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CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD., $31.09, Toronto symbol CU, (TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.canadianutilities.com) is a buy.

Canadian Utilities distributes electricity and natural gas in Alberta and Australia....

DraftKings keeps making the right moves to remain the dominant player in the expanding U.S. sports-betting market. It is now adding another U.S. state to its online sportsbook markets.


DRAFTKINGS INC., $42.24, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol DKNG; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (Shares outstanding: 841.7 million; Market cap: $36.7 billion; No dividend) currently provides sports betting in several U.S....

Ignore the “bells and whistles” when it comes to making portfolio decisions and stick to simple investing for the long term.

Value investing has long been considered the investment style that provides superior returns over the long run. However, for much of the past 15 years “growth investing” produced much better results. That may be changing, as “value investing” staged a comeback over the past three years, supported by moderate profit growth and considerable valuation discounts.


Defining ‘value investing’


There is no universal definition of value investing....

We first recommended Alphabet (then called Google) as a buy for aggressive investors in our August 2011 issue of Wall Street Stock Forecaster at $607 (or $15.175 adjusted for splits). Since then, the stock has gained a whopping 767.8% for our subscribers.

That success is largely due to the early effectiveness of its Internet search algorithms, which delivered more useful results to its users than competing search engines....

MIDDLEBY CORP., $154.15, symbol MIDD on Nasdaq, designs, manufactures, markets, distributes and services a broad line of (i) foodservice equipment for all types of commercial restaurants and institutional kitchens, (ii) food preparation, cooking, baking, chilling and packaging equipment for food-processing operations, and (iii) premium kitchen equipment, including ranges, ovens, refrigerators, ventilation, dishwashers and outdoor cooking equipment, primarily used in the residential market.

The company owns over 120 brands, including TurboChef, Follett, Star, Viking Range, AGA, and Armor Inox.

Founded in 1888 as a manufacturer of baking ovens, Middleby Marshall Oven Company was acquired in 1983 by TMC Industries Ltd., a publicly traded company that changed its name in 1985 to The Middleby Corporation.

Middleby has made several successful acquisitions over the last few years.

Most recently, on February 7, 2024, the company announced the acquisition of GBT GmnH Bakery Technology....

A key part of our three-pronged approach to investing is avoiding companies in the media limelight (the other two parts are diversifying your holdings across the five main economic sectors and sticking to well-established companies). A good example is uniform rental firm Cintas, which has soared over 200% in the past five years....

These two chipmakers are investing heavily in new plants. While these outlays will depress their earnings in 2024, the spending also puts them in a better position to fuel their long-term growth.

INTEL CORP. $43 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol INTC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 4.1 billion; Market cap: $176.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.5; Dividend yield: 1.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.intel.com) is the world’s leading maker of computer chips: its products power 65% of all personal computers and 80% of all datacentres.

In the fourth quarter of 2023, Intel’s revenue rose 9.7%, to $15.41 billion from $14.04 billion a year earlier....

TSX growth stocks can be more volatile—but they can make excellent long-term investments. Keep reading to learn more.

Communist Chinese ambitions for regional or global domination, and its impact on global investors through trade growth.