IBM
IBM, $219.73, is still a buy. The company (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 921.1 million; Market cap: $202.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.0%) often buys other companies to enhance its expertise....
We see IBM as a great way for investors to successfully tap the fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI) field. This legacy tech firm was in fact an early pioneer in AI. In 2011, and representing an AI milestone, IBM’s Watson supercomputer beat human contestants on the Jeopardy game show.
Rising client demand for AI services has lifted the stock by 50% in the past year....
Rising client demand for AI services has lifted the stock by 50% in the past year....
BECTON DICKINSON & CO. $235 is a buy. The medical device maker (New York symbol BDX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 289.0 million; Market cap: $67.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.5; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bd.com) recently acquired the Critical Care product group of Edwards Lifesciences Corp....
TC ENERGY INC., $62.65, Toronto symbol TRP, is a buy.
TC generates steady cash flow for investors mainly through a 93,300-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Its other operations include 4,900 kilometres of crude oil pipelines and seven power plants.
On October 1, 2024, the company will complete the spinoff of its oil pipeline business as separate company South Bow Corp....
TC generates steady cash flow for investors mainly through a 93,300-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Its other operations include 4,900 kilometres of crude oil pipelines and seven power plants.
On October 1, 2024, the company will complete the spinoff of its oil pipeline business as separate company South Bow Corp....
The demand for healthcare products and services has been growing for decades. That trend should only continue as the population of the developed world grows older and medical services expand in the developing world.
Meanwhile, significant new developments in the field of medical technology, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI), should add to the outlook for suppliers of healthcare products and services.
In the next section, we summarize some of the main developments in the field of AI, and its usefulness for the healthcare sector.
Artificial intelligence comes to healthcare
The data-processing and predictive capabilities of AI let health professionals better manage their resources and take a more proactive approach to various aspects of healthcare.
With these technologies, doctors can make quicker and more accurate diagnoses, patients can receive more timely and personalized treatments, and scientists can speed up drug discoveries....
Meanwhile, significant new developments in the field of medical technology, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI), should add to the outlook for suppliers of healthcare products and services.
In the next section, we summarize some of the main developments in the field of AI, and its usefulness for the healthcare sector.
Artificial intelligence comes to healthcare
The data-processing and predictive capabilities of AI let health professionals better manage their resources and take a more proactive approach to various aspects of healthcare.
With these technologies, doctors can make quicker and more accurate diagnoses, patients can receive more timely and personalized treatments, and scientists can speed up drug discoveries....
C3.AI Inc., $27.73, symbol AI on New York, makes software for corporations to speed up their deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
The company was founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel. Prior to founding C3.ai, he created Siebel Systems in 1993....
The company was founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel. Prior to founding C3.ai, he created Siebel Systems in 1993....
CHOICE PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $14.21, is a top pick for 2024.
Choice is Canada’s biggest REIT, with 702 retail, industrial and residential properties totalling 65.9 million square feet of gross leasable area. Its occupancy rate is a high 98.0%....
Choice is Canada’s biggest REIT, with 702 retail, industrial and residential properties totalling 65.9 million square feet of gross leasable area. Its occupancy rate is a high 98.0%....
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP., $182.77, New York symbol IBM, is a top pick for 2024.
The company is one of the world’s largest computer firms, with operations in over 175 countries.
With the June 2024 payment, IBM raised your quarterly dividend by 0.6%, to $1.67 a share from $1.66....
The company is one of the world’s largest computer firms, with operations in over 175 countries.
With the June 2024 payment, IBM raised your quarterly dividend by 0.6%, to $1.67 a share from $1.66....
The outcome of CNN’s June 27 debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden seems to have set off a political firestorm in the U.S., and not just between Republicans and Democrats. The debate also seems to have set off a secondary firestorm within the Democratic party, between members who claim the other side of the party should have known about or revealed Biden’s cognitive failings, and those who say his condition is not as bad as it looks.
My advice: don’t waste your time with the endless sniping now underway in the media....
My advice: don’t waste your time with the endless sniping now underway in the media....
KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INC. $25 is still a hold. The company (New York symbol KD; Conservative Growth, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 230.5 million; Market cap: $5.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.kyndryl.com) helps corporate and government clients manage their datacentres.
On November 3, 2021, former parent company International Business Machines Corp....
On November 3, 2021, former parent company International Business Machines Corp....