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A: No one can consistently predict currency movements, but we still feel that most investors should remain invested in U.S. stocks. Note that even if the U.S. dollar should fall against the Canadian dollar, your U.S. stocks can still appreciate in value even while the currency sags.

But addressing your question specifically, if you want to buy U.S....
A: Keyera Corp., $36.22, symbol KEY on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 214.1 million; Market cap: $7.8 billion; www.keyera.com), provides a number of midstream services to the oil and gas industry, including the collection, processing, storage and shipment of oil and gas....
A: Enghouse Systems Ltd., $54.31, symbol ENGH on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 54.6 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; www.enghouse.com), is a software and services provider.

The company operates through two business groups: Interaction Management (53% of total revenue) sells software for managing customer interactions; and Asset Management (47% of revenue) offers technology solutions for network operators and software solutions for transit and transportation operators.

Over the past five years, revenue for Enghouse Systems rose steadily from $279.3 million in 2015 (fiscal years ended October 31) to $385.9 million in 2019....
Most experienced investors understand the idea that “A rising stock market climbs a wall of worry”, because they’ve seen it happen many times. Worrisome news items and developments come along in an irregular pattern. Many are serious enough to raise worries about how they will impact the stock market....
Stocks from our Aggressive Portfolio tend to produce outsized gains for investors—like your 21% return from the first stock just below. Still, aggressive investments can also lose you money. That’s why we recommend limiting these holdings to no more than 30% of your portfolio.


Here are three aggressive stocks that we see as particularly attractive buys right now....
A: Waste Connections Inc., $132.56, symbol WCN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 263.1 million; Market cap: $34.9 billion; www.wasteconnectionscanada.com), is the former Progressive Waste Solutions....
A: iShares Canadian Financial Monthly Income ETF, $7.44, symbol FIE on Toronto (Units outstanding: 92.9 million; Market cap: $691.2 million; www.blackrock.com/ca), invests primarily in the common shares, preferred shares and corporate bonds of firms in the Canadian finance industry.

The fund charges investors an MER of 0.97%, which is high by ETF standards....
A: Jaguar Mining Inc., $0.21, symbol JAG on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 722.6 million; Market cap: $162.2 million; www.jaguarmining.com), is a Canadian-based junior gold mining, development, and exploration company operating in Brazil....
A: Sylogist Ltd., $9.20, symbol SYZ on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 23.7 million; Market cap: $218.0 million; www.sylogist.com), aims to provide organization-wide software, mainly to public-service operations with a focus on fund accounting, grant management and payroll.

Sylogist’s public-sector customers include local governments, nonprofit organizations, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions and government agencies.

The company currently has over 1,000 customers worldwide that range in size and operational complexity....
Here are short answers to a couple of issues you may have wondered about lately.

This economic statistic deserves a closer look.


We look at lots of economic statistics, but rarely find any worth talking about. Most stats represent random fluctuations in economic data, without revealing any meaningful shift in economic trends.

However, last Friday’s release of U.S....