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MERCK & CO. INC., $89.23, is a buy. The drugmaker (symbol MRK on New York) is a pharmaceutical leader in oncology, acute-care and animal health drugs as well as vaccines.
The company is now paying up to $2 billion for the rights to Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co.’s experimental heart drug....
The company is now paying up to $2 billion for the rights to Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co.’s experimental heart drug....
TELUS CORP., $20.44, Toronto symbol T, is your #1 Income Buy for 2025.
The company is Canada’s largest wireless carrier with 13.88 million subscribers (including non-cellphone devices such as tablets). It also sells landline phone, Internet and TV services in B.C., Alberta and eastern Quebec.
Starting in 2011, Telus began rewarding its shareholders with twice yearly dividend increases....
The company is Canada’s largest wireless carrier with 13.88 million subscribers (including non-cellphone devices such as tablets). It also sells landline phone, Internet and TV services in B.C., Alberta and eastern Quebec.
Starting in 2011, Telus began rewarding its shareholders with twice yearly dividend increases....
Over the years, longtime subscribers have frequently heard—and regularly benefited from—our three-part investment philosophy (see below). We have found that it works in all kinds of economies and all markets. We expect it, along with other TSI investing fundamentals (also below), will continue to help protect your returns despite tariff tumult.
1: Invest mainly in well-established, dividend-paying companies; 2: Spread your money out across most if not all the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer Goods & Services; Finance; and Utilities); and 3: Downplay or avoid stocks getting excess attention from the broker/media limelight.
If you have two-thirds of your portfolio in Canadian stocks and a third in U.S....
1: Invest mainly in well-established, dividend-paying companies; 2: Spread your money out across most if not all the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer Goods & Services; Finance; and Utilities); and 3: Downplay or avoid stocks getting excess attention from the broker/media limelight.
If you have two-thirds of your portfolio in Canadian stocks and a third in U.S....
POWER CORP. OF CANADA $51 is a buy. The conglomerate (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 644.8 million; Market cap: $32.9 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) holds controlling stakes in Canadian financial services firms Great-West and IGM....
CIBC recently announced that Victor Dodig will step down as CEO in October 2025. His replacement, Harry Culham, currently heads the bank’s capital markets division.
We expect the new CEO will continue to focus on cutting non-interest costs, which will help the bank offset any negative impact on loan demand and repayments due to U.S....
We expect the new CEO will continue to focus on cutting non-interest costs, which will help the bank offset any negative impact on loan demand and repayments due to U.S....
A: Many investors start out thinking that they can double or triple their money in low-priced stocks, then shift their newfound wealth into the higher-priced, less exciting investments we focus on here at TSI Network. Some say they “can’t afford” to buy stocks that trade well above $100, such as Apple or even Canadian Pacific Kansas City, at $104....
RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $17.22, Toronto symbol REI.UN, is a top pick for 2025.
The REIT owns all or part of 186 shopping centres and other properties across Canada, including eight under development. Its occupancy rate is a high 97.8%.
RioCan cut its monthly distribution by 33.3% to $0.96 a unit (on an annual basis) in February 2021 as retailers shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
The REIT owns all or part of 186 shopping centres and other properties across Canada, including eight under development. Its occupancy rate is a high 97.8%.
RioCan cut its monthly distribution by 33.3% to $0.96 a unit (on an annual basis) in February 2021 as retailers shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an example of an investment idea that could boost your investment returns, or, more likely, end up costing you money. All in all, we think that the biggest, surest gains from AI will come from investing in established businesses that are already profitable and growing, and that can gain all the more by applying AI to their operations.
Here are two companies that are already profitably taking advantage of AI, and they should be among the leaders in the push to extend AI’s use:
WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, $91.18, is a buy. The company (New York symbol WH; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.wyndhamhotels.com; Shares outstanding: 77.7 million; Market cap: $7.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.8%) launched Wyndham Connect last year....
Here are two companies that are already profitably taking advantage of AI, and they should be among the leaders in the push to extend AI’s use:
WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, $91.18, is a buy. The company (New York symbol WH; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.wyndhamhotels.com; Shares outstanding: 77.7 million; Market cap: $7.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.8%) launched Wyndham Connect last year....
Allied Gold is reporting record production and plenty of progress on its growth projects to further boost its output.
These two Canadian firms are under activist pressure to improve their operations, or put themselves up for sale. However, the Canadian government would probably block any takeover offer from a U.S.-based firm due to current tension over trade policy and tariffs.
INTERRENT REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $11 is a hold. The REIT (Toronto symbol IIP.UN; Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 147.5 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Distribution yield: 3.7%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.irent.com) owns and operates rental apartment properties with a total of 13,435 suites....