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Extendicare Inc. is pivoting toward the high-demand, high-margin service sector as aging demographics continue to work strongly in its favour.
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. offers a 3.7% yield as it continues its track record of 58 consecutive years of increases while trading cheaply at just 15.6 times rising earnings.
Motorola Solutions Inc. offers compelling value through its dominant market share, accelerating growth and strategic positioning for secular growth
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Here’s the text of the quarterly letter I recently sent to our Portfolio Management clients: “Investors can find lots of things to worry about today, in politics, economics, terrorism, military developments and so on. However, today’s biggest single worry for most investors is the downturn in the stock market. Both the Canadian and U.S. markets hit a peak early last year, and have been generally moving down ever since. As stocks fell, their prices became more volatile. Many commentators wonder if this slump signals the start of a new recession. If so, it’s natural to wonder if the next recession will be like the last one, in 2007-2009, or even worse....
Vecima Networks, $11.78, symbol VCM on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 22.4 million; Market cap: $263.0 million, www.vecima.com), designs and make technology for the broadband equipment market. Vecima first sold shares to the public in 2005 and began trading on the Toronto exchange at $7.50. The company’s technology provides a final network segment for service providers, such as cable companies, to connect their systems directly to end-users. This is commonly referred to as “the last mile.”...
BMO MSCI All Country World High Quality Index ETF, $23.57, symbol ZGQ on Toronto (Units outstanding: 1.4 million; Market cap: $33.0 million; www.etfs.bmo.com), aims to replicate the performance of the MSCI All Country World High Quality Index. Bank of Montreal launched the ETF on November 5, 2014. The underlying MSCI (Morgan Stanley Country Index) was formed in 1995. The BMO MSCI All Country World High Quality Index ETF focuses on the U.S. (68.2% of assets). Its next highest weightings are the U.K. at 8.5%, Switzerland at 6.3% and Denmark at 2.1%. The ETF’s MER is 0.52%, and it yields 1.2%. The fund mostly holds large-capitalization global companies: Apple, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Exxon Mobil Corp., Roche Holding AG, Nestle SA, Procter & Gamble, Alphabet Inc. and Home Depot....
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