Chevron Corp.

We continue to assess the merits of ETFs that have underperformed for investors over the past 3 years: Below we give you a snapshot of funds focused on global energy stocks, copper miners and U.S. telecoms. Each faces industry pressures that impact your returns....

CHEVRON CORP. $110 remains a buy for investors. The leading integrated oil and gas producer (New York symbol CVX; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $209.0 billion; Dividend yield: 4.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.chevron.com) last raised your quarterly dividend by 6.2% with the March 2019 payment....

A: Stryker Corporation, $206.97, symbol SYK on New York (Shares outstanding: 373.1 million; Market cap: $76.8 billion; www.stryker.com), is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies....

A: The Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, $44.89, symbol JUST on New York (Units outstanding: 3.1 million; Market cap: $139.2 million; www.gsam.com), started up June 7, 2018, launched by prominent hedge fund manager and billionaire philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones.

The ETF’s MER is a low 0.20%, and it yields 1.9%.

Jones’s charitable foundation, Just Capital, conducts regular polling to determine the American public’s most important concerns as they relate to business behaviour....

A: Smartsheet Inc., $44.60, symbol SMAR on New York (Shares outstanding: 87.4 million; Market cap: $5.0 billion; www.smartsheet.com), provides cloud-based software for teams and organizations to plan, capture, manage, automate, and report on their work.

Smartsheet first sold shares to the public in April 2018 at $15 a share.

The company operates in a competitive market and continues to lose money; it will likely report a loss of $0.55 a share in 2020....

A: True North Commercial REIT, $6.98, symbol TNT.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 57.7 million; Market cap: $489.6 million; www.truenorthreit.com), owns and operates a portfolio of 46 office properties....

A: Crescita Therapeutics, $0.96, symbol CTX on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 21.0 million; Market cap: $20.1 million; www.crescitatherapeutics.com), is a dermatology company with manufacturing capabilities, a portfolio of non-prescription skincare products for the treatment and care of skin conditions and diseases, and prescription drug products for the treatment of pain....

A: Carnival Corp., $44.68, symbol CCL on New York (Shares outstanding: 718.6 million; Market cap: $31.7 billion; www.carnival.com), operates a fleet of 104 cruise ships worldwide and is based in Doral, Florida.

Carnival’s portfolio of cruise line brands includes Carnival Cruise Line, Fathom, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises and Cunard in the U.K.; AIDA Cruises in Germany; Costa Cruises in Italy; and P&O Cruises in Australia.

With its size and global reach, Carnival targets every segment of the global cruise market regardless of customer budget, itinerary, geography, demographics, or lifestyle....

A: Littelfuse Inc., $186.85, symbol LFUS on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 24.7 million; Market cap: $4.5 billion; www.littelfuse.com), is a multinational electronics manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois....

A: Paychex Inc., $82.22, symbol PAYX on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 359.3 million; Market cap: $29.9 billion; www.paychex.com), provides a range of human resources and payroll services, including accounting, salary deposits, and automatic tax payment and filing.

The company’s 670,000 clients are mostly small and medium-sized businesses (10 to 200 employees) throughout the U.S....