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Prices of many tech stocks have gone way down this year, especially those that are losing money. Investors may have sold due to worries that money-losers will have trouble raising additional funds to keep growing in a time of uncertainty and rising interest rates.

Twilio has dropped as well, but it has strong recovery potential....

CGI INC., $102.54, Toronto symbol GIB.A, is your #1 Aggressive Buy for 2022.

The stock lets investors tap Canada’s largest provider of computer outsourcing services. It helps its clients automate certain routine functions like accounting and buying supplies....

IBM, $141.86, is still a buy. The company (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 899.4 million; Market cap: $127.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.7%) is one of the world’s largest computer companies, with operations in over 175 countries.


Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, IBM is now winding down its Russian operations.


The company has not yet said how much this move will impact its earnings....

RioCan and Choice Properties continue to build new residential, office and industrial properties to cut their exposure to the retail industry. Their new properties—along with store reopenings as the pandemic has eased—should help both REITs raise investor distributions in the next few years....

TELUS, $28.57, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol T; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $40.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.6%; www.telus.com) is now buying LifeWorks Inc....

Have you noticed how many investment newsletter publishers have taken to describing themselves as “legends” in their advertising? It reminds me of the old-fashioned phrase “a legend in his own time.” Come to think of it, it’s even more reminiscent of kids’ versions of the phrase, such as, “a legend in his own mind,” or “a legend in his lunchtime.”

Some investors see this over-stated advertising from stock-market gurus as a sign of a frothy, high-risk stock market....

Growth investing can be beneficial to your portfolio returns—but not every strategy is money in the bank.

TELUS CORP., $28.89, Toronto symbol T, is a buy.

The company is Canada’s second-largest wireless carrier, with 11.48 million users. That’s just behind BCE’s Bell Mobility (with 11.79 million users) and ahead of Rogers Communications (10.06 million users)....

Choosing investments from a list of popular stocks can lead an investor into trouble because of the broker/media limelight—where stocks can appear to be better investments than they are.

COVID-19 lockdowns in Asia have hurt earnings at these top insurance companies. However, they should benefit from rising interest rates as they invest premiums from customers in higher-yielding bonds. That puts them in a good position to reward investors with future dividend hikes.


MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP....