In 2006, our Buys and Strong Buys rose an overall average of 19.9%. My personal portfolio was up 17.8% in 2006. Our model tracking portfolio was up 15.7%. By comparison for 2006 the TSX was up 14.5% and the DOW was up 16.3%. Future Returns may not be similar to past returns.
| Group | Rating to start 2006 | Price Increase | Our Performance | |||
| Average of 3 strong buys | Strong Buy | 15.3% | good | |||
| Average of 18 buys | Buy | 20.6% | very good | |||
| Average for all 21 buys and strong buys | 19.9% | |||||
| Average of 5 weak buys | Weak Buy | 14.4% | good | |||
| Average of 3 weak sells | Weak Sell | 7.2% | bad | |||
| Average for all 8 Neutral ratings (weak buy or weak sell) | 11.7% | |||||
| Average of 2 sells | Sell | 41.7% | very bad | |||
| Rated As – Strong Buy at January 1, 2006 | ||||||
| Name | Beginning 2006 Price | Starting Rating | Current Price at this update | Price Increase | Our Performance | |
| Northbridge Financial Corporation (NB, Toronto) | 35.00 | (lower) Strong Buy | 30.71 | -12% | bad | |
| Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS, Toronto and New York) | 23.50 | Strong Buy | 24.31 | 3% | good | |
| Western Financial Group (WES, Toronto) | 2.62 | Speculative (lower) Strong Buy | 4.05 | 55% | very good | |
| Average Strong buy | Strong buy | 15.3% | good | |||
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| Rated As – Buy | ||||||
| Name | Beginning 2006 Price | Rating to start 2006 | Current Price at this update | Price Increase | Our Performance | |
| Manulife Financial (MFC, Toronto and New York) | 34.14 | Speculative Buy | 39.35 | 15% | good | |
| NYSE Group (formerly Archipelago) (NYX, U.S.) | 50.00 | Speculative Buy | 97.20 | 94% | very good | |
| Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR.b, Toronto SJR, New York) | 25.23 | Speculative Buy | 36.91 | 46% | very good | |
| IGM Financial (IGM, Toronto) | 46.12 | Buy | 49.10 | 6% | good | |
| Stantec Inc. (STN, Toronto) | 19.88 | Buy | 25.25 | 27% | very good | |
| E-L Financial Corporation Ltd. (ELF, Toronto) | 535.00 | Speculative (higher) Buy | 635.00 | 19% | good | |
| Telus non-voting (T.A, Toronto TU, New York) | 46.67 | Moderately Speculative (higher) Buy |
53.52 | 15% | good | |
| Sico Inc. (SIC, Toronto) | 14.70 | Buy rated | 20.00 | 36% | very good | |
| Thomson Corporation (TOC, Toronto and New York) | 34.60 | Buy rated | 41.44 | 20% | good | |
| Canadian Western Bank (CWB, Toronto) | 35.81 | (lower) Buy | 52.78 | 47% | very good | |
| Canadian National Railway Company (CNR, Toronto CNI, New York) | 46.57 | (lower) Buy | 50.07 | 8% | good | |
| Loblaw Companies Limited (L, Toronto) | 56.37 | Buy rated | 48.79 | -13% | bad | |
| Cryptologic Inc. (CRYP, NASDAQ, CRY, Toronto) | 19.59 | Speculative (higher) Buy | 23.16 | 18% | good | |
| Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., ATD.B | 23.40 | Speculative (lower) Buy | 25.35 | 8% | good | |
| FIRSTSERVICE CORPORATION (FSV, Toronto) (FSRV, NASDAQ) | 25.63 | (lower) Buy | 23.10 | -10% | bad | |
| ING Canada (IIC, Toronto) | 51.25 | (higher) Buy | 52.42 | 2% | good | |
| Canada Bread (CBY, TO) | 59.00 | (lower) Buy | 54.10 | -8% | bad | |
| Aeroplan Income Fund (AER.UN, Toronto) | 12.91 | Speculative Buy | 16.97 | 31% | very good | |
| Reitmans (RET.A, TO) | 17.13 | Speculative (higher) Buy | 22.19 | 30% | very good | |
| Average Buy | Buy | 21% | very good | |||
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| Rated As – Weak Buy | ||||||
| Name | Beginning 2006 Price | Rating to start 2006 | Current Price at this update | Price Increase | Our Performance | |
| Alarmforce Industries Inc. (AF, Toronto) | 3.95 | Speculative Weak Buy | 5.10 | 29% | very good | |
| HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC (HCG, Toronto) | 34.75 | Weak Buy | 34.05 | -2% | bad | |
| Wendy’s International | 55.26 | Weak Buy / Hold | 67.00 | 21% | very good | |
| Canadian Tire (CTC.a, TO) | 69.54 | Weak buy / hold | 70.88 | 2% | good | |
| Hub International | 25.80 | Speculative Buy | 31.39 | 22% | very good | |
| Average Weak Buy | Weak Buy | 14% | good | |||
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| Rated As – Weak Sell | ||||||
| Name | Beginning 2006 Price | Rating to start 2006 | Current Price at this update | Price Increase | Our Performance | |
| TSX Group (X, Toronto) | 46.83 | Weak Sell / Hold | 46.61 | 0% | good | |
| DALSA CORPORATION (DSA, Toronto) | 12.80 | Weak Sell | 12.80 | 0% | bad | |
| Cognos (CSN, Toronto COGN, NASDAQ) | 40.55 | Weak Sell / Hold | 49.55 | 22% | very bad | |
| Average Weak Sell | Weak Sell | 7% | bad | |||
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| Rated As – Sell | ||||||
| Name | Beginning 2006 Price | Rating to start 2006 | Current Price at this update | Price Increase | Our Performance | |
| THE FORZANI GROUP LTD. (FGL, Toronto) | 12.95 | Sell rated | 19.17 | 48% | very bad | |
| Sleeman Breweries Ltd. (ALE, TO) | 12.96 | Sell | 17.55 | 35% | very bad | |
| Average Sell | Sell | 42% | very bad | |||
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| Rated As- Strong Sell | ||||||
| Name | Beginning 2006 Price | Rating to start 2006 | Current Price at this update | Price Increase | Our Performance | |
| Average Strong Sell | ||||||
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