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WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS INC., $73.66, is still a buy. The company (symbol WH on New York) is the world’s largest hotel franchiser, with 851,000 rooms spread across 9,100 hotels in 95 countries. Its portfolio of 24 brands includes Super 8, Days Inn, Wyndham Grand, Ramada, La Quinta and Wyndham.

This week, the company rejected an unsolicited takeover offer from rival Choice Hotels International, Inc....
TRISURA GROUP LTD. $31 remains a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol TSU; Finance Sector; Shares outstanding: 47.4 million; Market cap: $1.5 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.trisura.com) took its current form on June 22, 2017, when Brookfield Asset Management Inc....
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SUNCOR ENERGY INC., $46.74, Toronto symbol SU, is a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest integrated oil firm, with major projects in the Alberta oil sands. It also operates four refineries (three in Canada and one in Colorado), along with 1,875 Petro-Canada gas stations.

With the December 2022 payment, Suncor raised your quarterly dividend by 10.6%, to $0.52 a share from $0.47....
CENOVUS ENERGY INC. $28 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CVE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $53.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cenovus.com) is now Canada’s third-largest producer of oil and natural gas after Canadian Natural Resources and Suncor....
Rising interest rates continue to weigh on the stock prices of Canadian Utilities LTD. and its parent firm ATCO. That’s because investors can now earn comparable yields from bonds with less risk. However, they pay more tax on interest income than dividends. As well, it’s possible that interest rates will decline in 2024, which should spur these high-quality utilities.


CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD....
Under pressure from the federal government, Canada’s leading grocery chains have agreed to a series of measures to lower prices for consumers. Those include discounts, price-matching campaigns, and price freezes. The government is also looking at ways to get food producers to lower their prices.


We feel food sellers like Loblaw and Metro, with their high market shares, are in a better position to adapt than food producers like Saputo and Maple Leaf Foods....
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