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A: Canadian Natural Resources, $40.63, symbol CNQ on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $49.0 billion; www.cnrl.com), operates in Western Canada, where its 100%-owned Horizon Oil Sands Project is located; the North Sea; and off the coast of West Africa....
A: Tourmaline Oil, $14.41, symbol TOU on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 272.1 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; www.tourmalineoil.com), is a Canadian oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production company with properties concentrated in central Alberta and northeast B.C.

In the three months ended September 30, 2019, Tourmaline’s daily output averaged 289,578 barrels of oil equivalent (81% gas and 19% oil), up 13.9% from 254,185 a year earlier....
A: Etsy Inc., $50.00, symbol ETSY on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 120.2 million; Market cap: $6.1 billion; www.etsy.com), provides an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of unique and creative goods. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

The platform generates revenue primarily from listing fees of $0.20 per item and a final value sales fee of 5%....
Finning International began paying dividends in 1970. At current prices, the stock is now in the middle of the wide range between $15 and $35 that it has stayed in for the past 10 years. While in that range, it doubled its dividend, although a sluggish economy and weak commodity prices held back its earnings....
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Canadian banks offer investors above-average dividend yields, low-to-moderate p/e’s; and above-average potential for long-term capital gains.
Some investors overlook the Netherlands given its small size and small population. Still, other investors recognize it as one of the world’s top 20 economies and among the world’s top 10 exporters.


The Netherlands has recovered well from the financial crisis a decade ago and is now one of the best performing economies in Europe....
This issue, we identify five niche funds ready to boost this year’s returns for our subscribers. (They’re in addition to our top ETF pick for 2020, see column at right.) Each is also likely to cut your investment risk for 2020, and for the many years to follow.


The first of your five buy recommendations is an international ETF focused on dividend payers....
Below, we present you with three #1 stock picks for 2020, one from each of our portfolios—Conservative, Aggressive and Income.


You’ll notice two of the three—CGI and CP—are repeats from the 2019 list. They delivered investors big gains in the past year—31% and 33%, respectively....