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We have lots of attractive long-term buys among the stocks we cover, and we’re positive on the long-term outlook for stocks. We feel just as strongly about the need to diversify.


That’s why we’ve chosen three top picks for 2017 from our Stock Pickers Digest recommendations....

BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $2.62 and BBD.B $2.59; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $4.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No.1) and Airbus (No....

CAE INC. $19 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 268.5 million; Market cap: $5.1 billion; Priceto-sales ratio: 1.9; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) is the world’s largest maker of flight simulators for commercial airlines and military clients....

These six ETFs hold mostly blue-chip stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each ETF mirrors, or tracks, the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from narrower indexes that focus on resources or themes such as solar power or biotech.


Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....

WESTJET AIRLINES $22.74 (Toronto symbol WJA; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (1-877-493-7853; www.westjet.com; Shares o/s: 118.9 million; Market cap: $2.8 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%) has partnered with McDonald’s Canada (its parent, McDonald’s Corp., symbol MCD on New York, is a recommendation of our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter) to serve the restaurant chain’s McCafe Premium Roast coffee on board its aircraft.


On December 1, 2016, WestJet began offering a complimentary McCafe Premium Roast coffee to all passengers across its fleet of Boeing 737 and 767 aircraft....

BOEING CO. $150 (New York symbol BA; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 617.2 million; Market cap: $92.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend yield: 2.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.boeing.com) aims to improve the profitability of its defense and space businesses by shutting two plants in Texas and Virginia....

WESTJET AIRLINES $22.81 (Toronto symbol WJA; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (1- 877-493-7853; www.westjet.com; Shares outstanding: 120.5 million; Market cap: $2.8 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%) has reached a multi-year deal to act as the carrier for Suncor Energy (symbol SU on Toronto, and a recommendation of our Successful Investor newsletter)....

BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $2.12 and BBD.B $1.89; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 2.2 billion; Market cap: $4.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No....

AGT FOOD & INGREDIENTS $36.63 (Toronto symbol AGT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (604-231 -1100; www.agtfoods.com; Shares outstanding: 23.9 million; Market cap: $876.5 million; Dividend yield: 1.6%) buys, processes and distributes a range of pulses—peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas—as well as other specialty crops....

BOEING CO. $135 (New York symbol BA; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 637.0 million; Market cap: $86.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 3.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.boeing.com) won orders for 182 commercial passenger planes at the recent Farnborough Airshow in the U.K....