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RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $80 (www.rbi.com) is a buy. The company has 27,025 fast-food outlets in over 100 countries: 18,625 Burger King, 4,949 Tim Hortons (coffee and donuts), and 3,451 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (fried chicken). Restaurant Brands is now preparing to launch its first Popeye’s restaurant in the U.K....

The success of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout is letting more businesses re-open. Consumers also continue to repay their loans on time. As a result, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has increased the minimum capitalization ratio (CET1, or Common Equity Tier 1) for Canada’s banks to 10.5%....
If you’ve ever wondered “what are dividend stocks?” We have the answer for you.
A: NBI Global Private Equity ETF, $38.86, symbol NGPE on Toronto (Units outstanding: 6.8 million; Market cap: $264.2 million; www.nbinvestments.ca), aims to let Canadians invest globally in publicly listed companies involved in private equity.

Private equity is an alternative form of private financing, away from public markets, in which investors directly invest in companies—either public or private....
Here’s the text of my latest letter to our Portfolio Management clients, sent in May:

“We’ve often written about an attractive market pattern that has paid off for us over the years. This pattern emerges when the following two factors come together to create what we’ve called a “double-barrelled buying opportunity”:
  1. Investors generally are fearful and have low expectations for stock-market performance; and
  2. There’s a lot of hidden value in the stock market—that is, value that is not widely recognized by investors.

These two factors work together to improve your chances of making money in the stock market....
The best way to manage retirement money will take advantage of tax shelters, as well as sound portfolio-building strategies
GREAT-WEST LIFECO, $36.69, is still a hold. The insurer (Toronto symbol GWO; shares outstanding: 928.4 million; Market cap: $34.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.8%; www.greatwestlifeco.com) has steadily expanded its operations in Ireland in the past few years....
RioCan and H&R continue to build new residential and industrial properties to cut their exposure to the retail industry. Their new properties—along with store reopenings as the pandemic eases—should help both REITs raise their distributions in the next few years....
Buying a base metals ETF, like one holding copper companies, is a great way to diversify your resources holdings beyond just gold.
A: Evolve Global Healthcare Enhanced Yield Fund, $22.85, symbol LIFE on Toronto (Units outstanding: 5.3 million; Market cap: $121.1 million; www.evolveetfs.com), aims to track the Solactive Global Healthcare 20 Index Canadian Dollar Hedged Index.

LIFE invests primarily in the stock holdings of that index....