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METHANEX CORP. $63 (Toronto symbol MX; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 77.0 million; Market cap: $4.9 billion; Dividend yield: 2.6%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.methanex.com) is the world’s leading supplier and distributor of methanol....
Canadian investors got a welcome jolt in the news this past week, with the takeover by Onex (Toronto symbol ONEX) of WestJet Airlines (Toronto symbol WJA). The fact that Onex was ready to pay a 61% premium over WestJet’s price the day before says something about the hidden value that lurks in Canada’s stock market.

In our January 2019 Stock Pickers Digest, we declared, “WestJet set to soar.” We said the company’s revenues kept rising due to strong demand for its flights....
Electric vehicle stocks expose investors to unique opportunities—but with risks to match. Here’s a look as well at lithium stocks and “theme” stocks in general
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MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. $80 (www.molsoncoors.com) is one of the world’s largest beer brewers. In the first quarter of 2019, overall sales fell 1.2%, to $2.30 billion from $2.33 billion a year earlier (all amounts except share price in U.S....
Commodities are the raw materials that production and manufacturing rely on. Investing in them can help investors diversify their portfolios and win greater protection from inflation.


However, commodities as a group have been out of favour for almost a decade and investors would rightly question the wisdom of either directly holding commodities or commodity producers in their portfolios.



A decade of underperformance


To consider the performance of physical commodities as a group, we selected the Dow Jones Commodity Index....
The North American ETF universe has welcomed several new theme ETFs in recent weeks—each is meant to tap an investment trends. Those funds include a new U.S. marijuana ETF as well as a fund focused on companies at the forefront of the developing 5G network industry.


ADVISORSHARES PURE CANNABIS ETF $25.00 (New York symbol YOLO) launched in April 2019 and is a second U.S....