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Nutrien Ltd. offers exposure to potash and nitrogen prices, a stable retail base and strong profitability.
Toromont Industries Ltd. should see continued earnings growth thanks to its leading market share and Canada’s plan to increase spending on infrastructure projects.
Top pick Barrick Mining just raised its dividend a whopping 140% as it generates record earnings and continues its strategic asset reorganization.
Warner Music Group Corp. is well-positioned for higher-margin catalog revenues, added streaming adoption, and new AI monetization opportunities.
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If you own and operate your own small, successful business—or invest in one—you can earn much better returns than you get from investing in the stock market. That’s because risk is higher in small private companies, so they sell at a lower average P/E ratios than public companies. In addition, as the owner of such a company (or a favoured insider), you have a lot of tax deferral opportunities that are unavailable to a public investor. However, along with higher overall risk, private business has other negatives....
Big Rock Brewery Inc., $5.60, symbol BR on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 6.9 million; Market cap: $38.5 million; www.bigrockbeer.com), is a Calgary-based regional maker of draft and bottled beer. Big Rock brews premium beers without preservatives, using cold-sterile filtration instead of traditional pasteurization. Popular brands include Traditional Ale, Grasshopper Wheat Ale and Warthog Ale. The company sells its beers in nine provinces and two territories. It also exports them to South Korea. In April 2015, Big Rock opened a brewery and eatery in Vancouver. It plans to build a second one, in Toronto, next year....
Methanex Corp., $53.82, symbol MX on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 90.3 million; Market cap: $4.9 billion; www.methanex.com), is a Vancouver-based methanol producer and distributor. It’s the world’s largest methanol supplier, with an estimated 15% market share. The company produces 70% of its methanol in New Zealand and Trinidad (where it holds a 63.1% stake in Atlas Methanol). It makes a further 18% in the U.S., 7% in Medicine Hat, Alberta, 4% in Chile and 1% in Egypt. Methanex also resells methanol produced by others. Methanol is usually made by mixing natural gas with steam, then putting the resulting gas mixture through a liquid conversion and distillation process to create pure methanol, a clear, liquid hydrocarbon that is water-soluble and biodegradable....
Toronto-based InvestEco Capital is now launching a second InvestEco Sustainable Food Fund. These funds are limited partnerships that invest in small to medium-sized private companies in the growing North American market for natural and healthy foods. To invest in the fund, you must either buy $150,000 worth of units or qualify as an accredited investor. Generally speaking, accredited investors must live in Canada and have a certain minimum income or financial asset level....