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Drugmaker Eli Lilly has two potentially huge blockbuster drugs on the horizon—one for obesity, the other for Alzheimer’s. But even without these two, the company’s future is bright given the strength of its existing roster of drugs plus new drugs in its pipeline.

The stock is up 108.4% since we first recommended it in our June 2020 issue of Power Growth Investor at $157.19....

CANADIAN TIRE CORP., $174.64, Toronto symbol CTC.A, is a top pick for 2023.

Investors benefit from the company’s 504 Canadian Tire stores. They sell automotive parts and services, and household and sporting goods; franchisees run most of the locations....

TRISURA GROUP LTD. $38 remains a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol TSU; Finance Sector; Shares outstanding: 45.8 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.trisura.com) took its current form on June 22, 2017 when Brookfield Asset Management Inc....

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC., $1,583.89, remains a buy. The stock (symbol CMG on New York) lets you tap this Mexican restaurant chain, headquartered in Denver. The company is a fast-food leader charging slightly higher prices than its competitors but offering better quality food, including naturally raised meat.

In the quarter ended December 31, 2022, sales were up 11.2%, to $2.18 billion from $1.96 billion a year earlier....

MARINEMAX INC., $30.75, symbol HZO on New York, operates as a recreational
boat and yacht retailer and superyacht services firm in the U.S.

The company sells new and used recreational boats, including pleasure and fishing boats, mega-yachts, yachts, sport cruisers, motor yachts, ski boats, jet boats, and other recreational boats....

Medium-sized companies are a bit like the proverbial middle child—they tend not to get as much attention from investors as the smallest or the biggest. But this creates opportunities for investors who are prepared to add the best of those stocks—or the ETFs that hold them—to their portfolios.


High-quality mid-cap stocks can offer you the stability and balance sheet strength of large caps, while at the same time they give investors growth potential similar to small caps.


What are mid-cap stocks?


Mid-cap stocks fall between large-cap stocks and small-cap stocks but the average size of mid-cap companies varies from market to market.


Index provider S&P ranks all U.S....

Purpose Investments launched a series of leveraged single-stock ETFs in December 2022. Here we discuss the ETF that holds Apple shares but there are also similar ETFs that invest in single large U.S. companies, These include Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Alphabet, and Exxon....

Many investors overlook mid-cap stocks, thinking that a combination of large- and small-cap stocks will provide their portfolios with all the diversification they really need. However, as a group, U.S. mid-cap stocks have often performed better than large caps and are generally less risky than small caps....

CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD. $36 (www.canadianutilities.com) is a buy. The company distributes electricity and natural gas in Alberta and Australia....

CANADIAN TIRE CORP. (class A non-voting) is a buy. The retailer (Toronto symbols CTC $285 and CTC.A $162; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 60.8 million; Market cap: $9.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 4.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.canadiantire.ca) continues to make progress with its new long-term growth plan, including upgrading its stores, online platforms and private-label brands....