Updating TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, CAE INC., and BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

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TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $97 (Toronto symbol TD; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 918.4 million; Market cap: $89.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.7; Dividend yield: 3.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.td.com) owns 42.24% of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (Nasdaq symbol AMTD), one of the largest online brokerage firms in the U.S. Ameritrade will contribute $77 million to TD’s earnings in its 2013 fourth quarter, which ended October 31, 2013. That’s up 51.0% from $51 million a year earlier. To put these figures in perspective, TD earned $1.6 billion, or $1.65 a share, in its third quarter, which ended July 31, 2013. Uncertainty over the U.S. government shutdown caused Ameritrade’s average number of trades per day to rise 16.3% from a year earlier. At the same time, Ameritrade continues to attract new clients: it opened 50,000 accounts in the latest quarter, up from 28,000 a year earlier. TD Bank is a buy. CAE INC. $12 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing…