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A: Canadian Solar Inc., $21.69, symbol CSIQ on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 64.6 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; www.canadiansolar.com), is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of solar energy and battery storage solutions....

Investors often go for the easy targets, but resist the urge to dump your best stock picks for a quick profit

AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD., $70.48, symbol AEM on Toronto, owns currently producing gold mines in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico.

Specifically, in Canada, it owns the La Ronde, Canadian Malarctic, Goldex, Maccassa, Detour Lake, Meliadine, Meadowbank and Hope Bay mines....

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, $132.20, Toronto symbol RY, is still a buy.

With the February 2024 payment, Royal will increase your quarterly dividend by 2.2%. Investors will then receive $1.38 a share instead of $1.35. The new annual rate of $5.52 yields 4.2%.

The bank has received final regulatory approval to buy the Canadian operations of U.K.-based HSBC Holdings plc (New York symbol HSBC).

HSBC operates 130 branches that mainly cater to businesses in industries that trade and bank internationally....

CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD., $103.81, Toronto symbol CP, is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2024.

This is the sixth year in a row we’ve picked CP as our #1 Conservative stock. In that time, the stock has jumped 106.8%.

We feel the stock will continue to rise over the next few years as the company realizes more of the benefits from its April 2023 acquisition of U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern.

CP paid $31 billion U.S....

Traditional telecommunications service providers, such as Telus and BCE, are trading at substantially lower valuations than other “infrastructure” type companies. This is not only true for Canadian companies, but also for U.S. and other similar companies in Europe.


Infrastructure-type companies such as telecommunications, pipeline, utility, and railroad companies delivered comparable financial results over the past 5 years—so this provides no explanation for the significant valuation differences....

This month we highlight two new funds: the first is a global equity ETF from a large Canadian asset manager with a considerable number of ETFs already in place; the second is a long-short equity ETF from a Canadian hedge fund manager.


MACKENZIE ALL-EQUITY ALLOCATION ETF $20.66 (Toronto symbol MEQT) invests in a range of other Mackenzie equity ETFs in order to offer investors a single entry point for a global equity portfolio....

SPDR S&P 500 ETF, $476.56 (New York symbol SPY; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Conservative; buy or sell through brokers; www.spdrs.com) offers investors exposure to the stocks in the S&P 500 Index; they are 500 major U.S....

Cybercrime can have major consequences for individuals, corporations, and governments, alike; the two highly publicized cyberattacks on T-Mobile last year provide good examples from the recent past. Meanwhile, people still working from home and growth in gaming have also spurred a jump in cyberattacks....

CANADIAN TIRE CORP. (class A non-voting) is a buy. The retailer (Toronto symbols CTC $280 and CTC.A $144; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 60.8 million; Market cap: $8.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 4.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.canadiantire.ca) operates several chains aside from Canadian Tire (automotive part, household and sporting goods)....