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IMPERIAL OIL LTD., $33.21, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares o/s: 711.7 million; Market cap: $24.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 3.0%; www.imperialoil.ca) is teaming up with four other oil sands operators in Alberta (Suncor, Cenovus, Canadian Natural Resources and MEG Energy) in an effort to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.


The five firms will connect their oil sands facilities in the Fort McMurray and Cold Lake regions to a central carbon sequestration hub....

Business for our two top Canadian insurance recommendations, both in Canada and internationally, remains strong. These two stocks have recovered all of the ground they lost in March 2020, and we think they are now poised to move even higher. Meanwhile, each insurer offers you solid, sustainable dividend yields.


MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP., $24.12, is a buy....

CP recently lost out to CN Railway in its bid to take over U.S. railway Kansas City Southern. But CP showed strong discipline in not over-bidding—plus, it pocketed a $750 million U.S. break-up fee from Kansas City Southern after that firm accepted the rival offer....

A: WSP Global Inc., $148.68, symbol WSP on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 117.3 million; Market cap: $17.4 billion; www.wspgroup.com), is a professional services consulting firm....

A: BMO Canadian High Dividend Covered Call ETF, $18.26, symbol ZWC on Toronto (Units outstanding: 63.4 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; www.bmo.com/gam/ca/investor/products/etfs), focuses on mostly high-quality Canadian stocks....

We continue to have a high opinion of recommend all of Canada’s top banks, but Bank of Nova Scotia remains one of our top favourites for new buying. That’s mainly because it has the greatest international exposure of the five—it now gets roughly 40% of its revenue from international operations (especially the four countries it calls “the Pacific Alliance”—Mexico, Peru, Chile and Colombia)....

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC. $64 is a buy. The stock (Toronto symbol SLF; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 585.6 million; Market cap: $37.5 billion; Dividend yield: 3.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.sunlife.ca) lets investors tap Canada’s third-largest life insurance company by market cap after Manulife (No....

Investing in top Canadian consumer staples stocks can help increase the defensive characteristics of a diversified portfolio. Here’s how to spot the best of them

If you are Canadian and you buy or sell U.S. stocks, you need to remember that arbitrage is your friend, all the more so when it has an assist from AI, or Artificial Intelligence.

Arbitrage is the simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in different markets, to exploit tiny differences in prices....

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. $232 is a buy. The company (New York symbol HON; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 694.6 million; Market cap: $161.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.7%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.honeywell.com) aims to take advantage of the huge potential of quantum computing systems, which can process data much faster than regular computers.


Honeywell’s trapped-ion technology uses individually charged atoms (ions) to hold quantum information....