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AGT FOOD & INGREDIENTS $36.46 (Toronto symbol AGT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (604-231-1100; www.agtfoods.com; Shares outstanding: 23.9 million; Market cap: $840.7 million; Dividend yield: 1.7%) buys, processes and distributes a range of pulses—peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas—as well as other specialty crops.

Based in Saskatchewan, the company owns 13 processing plants in Canada, nine in Turkey, four in Australia, two in the U.S., one in China and another in South Africa.

In the three months ended March 31, 2016, AGT’s cash flow per share jumped to $0.83 from $0.37 a year earlier....

INTACT FINANCIAL $88.33 (Toronto symbol IFC; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-341-1464; www.intactfc.com; Shares outstanding: 131.3 million; Market cap: $11.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.6%) is Canada’s largest provider of property and casualty insurance.

Intact dropped to as low as $85 from about $92 after the wildfires at Fort McMurray, Alberta....

CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND $17.58 (Toronto symbol CHE.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-496-5856; www.chemtradelogistics .com; Units outstanding: 69.1 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; Dividend yield: 6.8%) is one of North America’s largest providers of removal services for oil refineries, base metal processors and other firms creating by-products such as acids and sulphur....

DREAM OFFICE REIT $19.08 (Toronto symbol D.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-365-3535; www.dream.ca/office; Units outstanding: 107.5 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; Dividend yield: 7.9%) owns and manages 160 properties comprising 22.3 million square feet of office space in major Canadian cities.

Earlier this year, Dream Office launched a threeyear strategic plan to push up its unit price....

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL $13.25 (New York symbol WTW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (212-589-2700; www.weightwatchers.com; Shares outstanding: 63.6 million; Market cap: $852.8 million; No dividends paid) has increased its membership for the first time in four years....

FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $58.14 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www.firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 34.7 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.0%) completed the spinoff of its commercial real estate business—Colliers International Group—on June 2, 2015.

Now that the split is complete, FirstService is carrying on with its residential property management and its commercial and residential property-improvement services.

In the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, the company’s revenue rose 13.0%, to $307.6 million from $272.2 million a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP $49.73 (Toronto symbol CIG ; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (1-202-695-4200; www.colliers.com; Shares outstanding: 37.3 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) is one of the world’s top three commercial real estate firms....

DOREL INDUSTRIES $33.69 (Toronto symbol DII.B; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-934-3034; www.dorel.com; Shares outstanding: 32.3 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Dividend yield: 4.6%) is up over 19% after reporting sharply higher profits in the latest quarter.

In the three months ended March 31, 2016, sales fell 2.9%, to $645.9 million from $665.5 million a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....

ACI WORLDWIDE $19.41 (Nasdaq symbol ACIW; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (402-390-7600; www.aciworldwide.com; Shares outstanding: 119.1 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; No dividends paid) makes software for processing transactions through credit cards, debit cards, automated teller machines, point-of-sale terminals and interbank systems....

ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $96.70 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (408-536-6000; www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 500.2 million; Market cap: $48.0 billion; No dividends paid) makes software that lets computer users create, edit and share documents in the popular PDF format....

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL $63.18 (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (201-714-3000; www.broadridge.com; Shares outstanding: 118.8 million; Market cap: $7.3 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%) serves the investment industry in two main areas: investor communications, and securities processing and transaction clearing....

HECLA MINING COMPANY $4.12 (New York symbol HL; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (208-769- 4100; www.hecla-mining.com; Shares o/s: 380.8 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) explores for, mines and processes silver and gold in the U.S....

NEW GOLD $5.48 (Toronto symbol NGD; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (888-315-9715; www.newgold.com; Shares outstanding: 509.9 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; No dividends paid) has four mines: the Mesquite project in the U.S.; Cerro San Pedro in Mexico; the Peak mine in Australia; and the New Afton operation in B.C.

In the three months ended March 31, 2016, New Gold’s cash flow fell 7.9%, to $62.1 million, or $0.12 a share, from $67.4 million, or $0.13 a share....

CAMECO CORP. $14.91 (Toronto symbol CCO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (306- 956-6200; www.cameco.com; Shares outstanding: 395.8 million; Market cap: $6.0 billion; Dividend yield 2.7%) is the world’s biggest uranium producer. It has large, high-grade reserves, lowcost operations and several mining sites.

Cameco has now closed its Rabbit Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan....

AEROPOSTALE INC. $0.04 (symbol AROPQ on the U.S. over-the-counter market; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (646-485-5410; www.aeropostale.com; Shares outstanding: 80.0 million; Market cap: $2.5 million; No dividends paid) has delisted from the New York exchange and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The company has suffered along with many other retailers that focus on the teen market such as Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle....

AMERIGO RESOURCES $0.14 (Toronto symbol ARG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www.amerigoresources.com; Shares outstanding: 174.7 million; Market cap: $21.8 million; No dividends paid) processes copper and molybdenum from the waste rock of the El Teniente mine in Chile; that’s the world’s largest copper operation.

In the quarter ended March 31, 2016, Amerigo’s copper production jumped 45.0%, to 12.86 million pounds, at a cost of $1.82 per pound....

BMTC GROUP $12.85 (Toronto symbol GBT.A; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-648-5757; No website; Shares outstanding: 37.9 million; Market cap: $483.8 million; Dividend yield: 1.9%) has 38 outlets and is one of Quebec’s biggest retailers of furniture, electronics and appliances....

NISSAN MOTOR (ADR) $18.95 (Nasdaq symbol NSANY; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average) (310-771-3111; www.nissan-global.com; ADRs outstanding 2.2 billion; Market cap: $43.3 billion; Yield: 3.1%) has agreed to buy a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors for $2.18 billion U.S....

DEVON ENERGY CORP. $34.12 (New York symbol DVN; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (405-235- 3611; www.dvn.com; Shares outstanding: 523.9 million; Market cap: $18.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) is one of the largest U.S.-based oil and natural gas explorers and producers....

CIMAREX ENERGY $116.12 (New York symbol XEC; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (303-295-3995; www.cimarex.com; Shares outstanding: 94.8 million; Market cap: $11.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.3%) produces and explores for natural gas and oil. Gas makes up 64% of the company’s output; the remaining 36% is oil.

The company’s properties are mostly in the Wolfcamp shale area of Texas and New Mexico....

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