the would be designer and manufacturer of electric and fuel cell vehicles including semis and trucks, with no sales that recently IPO’d on the market and holds an astonishing $24 Billion current market cap. The second is the embattled and debt-heavy Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ:NYSE), which saw its stock crater over this year, but

This week in KeyStone’s Stock Talk Podcast we start by discussing the hot topic that so-called, Robinhood traders are responsible for the V-shaped recovery we have seen in the market since COVID-19. In our “Ask Us Anything Segment”, we take a listener question on how to get an advantage investing in small-caps and we provide an example of how we used this tool to re-recommend profitable Small-Cap, Photon Control (PHO:TSX) to clients which has nearly doubled in the past 2-months. Our Dog of the Week is the embattled Cineplex Inc. (CGX: TSX), Canada’s largest movie theatre chain. The stock fell 17% today, after global movie theatre giant Cineworld (CINE:LSE) announced that it would not be following through with the $2.8 billion acquisition of Cineplex, initially announced in December of last year. Finally, in our Your Stock Our Take Segment we answer a listener question on micro-cap Thermal Energy International Inc. (TMG:TSX-V), which is engaged in the development, engineering and supply of pollution cont

This week in KeyStone's Stock Talk Podcast we do a traditional Star and Dog of the Week while introducing a comparison segment of two hot Canadian tech stocks. Our Star of the Week is Mav Beauty Brands (MAV:TSX), a personal care company which sells hair care, body care and beauty products. The stock, which had been on a downward trend since its IPO in June of 2018, has rebounded over 45% in the past 5 trading days. Our Dog of the Week is Slack Technologies Inc. (WORK: NYSE), a business communication and remote work collaboration platform which offers features, including persistent chat rooms, private groups, and direct messaging. The stock which had performed relatively well during COVID-19, is down nearly 20% over the past 3-days. We let you know why. Our quick comparison this week pits two hot mid-sized Canadian Software companies against one another – the first, Kinaxis (KXS:TSX), creates supply chain software while the second, Enghouse Systems (ENGH:TSX), is no stranger to our clients.

This week in KeyStone's Stock Talk Podcast we discuss two very different but equally topical stocks in our Your Stock Our Take Segment. The fist company is one of the Big 5 Canadian Banks, The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS:TSX), which reported its Q2 2020 earnings this week. ScotiaBank, who’s shares have dropped significantly year-to-date in 2020 along with Canada’s other big banks, saw its quarterly earnings plunge 41% after the lender set aside a record amount for loan losses, giving investors their first indication of how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect Canadian banks. We give our quick take on the stock following the earnings numbers. The second company is high growth leading game live streaming platform in China, “HOOYA” HUYA Inc. (HUYA:NYSE). The company cooperates with e-sports event organizers, as well as major game developers and publishers, and has developed e-sports live streaming as one of the most popular content genres on its platform.

This week in KeyStone's Stock Talk Podcast, we discuss our recent series of Crisis Portfolio Building Webinars. We highlight Sona Nanotech (SONA:CSE), a speculative healthcare stock to be cautious about and contrast it to Viemed (VMD:TSX) and Hamilton Thorne (HTL:TSX-V). Finally, Aaron provides insight into the oil sector, addressing Crescent Point Energy (CPG:TSX) and Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ:TSX) and discusses whether oil presents any current investment opportunities.

This week in KeyStone's Stock Talk Podcast, we discuss our upcoming live-streaming Webinars. Ryan provides some words of wisdom for investing in the current market environment and we touch on a few hot topics, including: online collaboration service providers, cruise lines and Costco.

This week in KeyStone's Stock Talk Podcast, we discuss our upcoming live-streaming Webinars, Aaron Dunn's recent appearance on Michael Campbell's MoneyTalks Radio, and the current market environment surrounding the Covid-19 crisis and its implications on the economy. Plus, we touch on a few general investment themes investors are faced with while dealing with these times of economic uncertainty.

This week in KeyStone's Stock Talk Podcast we briefly answer a listener question in our Your Stock Our Take Segment but in the light of the significant global market drop, we focus on issues surrounding (1) Covid-19, (2) Drop in oil - Canadian energy producers generally, (3) Fear in the markets, and (4) How do deal with it in your 15-25 stock portofolio. In our Your Stock Our Take Segment, our question is on VitalHub Corp. (VHI:TSX-V), which develops mobile healthcare solutions that allow clinicians to access information about patients. Its technologies include blockchain, patient flow, mobile and web-based assessment and electronic healthcare record solutions. A client who loves this space, asks us if VitalHub, which recently consolidated is shares, is good value at present.

This week in KeyStone's Stock Talk Podcast, in our Your Stock Our Take Segment we answer a question on a company founded over 100 years ago. Headquartered in Hamilton and founded in 1910, Stelco Holdings Inc. (STLC:TSX), which is a low cost, integrated and independent steelmaker with modern integrated steelmaking facilities in Canada and the U.S. The listener, who is down 60% on the stock asks us our take on the company and whether it meets KeyStone’s criteria for investment. Our Dog of the Week is Dorel Industries Inc. (DII.B: TSX) a Canadian designer, manufacturer and seller of juvenile products, bicycles, and furniture. Dorel’s stock is down 11% over the past 5 trading days, 78% over the last 12 months and 90% over the last 3 years. Is there any hope near or long-term for the stock?

This week in KeyStone's Stock Talk Podcast, we discuss the current market environment that has been influence by fears from the Coronavirus and Warren Buffet's annual newsletter released to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. In our Your Stock Our Take Segment we answer two listener questions. The first is a high growth online grocery company, Goodfood Market Corp (FOOD:TSX) – which delivers fresh meal solutions and grocery items that make it easy for 230,000 members from coast to coast to enjoy delicious meals at home every week. Our second company is one of, if not the biggest business success stories of the past couple decades, Alphabet Inc. (GOOG:NASDAQ), the world leader in online search and advertising services. The Google segment offers products, such as Ads, Android, Chrome, Google Cloud, Google Maps, Google Play, Hardware, Search, and YouTube, as well as technical infrastructure. It also offers digital content, cloud services, hardware devices, and other miscellaneous products and services. We let

This week in KeyStone's Stock Talk Podcast, we answer two questions in our Your Stock Our Take Segment on two stocks that could not be more different. The first, Cryptologic Corp. (CRY:CSE) – is it a payment processor, a crypto miner, or a cannabis producer? Frankly, the company appears unsure. Nevertheless, a listener asks us if the company is worth his investment dollars. Our second company is one of, if not the biggest business success stories of the past couple decades, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN:NASDAQ), the world's largest online retailer. The company reported approximately $365 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2019 and $281 billion in net sales. Shares in the online giant have been on a long-term tear, averaging annual returns of over 40% over the last 5 years and was up 35% over the last 12 months. Our Star of the Week is Nvidia Corp. (NVDA:NASDAQ), which focuses on personal computer (PC) graphics, graphics processing units (GPU) and also on artificial intelligence (AI). The stock was up around 16