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A: Westshore Terminals Investment Corp., $15.77, symbol WTE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 64.8 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; www.westshore.com), operates a coal storage and loading terminal on land leased from the Vancouver Port Authority at Roberts Bank, B.C.

Westshore ships both metallurgical and thermal coal....

The top energy stocks will have long-term appeal and can be among your best resources investments


We recommend that investors diversify their portfolio across most if not all of the five major sectors, including Resources. However, note that some resource markets are inherently unpredictable, especially energy and mines.

Take a look at our recommendations for investing in the top energy stocks below....
There’s nothing inherently wrong with investing in most “alternative investments.” The term includes real estate, commodity trading, private equity (shares of private companies that are not publicly traded), venture capital (private equity of startup companies), hedge funds, art, collectibles, interests in proceeds of lawsuits that are still before the courts, antique sports cars—the list gets longer every year.

However, the marketing of alternative investments can lead investors to overlook a key risk in these investments....
Steady revenue from guaranteed shipping contracts should let Enbridge keep increasing your dividend despite reduced demand for oil because of the pandemic.


Still, the stock is down 18% since the start of 2020 on fears depressed energy prices will continue to hurt shipping volumes for its pipelines....
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The best Canadian mining companies are well-financed with low debt and good management

Canadian ETF assets under management totalled $211.4 billion by the end of May, 19% more than 12 months earlier. So far this year, stock market ETFs have attracted $12.7 billion followed by fixed-income funds. They attracted $4.0 billion in inflows.


Despite the economic uncertainty associated with COVID-19, Canadian ETFs attracted inflows of $2.4 billion in May....
A: Deere & Co., $159.20, symbol DE on New York (Shares outstanding: 312.9 million; Market cap: $50.1 billion; www.deere.com), started up in 1837 when its founder, John Deere, began making polished-steel plows at his blacksmith shop in Grand Detour, Illinois.

Today, the company is the world’s largest maker of agricultural equipment, with manufacturing plants in the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Spain, South Africa, Mexico and Argentina....
A: Black Diamond Group, $1.34, symbol BDI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 55.6 million; Market cap: $72.8 million; www.blackdiamondlimited.com), rents and sells modular buildings and temporary workforce accommodations to customers in Canada, the U.S., and Australia....