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When considering investing in emerging markets, explore opportunities in the rise of emerging economies, exports, and shifting trade patterns

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, $121.02, Toronto symbol RY, is a buy.

The bank continues to benefit from higher interest income on its loans due to higher interest rates. As well, it cut the number of full-time employees by 1% in the latest quarter, and it plans to further reduce headcount by 1% to 2% in the current quarter.

In its 2023 third quarter, ended July 31, 2023, Royal’s earnings before unusual items rose 11.4%, to $2.84 a share (or a total of $3.96 billion) from $2.55 a share (or $3.56 billion) a year earlier....

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In January 2023, Microsoft increased its investment in OpenAI. That’s the start-up firm behind ChatGPT, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) software to interact with users in a conversational way and produce human-like written responses. The company has not yet revealed the size of this investment, but media reports suggest it was $10 billion.


Since then, Microsoft stock has jumped 36% on the expectation the company will use this AI technology to greatly improve the performance of its Azure cloud computing platform and its Bing search engine.


Microsoft also stands to gain from its upcoming acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard....

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You can’t fake a record of dividends....

These two REITs hold some of the best properties in Canada’s biggest cities. Those assets should let them keep raising your distributions.


ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $21 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 139.8 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Distribution yield: 8.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.alliedreit.com) owns 199 office buildings and 13 properties under development, mainly in major Canadian cities.


With the January 2023 payment, Allied raised your monthly distribution by 2.9%....

Investing in medical simulators presents a promising opportunity due to the growing demand for simulation-based training in healthcare

As I’ve often mentioned, the biggest risk you face as an investor is hidden or unrecognized conflicts of interest. It’s not because any one conflict of interest can do great damage to your finances. The risk comes out of the fact that conflicts of interest are everywhere.

That’s especially so with ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) issues....

CAMPBELL SOUP CO., $42.83, New York symbol CPB, is a buy.

Campbell last raised your quarterly dividend with the February 2021 payment. Investors now receive $0.37 a share, up 5.7% from $0.35. The new annual rate of $1.48 yields a solid 3.5%.

Under its new strategic plan, which began in 2018, Campbell sold most of its international and refrigerated-foods businesses....