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SAVARIA CORP., $16.81, symbol SIS on Toronto, designs and builds mobility products for consumers. These include home elevators, commercial lifts, stairlifts, ceiling lifts, and adapted vehicles. The business has manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, Mexico and China....

Republic Services Inc. has reported impressive quarterly results with results surpassing consensus estimates.

IGM FINANCIAL INC. $35 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 238.2 million; Market cap: $8.3 billion; Dividend yield: 6.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) is Canada’s largest independent asset management provider with $247.5 billion in assets under management and administration as of February 29, 2024....

CISCO SYSTEMS INC. $50 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol CSCO; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 4.05 billion; Market cap: $202.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.5; Dividend yield: 3.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cisco.com) has now completed its acquisition of Splunk Inc....

We recommend that most investors maintain some exposure to the oil and gas industry as part of a balanced portfolio. That’s mainly because it offers a hedge (some protection) against inflation.


To further cut your risk, you should focus mainly on high-quality producers, like Chevron, with large reserves in politically stable countries....

A: Henry Schein Inc., $74.67, symbol HSIC on New York (Shares outstanding: 128.5 million; Market cap: $9.5 billion; www.henryschein.com), is the world’s largest provider of health-care products and services to doctors and dentists.

The company has more than one million customers worldwide and operations in 33 countries, including the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.

Schein manages a centralized and automated distribution network, with a selection of more than 120,000 branded products, and an additional 180,000 products available as special-order items.

The company conducts its business through two segments: (i) health-care distribution and (ii) technology and value-added services....

Top pick Motorola is making waves as it recently hit an all-time high of $339.63 – a huge 773% increase since the company spun off its cellphone business.

BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC., $195.49, symbol BLDR on NYSE, is the largest U.S. supplier of building products, prefabricated components, and value-added services to the professional market segment for new residential construction and repair and remodeling.

The company makes products such as roof and floor trusses, wall panels, stairs, vinyl windows, custom millwork, and pre-hung doors....

TC ENERGY INC., $54.49, Toronto symbol TRP, remains a buy.

TC generates steady cash flow for investors mainly through a 93,700-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Its other operations include 4,900 kilometres of crude oil pipelines and nine power plants.

With the April 2024 payment, TC will raise your quarterly dividend by 3.2%....

We like Warner Music’s competitive prospects in its niche market—and a big French acquisition would just add to its attractive outlook.


WARNER MUSIC GROUP, $33.20, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol WMG; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.wmg.com; Shares outstanding: 515.7 million; Market cap: $17.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%) recently approached Believe SA, a global digital music company headquartered in France, to initiate takeover talks for Believe.


Warner is reportedly willing to make a bid of at least 17 euros ($18.52) per share for Believe, valuing the French digital music company at 1.65 billion euros ($1.8 billion) and topping an earlier takeover bid of 15 euros per share from a consortium of Believe’s largest shareholders.


Home to music labels such as TuneCore, Naïve and Nuclear Blast, Believe was founded in 2005 by Denis Ladegaillerie....