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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS $131.27 (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (201-714-3000; www.broadridge.com; Shares o/s: 116.1 million; Market cap: $15.0 billion; Dividend yield: 1.7%) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing.

In the quarter ended June 30, 2019, revenue fell 8.3%, to $1.21 billion from $1.32 billion a year earlier....
ASHLAND GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC. $73 (New York symbol ASH; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 60.5 million; Market cap: $4.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.2%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.ashland.com) makes a variety of specialty chemicals.

The company has three main businesses: Specialty Ingredients (roughly 65% of its total sales) makes coatings, adhesives and other products for the pharmaceutical, food and construction industries; Composites (25%) makes plastics and resins for the construction and industrial-products markets; and Intermediates and Solvents (10%) makes chemicals for plastics makers....
Yum Brands is a powerful example of why we strongly believe in the potential of spinoffs. In November 2016, the company spun off its Chinese operations as Yum China. Investors then received one share of the new firm for each Yum Brands share they held.

Since the split, Yum Brands has jumped 93%, while Yum China is up 69%....
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A: Auxly Cannabis Group Inc., $0.90, symbol XLY on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 606.7 million; Market cap: $551.2 million; www.auxly.com), develops, produces, and sells cannabis products to the medical, wellness, and recreational markets....
We based our Successful Investor investing system on fixed aspects of human nature. That’s why some of its key points apply beyond stock selection.

One essential part of our system is that in your stock-picking, you should downplay or avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight....
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The United Kingdom has one of the largest economies in Europe and is among the world’s top 10. However, over the near term, it faces major challenges. This includes Brexit and the prospect of leaving the European Union without clear arrangements to protect its vital trading links....

RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $26 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units outstanding: 304.2 million; Market cap: $7.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.5; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.riocan.com) continues to focus on six major urban markets: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.


Under that plan, RioCan has agreed to buy Kingsett Capital’s 50% interest in Toronto’s Yonge Sheppard Centre for $331 million....