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SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. $55 (Toronto symbol SNC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 150.1 million; Market cap: $8.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.snclavalin.com) is a leading Canadian engineering and construction company that specializes in large-scale public works projects such as roads, bridges, transit systems and watertreatment plants....

EMERA INC. $50 (Toronto symbol EMA; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 148.4 million; Market cap: $7.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.emera.com) owns 100% of Nova Scotia Power, that province’s main electricity supplier....

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $77 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 777.2 million; Market cap: $59.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.8; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway....

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $170 (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 151.2 million; Market cap: $25.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; Dividend yield: 1.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpr.ca) ships freight over a 22,000-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver....

ENCANA CORP. $10 (Toronto symbol ECA; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 849.9 million; Market cap: $8.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.encana.com) will complete the sale of its oil and gas properties in Colorado’s DJ Basin by July 31, 2016....

SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $36 (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $61.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend yield: 3.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. suncor.com) is Canada’s largest integrated oil company....

BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $2.13 and BBD.B $1.94; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $3.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.2; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No....

CAE INC. $16 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 269.3 million; Market cap: $4.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) has extended its research program with the Quebec government....

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $18 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 78.1 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) is Canada’s leading printer of flyers, magazines, newspapers and books....

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $63 (Toronto symbol BNS; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $75.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.3; Dividend yield: 4.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.scotiabank.com) has formed a new alliance with Kabbage Inc....

LINAMAR CORP. $43 (www.linamar.com) is down 43% since the start of 2016. That’s partly due to the U.K. vote to leave the European Union. Linamar gets 23% of its revenue from Europe, and the vote increases its currency risk. As well, automakers are shifting away from gasoline-powered cars to electric vehicles....

BLACKBERRY LTD. $8.45 (www.blackberry.com) hopes to spur demand for its smartphones with two new models that run on Google’s Android software instead of its own operating system. The company uses a modified version of Android with additional security features....

It pays to take a skeptical view of companies that use acquisitions to expand. Unforeseen problems with these new operations can limit expected profit increases. In extreme cases, multiple problems can force the buyer to write off the entire purchase.

Of course, some companies do succeed with growth by acquisition....

If you feel the need to invest in “sure thing” hot growth stocks, be sure you’re not gambling away too much of your portfolio.

Before you borrow to make any investment, even the best Canadian dividend stocks, we have six ways to tell if borrowing is right for you.

Many investors look for high dividend yield stocks to boost their investment returns— but need to take a close look at the sustainability of a company’s dividend.

With the June 23, 2016, referendum, UK voters did in fact choose to “Leave” rather than “Remain.”

How has this affected North American stock markets?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 5.1% after the Brexit vote, but is now down just 0.6%. Our Toronto market fell 3.8%....

IBM $148.46 (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 960.0 million; Market cap: $142.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.ibm.com) recently acquired several assets from The Weather Company. These include its Internet properties, brands and mobile phone apps....

BCE INC. $60.87 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 868.6 million; Market cap: $52.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.5%; www.bce.ca) recently agreed to acquire MANITOBA TELECOM $37.67 (Toronto symbol MBT; Shares outstanding: 74.4 million; Market cap: $2.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 3.5%; www.mts.ca)....

TELUS $41.89 (Toronto symbol T; Shares outstanding: 593.0 million; Market cap: $24.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.4%; www.telus.com) gets most of its revenue from its wireless and regular telephone divisions.

In the past few years it has expanded into other businesses....

TORSTAR $1.64 (Toronto symbol TS.B; Shares outstanding: 79.9 million; Market cap: $129.9 million; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 15.9%; www.torstar.com) has invested a lot of time and money in the past decade or more looking for ways to cut its reliance on shrinking print ad revenue and to build a source of online profit....

H&R REIT $22.37 (Toronto symbol HR.UN; Units outstanding: 281.5 million; Market cap: $6.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 6.0%; www.hr-reit.com) owns or has a stake in 518 office buildings, industrial properties and shopping malls in Canada and the U.S....

RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $29.27 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 323.8 million; Market cap: $9.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 4.8%; www.riocan.com) has formed a new 50/50 joint venture with Plaza Retail REIT (Toronto symbol PLZ.UN)....

CANADIAN REIT $48.25 (Toronto symbol REF.UN; Units outstanding: 73.1 million; Market cap: $3.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.creit.ca) owns 197 properties, including retail, industrial and office buildings, across Canada and in Chicago....

ARC RESOURCES $21.81 (Toronto symbol ARX; Shares outstanding: 350.3 million; Market cap: $7.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 2.8%; www.arcresources.com) produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada. Its average daily output of 124,224 barrels of oil equivalent is 66% gas and 34% oil....