Globe says bets on Eldorado, others pays off for Taylor
2011-04-25 06:02 ET - In the News
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The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday, April 25, edition that Goodman & Co. Investment Counsel manager David Taylor runs Dynamic Canadian Value Class and Dynamic Value Fund of Canada, which posted over five years annualized returns of 7.7 per cent and 7.5 per cent. The Globe's Darcy Keith writes in the Number Cruncher column that Mr. Taylor attributes his success to his use of cash, big sector bets and being contrarian by buying cheap stocks with potential catalysts. Mr. Taylor says, "If you want to be No. 1, you can't build a portfolio that looks like everybody else." In late 2008 Mr. Taylor had boosted cash to 20 per cent, which he put to work in March, 2009. Mr. Taylor's best move came when he slashed his energy weighting that year to 11 per cent versus 30 per cent for the index. It was a contrarian move. He invested in "very cheap" gold stocks when that metal was trading around $500 an ounce compared with $1,500 today. He bought names such as Osisko Mining, Eldorado Gold, Tahoe Resources and also Andean Resources, which has been taken over by Goldcorp. Mr. Taylor says, "I bought gold and silver stocks when everybody was madly in love with and only cared about oil."
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