The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that Sprott Enhanced
Equity Class manager John Wilson is cautious on investment opportunities
outside Canada. The Globe's Jacqueline Nelson writes that Mr. Wilson says everyone is
investing outside of Canada
because of winnning returns. Mr. Wilson says, "But
people aren't separating how
much of that has just been in the
decline in the Canadian dollar,
versus how much is the underlying
investments."
A few key stocks boosted
performance for Mr. Wilson, including the
acquisition of Catamaran by insurer UnitedHealth Group
for about $12.8-billion (U.S.).
He says, "Our biggest contributors were
actually more Canadian than
U.S." The manager says:
"We've structured our portfolio
more with the view that we're
going into a more range-bound
market where we're not likely to
break out into significant new
highs. ... We
could easily have a 10-per-cent to 15-per-cent
correction along the way.
And we use options, so we've
wrapped our equity positions
with some options to help mitigate
some downside."
Still, he likes Gilead Sciences
and Enbridge, with
those structures in place.
The fund returned more than 7
per cent in the first three months
of the year.
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