Putting new money into the system, how do I find your best recommended stock.

Thank you very much Dan fir the thoughtful and detailed answers, much appreciated!

Thank you very much Dan fir the thoughtful and detailed answers, much appreciated!

Another comment as well - We used to keep most DCF analysis on the back end for our stock highlights. But, many members have requested we put the research in our reports. So, for many of the newest additions, you'll see it. For example, companies like Aritzia, Enghouse, Stella Jones etc have DCF calculations added to the "Valuation" portion of the report.

If I had $100,000 to invest right now, I'd likely develop core positions in, at minimum, 15 of the 20 Foundational Stocks we have here at Premium. Likely to the point where those 15 stocks make up over 60% of my portfolio.

The most attractive ones right now? Well, it's hard to not look at the US end of things and think that any of the Foundational Stocks are unattractive. I'd say the most "fully" valued ones are Pepsi, Lockheed, and Pfizer. Just because they haven't been hit as hard with the market turmoil right now. We view companies like Home Depot, Amazon, Alphabet, Starbucks, Blackrock etc to be strong long term holds.

On the Canadian end, I think the only stocks on that list that are fully valued are maybe Loblaw, CN Rail after its current results, and Fortis. Keep in mind, I'd have absolutely no issues with buying any of these 3 at any point in time (the only one I don't own is Loblaw).

Right now, this is what my portfolio consists of in terms of Foundational Stocks:

Canadian end: BEP.UN, RY, FTS, GRT.UN, T, TRP, CNR, CSU
US end: BLK, DIS, LMT, SBUX, GOOG, HD, AMZN

You can view both of our writeups on them here:

https://www.stocktrades.ca/premium/us-foundational-stocks/
https://www.stocktrades.ca/premium/stocktrades-foundation-stocks/

From there.... what you do with the remaining is heavily dependent on what direction you want to go. I feel there is strong long term potential in a lot of Growth Bull List stocks like Lightspeed, Well Health, Acuity Ads, Telus International, and Aritzia. However, if you're more of an income person, these companies may not appeal to you at all.

It is so hard for us to direct individuals because we just don't know of their individual risk tolerances and financial goals. But as you asked, if you were to ask what I would be buying, it would be that base of Foundationals, and then I'd probably build a diversified portfolio of companies from our Growth and Dividend Bull Lists. I don't have an overly strong bias to any of the companies. We are pretty strict in the fact that if we don't like a company anymore, we'll remove them.

Hello Dan,

Thank you, I appreciate this and I should have been more clear. I actually hold a large proportion in large market ETFs, simply because I do not know better.
With the current drop in markets, I wish to take advantage of this and add some new funds to specific stocks, that may outperform the markets in the middle-long term. I do not have enough to overhaul the entire portfolio, so am looking for specific stocks, where your current research finds greater opportunities with great valuations and potential upstroke based on fundamentals, like multiples, ROIC, discounted cash flows etc. Therefore, I am quite open to most sectors (with the exception of hedging w bitcoin, gold etc), and really hope to find great buys for now (I also do not want to limit a sectors if has great opportunities, and other readers may benefit too.).
So let's simplify, if you had no investments and got $100,000 to invest, what would you buy to split it and why, assuming you are willing to put all in the stock market.

Many thanks once again.

Hello Dan,

Thank you, I appreciate this and I should have been more clear. I actually hold a large proportion in large market ETFs, simply because I do not know better.
With the current drop in markets, I wish to take advantage of this and add some new funds to specific stocks, that may outperform the markets in the middle-long term. I do not have enough to overhaul the entire portfolio, so am looking for specific stocks, where your current research finds greater opportunities with great valuations and potential upstroke based on fundamentals, like multiples, ROIC, discounted cash flows etc. Therefore, I am quite open to most sectors (with the exception of hedging w bitcoin, gold etc), and really hope to find great buys for now (I also do not want to limit a sectors if has great opportunities, and other readers may benefit too.).
So let's simplify, if you had no investments and got $100,000 to invest, what would you buy to split it and why, assuming you are willing to put all in the stock market.

Many thanks once again.

Hey there! The difficulty in this question is the fact that we have no idea what you have constructed as an individual portfolio. For example, I think Royal Bank is an outstanding buy right now. But to someone who has half of their portfolio in Canada Banks, it might not be the best one to buy right now. The same goes for say the technology sector. I think companies like Telus International and Lightspeed are going to be strong long term options. However if 80% of your portfolio is tech, the situation is not the same for you.

In order for me to direct you towards some better options, Maybe tell me the particular sectors you are currently looking at, what the current makeup of your portfolio is etc. That way I can help you way better than just throwing out 5-6 random stocks.