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A: Henry Schein Inc., $85.08, symbol HSIC on New York (Shares outstanding: 131.3 million; Market cap: $11.0 billion; www.henryschein.com), is the world’s largest provider of health-care products and services to doctors and dentists....

Many people start out investing with unrealistic ideas of how much money they can make from short-term stock trading, and how quickly they’ll get rich.

Inexperienced investors are shocked when they learn that successful investors rarely if ever do any short-term stock trading....

ATS CORP., $51.84, symbol ATS on Toronto, (formerly ATS Automation Tooling Systems)provides some of the world’s top manufacturers with factory automation solutions, including contract manufacturing. Founded in 1978, it has 50 manufacturing facilities and 75 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia.

On March 28, 2023, ATS announced that it would acquire Triad Unlimited LLC, a U.S.-based reliability engineering service provider for North American and European markets....

TECK RESOURCES LTD., $59.27, Toronto symbol TECK.B, remains a buy for investors seeking long-term gains from the Resources sector of their portfolio.

The stock jumped over 20% this week after the company rejected an unsolicited takeover offer from Switzerland-based mining firm Glencore plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol GLCNF).

Glencore proposed to buy Teck for about $23 billion U.S....

NEWMONT CORP. $52.07, remains a buy for long-term growth and as a hedge against inflation. The company (New York symbol NEM; Shares o/s: 793.8 million; Market cap: $34.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 3.1%; www.newmont.com) has completed the sale of its common shares of Triple Flag Precious Metal Corp....

RioCan and Choice Properties continue to build new residential, office and industrial properties to cut their exposure to the retail industry. Their new properties should help both REITs raise investor distributions in the next few years. All in all, each trust remains attractive thanks to its high-quality properties and tenants.


RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $20.73, is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 303.9 million; Market cap: $6.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 193 shopping centres and other properties across Canada, as well as 10 projects under development....

Insurers write policies, collect premiums from customers, and then invest those premiums to meet future claims. They’re required to invest significant amounts of that money in fixed-income instruments, namely bonds. That means high interest rates are a boon to their returns....

A: iShares Core MSCI Canadian Quality Dividend Index ETF, $24.80, symbol XDIV on Toronto (Units outstanding: 31.5 million; Market cap: $781.2 million; www.blackrock.com/ca), tracks the MSCI Canada High Dividend Yield 10% Security Capped Index.

This index aims to invest in Canadian stocks with above-average dividend yields and steady or increasing dividends....

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC., $1,708.29, is a buy. The stock (symbol CMG on New York) lets you tap this Mexican restaurant chain, headquartered in Denver. The company is a fast-food leader charging slightly higher prices than its competitors but offering better quality food, including naturally raised meat.

Last year, Chipotle created a new venture fund, Cultivate Next, which is aimed at providing early-stage investments to companies that align with its own mission....

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