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SERVICENOW INC., $797.76, symbol NOW on New York, is a cloud-based software provider that aims to help companies manage their digital workflows. ServiceNow went public in 2012 at $18 a share.

On March 10, 2025, ServiceNow announced that it would acquire Moveworks, a California-based company that develops AI-driven assistants for large corporations....

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KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INC. $34 is a hold. The company (New York symbol KD; Conservative Growth, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 230.5 million; Market cap: $7.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.kyndryl.com) helps corporate and government clients manage their datacentres....

Broadridge and Gen Digital are leaders in their niche markets. That makes it easier to hang onto existing customers and attract new ones. Both are also expanding into new markets, which should spur their overall growth.


BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC....

Over the years, longtime subscribers have frequently heard—and regularly benefited from—our three-part investment philosophy (see below). We have found that it works in all kinds of economies and all markets. We expect it, along with other TSI investing fundamentals (also below), will continue to help protect your returns despite tariff tumult.


1: Invest mainly in well-established, dividend-paying companies; 2: Spread your money out across most if not all the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer Goods & Services; Finance; and Utilities); and 3: Downplay or avoid stocks getting excess attention from the broker/media limelight.


If you have two-thirds of your portfolio in Canadian stocks and a third in U.S....

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J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO. $251 is a buy. The bank (New York symbol JPM; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 2.8 billion; Market cap: $702.8 billion; Dividend yield: 2.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.jpmorganchase.com) is the largest banking firm in the U.S., with total assets of $4.00 trillion as of December 31, 2024.


With the April 2025 payment, Morgan will raise your quarterly dividend by 12.0%, to $1.40 a share from $1.25....

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC. $82 is a buy. The stock (Toronto symbol SLF; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 573.9 million; Market cap: $47.1 billion; Dividend yield: 4.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.sunlife.ca) lets investors tap Canada’s third-largest life insurance company by market cap after Manulife (No....

Both Great-West and IGM recently exchanged some assets as part of a plan to better concentrate on their main businesses. We like both but still see IGM as the better pick.


GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $54 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; shares outstanding: 932.1 million; Market cap: $50.3 billion; Dividend yield: 4.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest life insurer after Manulife Financial....

H&R REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $10 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol HR.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 262.6 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Distribution yield: 6.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.hr-reit.com) has 374 residential, industrial, office and retail properties in Canada and the U.S....