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ENBRIDGE INC. $52.48 (Toronto symbol ENB; Shares outstanding: 924.4 million; Market cap: $48.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 4.0%; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to Eastern Canada and the U.S....

IMPERIAL OIL $41.46 (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares outstanding: 847.6 million; Market cap: $35.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 1.5%; www.imperialoil.ca) gets about 75% of its crude oil from its Kearl and Cold Lake oil sands projects in northern Alberta....

TRANSCANADA CORP. $55.23 (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 702.4 million; Market cap: $38.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.1%; www.transcanada.com) has received the final permits necessary for its $4.8 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline....

POWER CORP. $29.45 (Toronto symbol POW; Shares outstanding: 414.4 million; Market cap: $13.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.6%; www.powercorporation.com) holds its financial assets through its 65.7% stake in Power Financial....

ISHARES CDN REIT SECTOR INDEX FUND $16.12 (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds all 16 Canadian real estate investment trusts in the S&P/TSX REIT Index.

Expenses for iShares CDN REIT are 0.60% of its assets....

ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $35.96 (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units outstanding: 78.5 million; Market cap: $2.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.2%; www.alliedreit.com) owns 150 office buildings, mostly in major Canadian cities....

RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $27.37 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 323.7 million; Market cap: $8.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.riocan.com) is Canada’s largest real estate investment trust.

In the three months ended March 31, 2016, RioCan’s cash flow rose 7.0%, to $147.8 million from $138.0 million a year earlier....

TELUS $41.50 (Toronto symbol T; Shares outstanding: 593.2 million; Market cap: $24.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.4%; www.telus.com) has agreed to sell 35% of its Telus International subsidiary to an Asian private equity firm....

ISHARES CHINA LARGE-CAP ETF $33.44 (New York symbol FXI; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) China 50 Index. That portfolio is made up of the 50 largest, most-liquid Chinese stocks.

The ETF’s top holdings include Tencent Holdings, China Mobile, China Construction Bank, Bank of China, Ping An Insurance and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp....

MARKET VECTORS VIETNAM ETF $14.42 (New York symbol VNM; buy or sell through brokers) holds Vietnamese companies and foreign firms that get a significant amount of their revenue from the country.

The ETF’s top holdings are Vingroup (conglomerate), 8.8%; Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, 7.6%; Masan Group (a food, resources and banking conglomerate), 7.2%; Saigon Securities, 6.4%; and Bao Viet Holdings (insurance), 6.2%....

ISHARES MSCI CHILE INVESTABLE MARKET INDEX FUND $35.13 (New York symbol ECH; buy or sell through brokers) is an ETF that aims to track the MSCI Chile Investable Market Index. Its stocks trade on the Santiago Stock Exchange.

The fund’s largest holdings are Empresas Copec SA (conglomerate), 7.7%; S.A.C.I....

ISHARES MSCI BRAZIL INDEX FUND $25.87 (New York symbol EWZ; buy or sell through brokers) is an ETF that’s designed to track the Brazilian stock market.

Its top holdings are AmBev SA (beer and beverages), 10.6%; Cia Itau Unibanco Holding (banking), 10.5%; Banco Brandesco SA, 10.2%; Petrobras (oil and gas), 7.2%; Cielo SA (payment processing), 3.9%; BMF Bovespa (Brazil’s stock exchange), 3.6%; BRF SA (food), 3.4%; Ultrapar SA (gas distribution and petrochemicals), 3.1%; and Itausa Investimentos SA (financial services), 3.1%....

ISHARES MSCI AUSTRALIA ETF $19.42 (New York symbol EWA; buy or sell through brokers) is an ETF that holds 73 major Australian stocks.

The fund’s top holdings include Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 11.3%; Westpac Banking Corp., 8.6%; Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, 6.3%; National Australia Bank, 6.0%; BHP Billiton, 5.2%; CSL Ltd., 4.5%; Wesfarmers, 3.9%; Woolworths Ltd., 2.4%; Scentre Group, 2.1%; and Telstra Corp., 2.0%....

ISHARES MSCI SOUTH KOREA INDEX FUND $49.94 (New York symbol EWY; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Korea Index.

The ETF’s top holdings are Samsung Electronics,23.7%; Hyundai Motor, 3.3%; Naver (Internet), 3.1%; Hyundai Mobis (auto parts), 2.8%; Shinhan Financial, 2.7%; SK Hynix Semiconductor, 2.6%; Korea Electric Power, 2.6%; Posco (steel), 2.3%; KT&G Corp....

ISHARES MSCI GERMANY FUND $25.96 (New York symbol EWG; buy or sell through brokers) tracks the stocks in the MSCI Germany Index.

These holdings aim to replicate 85% of the market capitalization of the German stock market. The remaining 15% is unavailable for investment, partly due to limitations on foreign ownership....

ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND $33.10 (New York symbol EEM; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

The fund’s geographic breakdown includes China, 24.0%; South Korea, 15.3%; Taiwan, 12.8%; India, 8.0%; South Africa, 6.4%; Brazil, 5.7%; Mexico, 4.6%; Russia, 3.7%; Malaysia, 3.5%; Indonesia, 3.0%; Thailand, 2.3%; and Turkey, 1.5%....

ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP. $11.64 (Toronto symbol AQN; Shares o/s: 256.2 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.algonquinpower.com) saw Emera Inc. (Toronto symbol EMA) sell 50.1 million shares in the company at $10.85 each....