Mundane Astrology - Uranus goes Stationary Retrograde on September 10th at 2:27 PM EDT

Mundane Astrology - Uranus goes Stationary Retrograde on September 10th at 2:27 PM EDT

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Uranus stations retrograde on September 10 at 2:27 PM EDT

Uranus stations retrograde at 5°42′ Gemini on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 2:27 PM EDT.

This marks the first full retrograde station of Uranus's newly inaugurated 7-year passage through Gemini (having re-entered Gemini on April 25, 2026). It will remain retrograde until stationing direct at 1°41′ Gemini on February 8, 2027.

Key Astrological Context for the September 10 Station

September 10 features an exceptionally concentrated cluster of planetary shifts occurring within a single 20-hour window:

• 4:06 AM EDT: Venus enters Scorpio

• 12:20 PM EDT: Mercury enters Libra

• 2:27 PM EDT: Uranus stations retrograde at 5°42′ Gemini

• 11:27 PM EDT: New Moon in Virgo (18°26′ Virgo)

Station Dynamics & Planetary Geometry

1. Ruler Alignment (Mercury): Because Uranus stations in Gemini, its dispositor is Mercury. Mercury crosses into Libra just two hours prior (12:20 PM EDT), bringing Uranian insights and shifts directly into the realm of dialogue, agreements, and relational diplomacy.

2. Internalizing the Impulse: External disruptions or sudden impulses to break away often turn inward during Uranus retrograde. The station point functions like a held note—a brief stall where long-term plans, narrative assumptions, or mental conditioning are tested before retracing steps back to 1°41′ Gemini.

3. Core Aspect Activations:

• Direct Impact (0°–6° Mutable): Direct impact (conjunctions, squares, oppositions) for placements in early Gemini, Virgo, Sag, or Pisces.

• Air/Fire Trines & Sextiles: Smooth intellectual integration and creative openings for early Libra, Aquarius, Aries, and Leo.

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What are the ramifications of Uranus stationing on the same degree of the August 28 eclipse ?

When Uranus stations retrograde at 5°42′ Gemini on September 10, it effectively freezes directly square the nodal axis/luminaries of the August 28 Partial Lunar Eclipse (which occurred at 4°54′ Pisces opposite the Sun at 4°54′ Virgo).

Because the Uranus station occurs less than two weeks after the eclipse and within less than 1 degree of exact mathematical square (an orb of under 48′), this alignment is an extraordinarily high-intensity astrological trigger.

The primary ramifications of this exact degree-match fold into several distinct astrological mechanisms:

1. Activating the Eclipse "T-Square"

During the August 28 eclipse, Uranus was already forming a hard square to the Full Moon/Sun axis. When a planet stations, its relative geocentric velocity drops to zero, vastly multiplying its energy at that precise degree.

• The Mechanism: The August 28 eclipse planted a seed of emotional or structural disruption (Pisces Moon/Virgo Sun). Uranus stationing at 5° Gemini acts as the Apex/Focal Point of a Mutable T-Square, locking into the exact midpoint between the eclipse Moon and Sun.

• The Ramification: Issues that flared or remained latent during the eclipse are suddenly forced into a turning point. Uranus stationing on the square means that whatever was unstable or reaching a breaking point in late August now receives a direct, unpredictable electrical discharge.

2. High-Octane Volatility in Early Mutable Degrees

The 4°–6° zone of the Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces) becomes an intense localized focal point.

• The Ramification: Planets or sensitive angles (Ascendant/MC) located between 3° and 7° of Mutable signs in a chart will experience a double-impact event. First, the boundary-dissolving/culminating tone of the Pisces eclipse, followed immediately by the disruptive, unexpected shift of stationary Uranus.

3. The Pivot from Intellectual Idea to Structural Shake-up

Gemini operates in the realm of communication, media, logistics, networks, and data, while the Virgo-Pisces eclipse axis handles systems, service, health, and collective consciousness.

• Mental Overload & Shock: Because Gemini is ruled by Mercury (which crossed into Libra on the same day as the station), the Uranian station brings sudden revelations, news, or cognitive shifts that force re-evaluations of decisions made around August 28.

• Breakthroughs via Friction: Square aspects generate friction, but stationary Uranus provides the sudden leverage needed to break out of a rut or release a situation that the Pisces eclipse revealed to be unsustainable.

4. Mundane & Macro Ramifications

In mundane astrology, an outer planet stationing on an eclipse degree often correlates with:

• Tech & Logistics Disruptions: Volatility in transportation networks, communication infrastructure, or financial markets (Gemini/Virgo focus).

• Accelerated Timelines: Eclipses often take months to unfold, but when a heavy outer planet like Uranus stations directly on the eclipse degree immediately after the event, it acts as a fast-acting catalyst, triggering eclipse events much faster than usual.

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How it might effect what is going on in the world in general?

From a mundane perspective, the combination of Uranus stationing at 5°42′ Gemini while directly squaring the 4°54′ Pisces/Virgo eclipse axis forms a classic structural stress-point. In mundane astrology, when a outer planet stations on an eclipse degree, it acts as a macro-trigger—accelerating structural changes, geopolitical friction, and technological or economic disruptions.

1. The Geopolitical & National Archetypes (Gemini vs. Virgo/Pisces)

Uranus’s initial ingress into Gemini (which took place in April 2026) marks a foundational shift in global media, international trade agreements, defense tech, and communication networks.

When Uranus stations at 5° Gemini, it forms the apex of a Mutable T-Square with the August 28 Eclipse axis:

• Focal Pressure in Gemini: The shock, disruption, or breakthrough energy of the T-Square gets funneled directly into Gemini themes: telecommunications, civil transport, logistics, air trade, media narratives, and information architecture.

• Friction with Pisces/Virgo: The Pisces Moon highlights humanitarian crises, maritime affairs, oil/pharmaceutical supply lines, or global health/sanitation protocols. The Virgo Sun attempts to enforce regulatory compliance, supply-chain efficiency, and administrative order.

• The Mundane Result: Rigid bureaucratic systems (Virgo) and idealistic global policies (Pisces) collide violently with raw technological innovation or sudden disruptions to information networks (Gemini). Expect sudden regulatory crackdowns on tech/AI, unexpected cyber-infrastructure events, or severe logjams in global transit corridors.

2. Financial & Market Volatility

In mundane financial astrology, Uranus stations are famous for sudden market recalibrations, while the Virgo/Pisces axis governs banking liquidity, commodities, and agriculture:

• Currency & Algorithmic Instability: Gemini rules localized trade, data, and digital exchanges. With Uranus stationing here while squaring a Pisces Moon (speculative bubbles, liquid capital) and Virgo Sun (audits, debt structures), short-term liquidity shocks or sudden volatility in foreign exchange (FX) markets are common markers.

• Supply-Chain Shockwaves: Virgo/Pisces controls agricultural yield, shipping lines, and raw material processing. A stationary Uranus squaring this axis often manifests as a sudden operational halt, unexpected trade embargoes, or critical software/hardware failures impacting international supply chains.

3. Historical Resonances: Uranus in Early Gemini

Historically, Uranus entering early Gemini correlates with dramatic shifts in national alliances, media revolutions, and military-technological doctrines.

• The Information Infrastructure: Previous Uranus in Gemini cycles (e.g., the 1940s) saw rapid leaps in cryptography, radar, and aviation technology, alongside radical reorganizations of press and state propaganda.

• The Station Impulse: The retrograde station on September 10 represents the first major "test" or audit of the rapid technological and geopolitical shifts initiated since Uranus crossed into Gemini in late April. Nations and corporations will be forced to pause, secure their digital/physical supply chains, and re-evaluate rushed technical infrastructure implementations.

4. Mundane Timing & The Trigger Windows

Because Uranus is stationary, its physical speed relative to Earth drops to zero, concentrating its symbolic field over an extended timeframe:

• Immediate Window (Sept 8–15): The week surrounding the station itself—compounded by the September 10 Virgo New Moon occurring on the same day—is the primary window for high-profile news breaks regarding intelligence breaches, transportation safety gridlocks, or financial-tech policy announcements.

• Secondary Trigger (October/November 2026): Mars or faster-moving inner planets will later cross the 4°–6° degrees of Sagittarius (completing a Grand Cross with stationary Uranus and the Eclipse points), which typically acts as the physical, real-world catalyst translating the September policy/tech tension into concrete events.

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Investment Policy

Investment Policy

Okay, it's my Investment Policy...Everybody is different and shaped by their own personal investing experiences. but if I could go back in time, and start all over again, knowing what I know now, this is how I would invest.

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1) Wager Value

Money is made in the dark, not the light.

Carlo Cannell, Cannell Capital

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Back in the eighties I use to go to the racetrack to bet on Thoroughbred Racehorses. It was a good training ground for investing in the stock market. I came across a term by handicapping author,  James Cramer. He called it Wager Value.  Essentially it meant focusing on information that other handicappers weren’t using. Whereas most people who went to the track used speed ratings and the horse’s current form shown in the past performance tables, Cramer like Stephen Davidowitz before him, focused on trainer patterns, track bias and result charts. He reasoned that if he based his handicapping (estimating probabilities) on underused information, the horses he would come up with would help provide him with more attractive odds. So he might estimate a horse’s chances of winning to be 3-1 while the tote board (based on everybody else opinion) would have the same horse going off at 8-1. This is the very heart of handicapping a horse race, betting on the horse who has the best chance of winning relative to his odds.

Applying the concept of ‘Wager Value’ to the stock market you would want to focus on the inefficient areas of the market. Small and Mid capitalization stocks tend to be a major source of inefficiency in the stock market. Most mutual funds and institutions want to increase their assets under management so they can grow their businesses and get bigger. Most of them get so big that they price themselves out of the smaller cap world. The small and mid caps end up being too illiquid for the giant institutions to bother with so they are forced to move up the food chain to the large caps. This means there are less people buying the small/mid caps and fewer analysts following them. This makes them prone to being mispriced. The small/mid cap world is an ideal environment for the small do-it-yourself investor who is far more nimble and quick than his huge institutional counterparts. Of course small/mid caps can introduce additional risks as well. They tend to more unstable then the large caps. Small caps often have just one or two products lines and a smaller customer base. They can be overly dependent on a few key individuals in the executive suite. So you have to be careful. These risks can be mitigated by concentrating on companies that are serving a potentially big market and that actually have growing revenues, cash flow and earnings. You also like to see management own a good portion of their own stock. If it's run by a founder CEO, even better. It’s an attractive area to explore and their financial statements can be easier to read as well, and its great fun and after all that’s all part of the game.

In my own portfolio I hold some large and mid cap names, while holding some small caps as well. I run sort of a barbell approach in my own investment portfolio. It’s all a matter of taste. You might want to have just a few of the smaller cap names in your portfolio or hold many and maybe have a larger cash position, it’s up to you.

Great patience is often needed as small caps especially, can be out of favor for long periods of time and in this day of the internet can be the subject of bear raids so it’s important to be familiar with the underlying fundamentals of the company. You don't want to be shook out of your position. There are some great small cap mutual funds out there where you can get some unique investing ideas in this area. 

The small do-it-yourself investor gives up a huge advantage to the financial establishment in ignoring this area. Remember when investing you have to have some sort of edge over your competition and the small to mid cap area is a great place to exercise it. And Canada is basically a small to mid cap market and an ideal place to go hunting for under followed names.

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2) Margin of Safety 

What is it that makes outcomes tolerable even when the future doesn't live up to your expectations? The answer is margin of safety.

Howard Marks, The Most Important thing

The Margin of Safety (MOS) is the difference between a stock's intrinsic value (what the company is truly worth) and its current market price.

In simple terms, it's a principle of buying a stock at a price significantly below your estimate of its true value.

Here's a breakdown of what it means and why it's so important:

Core Concept: The Protective Cushion

The Margin of Safety acts as a protective cushion or buffer for the investor. This idea was popularized by Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing and mentor to Warren Buffett.

• Protection against Errors: No valuation model is perfect, and human judgment can be flawed. The MOS provides room for error in your intrinsic value calculation. If you were wrong and the company is only worth 15% less than your estimate, a 40% MOS ensures you still bought at a discount.

• Protection against Market Volatility: It minimizes your risk of capital loss during market downturns, bad luck, or unforeseen corporate challenges. When the market price drops, you are protected because you bought the stock for a price that already had a significant discount built-in.

• Maximizing Returns: When the market eventually recognizes the stock's true value, the price is expected to rise from the discounted purchase price to the intrinsic value, providing a higher potential return.

A wide Margin of Safety is the central principle for value investors. It means:

Never pay full price. Always buy assets for significantly less than their worth. (As Warren Buffett famously said, "You leave yourself an enormous margin. When you build a bridge, you insist it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000-pound trucks across it.")

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3) Know What You Own

The first step in building a margin of safety is to research the company.

There is a plethora of literature available for anyone who is interested in learning how to analyze a company…Read the financial statements. Since the passing of the Safe Harbor Act in 1995, U.S. companies have been incented to provide timely and accurate financial statements in their 10-K, 10-Q, and proxy statements. The 10-K and 10-Q (annual and quarterly reports) each provide three financial statements: income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet. There is plenty of information available in these three statements to allow an investor to thoroughly understand how the company operates. The proxy statement discusses management compensation. A brief examination of the proxy statement will offer great insights into how top management compensates itself.

For investors who are seeking a deeper understanding of the company, there are many more questions to pose. Has the company increased its earnings, revenue, and cash flow consistently over the long term? Is it in an industry that has long-term growth potential? Is the management team stable and experienced? Has management laid out its goals and milestones? Has it delivered on those milestones? Has it been successful in expanding its services or its product line? Has the company treated its shareholders fairly?

Recent changes in the disclosure laws plus the ubiquitous Internet have given individual investors the ability to easily access and read transcripts of quarterly management conference calls and corporate presentations to institutional shareholders. These transcripts often give investors valuable clues into the mindset of top management. There is no excuse today for any investor, large or small, to be insufficiently informed on any public company.

Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks,

Frederick K. Martin

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4) Buy and Hold

Investment is a process in time.

Hyman Minsky

'Buy and hold' is a long-term, passive investment strategy where an investor:

1. Buys a financial asset (like stocks, bonds, or mutual funds) based on the belief in its long-term growth potential.

2. Holds that asset for an extended period—often many years or even decades—regardless of short-term market fluctuations or volatility.

Key Principles of Buy and Hold:

• Long-Term Focus: The strategy relies on the historical tendency of the overall market (or a fundamentally sound company) to grow over long periods.

• Ignoring Short-Term Noise: The investor deliberately ignores daily or monthly price swings, resisting the urge to sell during market downturns (panic selling) or buy into temporary speculative bubbles (chasing returns).

• Time in the Market, Not Timing the Market: It emphasizes that consistently staying invested over a long time is more effective than trying to predict when the market will peak or bottom.

• Benefits of Compounding: The strategy maximizes the effect of compounding, where the returns on your investment are reinvested to generate their own returns over many years, creating exponential growth.

• Lower Costs and Taxes: Fewer trades mean lower transaction costs (brokerage fees/commissions). In many jurisdictions, holding an asset for over a year qualifies for lower long-term capital gains tax rates, which is a significant advantage.

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5) Concentrated Portfolio

The strategy we've adopted precludes our following the standard diversification dogma. Many pundits would therefore say the strategy must be riskier than that employed by conventional investors. We disagree. We believe that a policy of concentration may well decrease risk if it raises, as it should, both the intensity with which an investor thinks about a business and the comfort level he must feel with its economic characteristics before buying it.

Warren Buffet

Since we're familiar with the underlying fundamentals of the company we've invested in, and are judgements are based on hidden or neglected information, it only makes sense to concentrate your holdings on your best ideas. Why diversify your edge away? As Marty Whitman and Charlie Munger both said, "diversification is a hedge for ignorance."

Joel Greenblatt too observed, as the number of stocks in the portfolio increases, the benefits of diversification drop quickly. In other words know what you own and pick your spots. Put your money into your best ideas and learn to think for yourself. Ten stocks in your investment portfolio are enough if you have good well-thought reasons for investing in them and you spread them out between different industries. Yes, it may be volatile, but volatility is not risk, it's noise. The longer you hold your positions the more the risk will go out of them. A better way to approach diversification is by putting money into low-risk investing instruments (cash, T-bills). Sort of a barbell approach. 

In my own investing, I run an unbalanced as well as a concentrated portfolio. I put most of my money into my best ideas. It's all a matter of taste. The longer you are in the market, your investing style will gradually emerge over time. The market not only teaches you how to invest in stocks, but it will teach you about yourself as well.

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6) Be a Contrarian

If everyone's doing them, there must be something wrong with them.

Henry Singleton

Don't do the obvious thing. Because if it's obvious, it's already a crowded trade. A crowd yields to instincts that an individual, acting alone, represses. The crowd instinctively  follow the impulses of the herd. An individual who becomes involved in a group becomes less capable of thinking for himself. In a crowd every sentiment and act is contagious, and contagious to such a degree that an individual readily sacrifices his ability to think for himself and to stay dispassionate about his investments. He gets emotionally swept away with the crowd and soon finds himself lost and out to sea.

Market extremes represent inflection points. These occur when bullishness or bearishness reaches a maximum. Figuratively speaking, a top occurs when the last person who will become a buyer does so. Since every buyer has joined the bullish herd by the time the top is reached, bullishness can go no further and the market is as high as it can go.

There’s only one way to describe most investors: trend followers. Superior investors are the exact opposite. Superior investing, as I hope I’ve convinced you by now, requires second-level thinking—a way of thinking that’s different from that of others, more complex and more insightful. By definition, most of the crowd can’t share it. Thus, the judgments of the crowd can’t hold the key to success. Rather, the trend, the consensus view, is something to game against, and the consensus portfolio is one to diverge from. As the pendulum swings or the market goes through its cycles, the key to ultimate success lies in doing the opposite.

Howard Marks, The Most Important Thing

And above all, at times of extreme emotion in the market...Be Contrary.

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Andrey Omelchak’s Top Picks for Aug. 31, 2026

Andrey Omelchak’s Top Picks for Aug. 31, 2026

BNNBloomberg.ca Staff - August 31, 2026 at 1:20p.m. EDT

Andrey Omelchak, CEO & CIO, LionGuard Capital Management

MARKET OUTLOOK:

Despite persistent tariff headlines and geopolitical uncertainty, we believe the opportunity set for investors remains very attractive, with increasing amounts of capital being directed toward Canada. The key is to stay invested rather than try to time the market, while remaining selective in where capital is deployed.

Two themes stand out: booming Canadian defence spending and the massive “Build Canada” investment cycle.

Defence is perhaps the most exciting opportunity we see today. The government’s new Defence Industrial Strategy points to more than $500 billion of investment and economic activity through 2035, including approximately $180 billion of defence procurement and $290 billion of defence-related infrastructure.

At the same time, Canada intends to increase the share of defence acquisitions awarded to Canadian companies to 70 per cent, from roughly 43 per cent, while the new Defence Investment Agency and Build–Partner–Buy framework are designed to prioritize domestic capabilities and accelerate procurement. We estimate this could increase the addressable domestic procurement opportunity by roughly 700 per cent versus the previous decade.

Canada also has extraordinary wealth in energy, critical minerals and natural resources. Unlocking it requires faster approvals, fewer interprovincial barriers and major investment in power, transportation and infrastructure.

Canada is finally waking up. Now we need urgency: approve projects, reduce unnecessary regulation, improve competitiveness, lower taxes and create an environment that attracts domestic and foreign capital. Rather than fighting over the existing economic pie, we should focus on making it much larger. This is a unique moment to build for generations to come.

TOP PICKS:

Magellan Aerospace (MAL TSX)

One of our highest-conviction ideas and a direct beneficiary of a multi-year global aerospace and defence investment cycle.

Canada is increasing defence spending and prioritizing domestic production, and Magellan is converting that into awards. In July it won a Government of Canada contract to establish domestic production of the M-72 Light Anti-Tank Weapon under the Munitions Supply Program. It also holds a teaming agreement covering heavyweight torpedo production and in-service support for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project, and an MOU with GE Aerospace to become Canada’s centre of excellence for F414 engine MRO — contingent on Canada selecting the Saab Gripen E, a decision still open.

The opportunity extends well beyond Canada. NATO countries are rebuilding capabilities, and the EU’s Readiness 2030 plan aims to mobilize up to €800 billion of additional defence spending through 2030. Unprecedented Airbus and Boeing backlogs provide another multi-year growth engine.

Equally important is operating leverage. Magellan has a large manufacturing footprint with substantial excess capacity. Second quarter (Q2) showed margin expansion potential: revenue up 22 per cent to $305.6 million, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) more than doubling to $43.0 million from $21.1 million, and adjusted EBITDA margin expanding to 14.1 per cent from 8.5 per cent. We believe margins can move significantly higher as utilization improves.

Building on Q2 results, we believe Magellan is entering a period where higher volumes, better capacity utilization and major new contract awards can drive earnings substantially faster than revenues. At the same time, the company is trading at high discount to aerospace and defence peers.

Badger Infrastructure (BDGI TSX)

Our preferred way to participate in the massive North American infrastructure buildout. Demand for hydrovac services is exceptionally strong across utilities, power, data centres, transportation, LNG and industrial construction, with customer project backlogs extending well into the next decade.

The company delivered approximately 23 per cent organic revenue growth last quarter, despite growing its fleet only eight per cent. The key driver was revenue per truck (RPT), which increased 14 per cent through a combination of higher utilization, volume and pricing. We believe investors greatly underestimate the potential for continued RPT growth for the balance of 2026 and in 2027. Branch optimization, data analytics and operational initiatives are driving higher utilization, which together with a better pricing environment are fueling higher RPT.

Demand is strong enough that new hydrovacs are being readily absorbed, and Badger is preparing for a U.S. manufacturing facility, with low capex requirements, to support continued fleet expansion.

We see another potentially significant growth engine in industrial cleaning, a high-margin, highly complementary service that can leverage Badger’s existing customers, branches and operating infrastructure. Over time, industrial cleaning can become a huge opportunity for BDGI.

There is approximately $4 trillion of North American projects potentially beginning over the next 18 months. Against this backdrop, we believe Badger can sustain strong organic growth while RPT, utilization and operating leverage continue improving.

Black Diamond (BDI TSX)

One of our highest-conviction ways to participate in the coming “Build Canada” investment cycle through its Workforce Solutions business. The urgency to approve and advance major Canadian projects has increased substantially following the latest escalation in U.S. tariffs, reinforcing the need for Canada to accelerate infrastructure, energy and resource development.

WFS has over $2 billion of formal bids outstanding across more than 20 active Canadian projects, spanning energy, mining, infrastructure, data centres and defence. That is more than double the company’s own available fleet capacity — the constraint is beds, not demand.

The key opportunity is utilization. WFS ran at 55.2 per cent in Q2, leaving roughly 5,300 to 5,500 beds available. Management notes the segment has historically operated in the 90 per cent-plus range. As projects move into construction, we believe utilization can move materially higher, creating substantial operating leverage with very limited incremental capital.

Major potential catalysts include LNG Canada Phase 2, associated pipeline expansions and numerous other nation-building projects. We also view the approximately US$50 billion Alaska LNG project as another potentially enormous North American workforce-accommodation opportunity as it progresses toward construction.

Industry capacity is limited. Importantly, economics for newly built accommodation capacity would require rental pricing more than twice current levels, giving existing fleet owners such as BDI a major pricing power prior to supply response.

PAST PICKS: JAN. 16, 2026

Bird Construction (BDT TSX)

Then: $29.90

Now: $66.67

Return: 123%

Total Return: 125%

Trisura Group (TSU TSX)

Then: $45.38

Now: $41.66

Return: -8%

Total Return: -8%

Electrovaya (ELVA TSX)

Then: $13.68

Now: $9.06

Return: -34%

Total Return: -34%

Total Return Average: 28%

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https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/2026/08/31/andrey-omelchaks-top-picks-for-aug-31-2026/

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I checked in with AI (Google Gemini) and asked about what Andrey said about his past picks...

1. Bird Construction (BDT.TO)

• Status / Commentary: Highly Bullish / Winner

• Key Remarks: Omelchak highlighted strong ongoing operational execution and solid returns (up substantially since his previous coverage). He noted that the company's annual backlog expansion (~40%) and the rolling off of legacy fixed-price contracts continue to drive clear margin expansion. Additionally, he cited strong tailwinds from the "Build Canada" infrastructure push, reduced regulatory red tape, and the urgency to execute domestic projects.

2. Trisura Group (TSU.TO)

• Status / Commentary: Positive / High-Quality Compounder

• Key Remarks: Omelchak reaffirmed his positive stance on Trisura as a high-quality specialty insurer with attractive valuation multiples (trading around 12x forward earnings). He highlighted their disciplined underwriting, strong Return on Equity (ROE), solid organic growth in Canadian specialty lines, and ongoing market share expansion in U.S. surety lines. He sees the recent sideways price action as an opportunity, noting that book value per share continues to build brick-by-brick.

3. Electrovaya (ELVA)

• Status / Commentary: Strong Endorsement / Buy

• Key Remarks: Omelchak gave a strong endorsement of Electrovaya during the past picks recap, maintaining a conviction bullish stance on the battery technology developer as it continues to execute on its growth roadmap.

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