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METRO INC., $58.11, is a buy. The stock (Toronto symbol MRU; Shares o/s: 254.2 million; Market cap: $14.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 1.6%; www.metro.ca) lets you tap 950 grocery stores and 650 drugstores, in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.


To improve its long-term profitability and drive investor value, Metro now plans to build a new distribution centre near Montreal to handle fresh and frozen products....

In response to the COVID-19 shutdowns, central banks are increasing the money supply to help maintain liquidity.


That could spark a new round of inflation over the next few years. As gold is the traditional hedge against inflation, the likelihood of rising gold prices should benefit Newmont, our top pick of the gold producers....

As our subscriber, you know that ACI Worldwide and Broadridge are not household names. Still, you also know that does nothing to diminish the vital role they play for corporations relying on their back-office supports.


In addition, you should know that both of these service providers have business models that will let them prosper despite COVID-19’s huge economic and social impact.


That’s why we continue to see both ACI Worldwide and Broadridge as buys for your future gains.


ACI WORLDWIDE, $24.32, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol ACIW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.aciworldwide.com; Shares outstanding: 116.1 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; No dividends paid) makes software for processing transactions by credit cards, debit cards, automated teller machines, point-of-sale terminals and interbank systems....

Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, Goodfood continues to gain more and more customers. The stock is now up almost 20% for investors since we first recommended it in our December 2019 issue of Power Growth Investor at $3.02.


Goodfood’s stellar results in the latest quarter came before the COVID-19 virus really began to force Canadians to stay home....

Most stocks have dropped in the current market downturn, but we feel top-quality shares will be among the first to rebound. However, some, including Nissan, have severe problems in their markets that will likely block recovery anytime soon. Others, like Luckin Coffee, have big internal issues that limit their growth prospects ahead....

When we made Intact Financial one of our three 2020 #1 picks, we were looking for it to build on the 41% gain it handed our subscribers in 2019. This year, we still expect it to add to that stellar 2019 performance as it pushes deeper into new lucrative specialty markets in the U.S.


Intact shares dropped to as low as $104.81 in March 2020 when markets overall fell as the serious impact of COVID-19 on the economy became evident....

Slack Technologies’ software plays into a rapidly expanding modern trend—remote working. That trend has only gathered strength with the big swing in work-from-home spurred by the COVID-19 virus.


However, we liked this Power Buy before the current crisis, and we still like it now for its strong future potential.


SLACK TECHNOLOGIES INC....

Domino’s soared to a new all-time high of $382 in mid-February. But even with the recent market fall, it has only dropped to where it was before that leap. The jump came from a stellar quarter of earnings spurred by changes that, coincidentally, will serve it very well in the current “social distancing” environment.


DOMINO’S PIZZA $290.00 (New York symbol DPZ; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.dominos.com; Shares o/s: 39.0 billion; Market cap: $11.3 billion; Divd....

Even gold, and gold stocks, have been hurt by the COVID-19 outbreak—albeit less than other stocks, generally.


Investors in gold and gold-mining shares have sold at times in recent days, but most likely to raise cash in order to cover losses suffered in the stock market....

Long-time readers know that we are constantly keeping you up to date on important news affecting the stocks we cover. And, of course, we also aim to highlight stocks with especially bright outlooks for TSI Power Growth Investors. Here are two buys that stand out this month:


CALIAN GROUP $47.00 (Toronto symbol CGY; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (613-599-8600; www.calian.com; Shares outstanding: 8.0 million; Market cap: $377.6 million; Dividend yield: 2.4%) has two main opertions: Business and Technology Services (contributing 70% of revenue) provides engineers, health-care workers and other skilled professionals on a contract basis; and Systems Engineering (30% of revenue) sells hardware and software for satellite and other communications systems.


In the quarter ended December 31, 2019, Calian’s revenue jumped 24.1%, to $99.2 million from $79.9 million a year earlier....