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A: Empire Company Ltd., $40.37, symbol EMP.A on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 238.5 million; Market cap: $9.7 billion; www.empireco.ca), is primarily a food retailer and also invests in real estate.

The company operates through two segments: Food retailing, and Investments and other operations.

Empire’s Food retailing segment does business through its wholly owned Sobeys business....

A: The Global X Seasonal Rotation ETF, $31.08, symbol HAC on Toronto (Units outstanding: 7.0 million; Market cap: $217.6 million; www.globalx.ca), aims to tactically spread and move around its holdings between stocks, fixed-income investments, commodities and currencies based on historical seasonal trends.

The managers believe that investment markets follow these seasonal trends and so have seasonal rhythms....

TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, $77.84, Toronto symbol TD, remains a buy for patient, income-seeking investors.

With the January 2024 payment, TD raised your quarterly dividend by 6.3%. Investors now receive $1.02 a share instead of $0.96. The new annual rate of $4.08 yields a solid 5.2%.

The bank has agreed to pay a fine of $3.09 billion U.S....

BARRICK GOLD CORP., $28.88, is a buy. The company (symbol ABX on Toronto) is the second-largest gold miner in the world after Newmont (symbol NEM on New York, and a recommendation of our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter).

The company reports that it produced lower-than-expected gold in the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, because of a fall in output at its Carlin and Cortez mines in Nevada....

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These two medical industry leaders are facing demands from activists to expand their current cost-cutting plans. While that pressure helps draw investor attention to their high-quality assets, Pfizer is your better choice for long-term gains.


PFIZER INC....

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Understanding our recommendations: Power Buy—These stocks are our top choices for new buying now....

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an example of an investment idea that could boost your investment returns, or, more likely, end up costing you money. All in all, we think that the biggest, surest gains from AI will come from investing in established businesses that are already profitable and growing, and that can gain all the more by applying AI to their operations.


Here are two companies that are already profitably taking advantage of AI, and they should be among the leaders in the push to extend AI’s use:


BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, $219.23, is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.broadridge.com; Shares o/s: 116.9 million; Market cap: $25.6 billion; Yield: 1.6%) is now using AI to improve its software products....

CORTEVA INC., $58.95, is a buy. The company (www.corteva.com; New York symbol CTVA; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (Shares o/s: 692.2 million; Market cap: $40.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.2%) will now collaborate with Pairwise, a technology company aiming to pioneer the application of gene editing in food and agriculture.


Gene editing uses a plant’s own DNA to make precise improvements, providing growers with another tool to keep pace with the challenges facing food production, including those presented by climate change....

Dream Office REIT offers a high 4.4% yield as it looks to lower risks and capitalize on its prime location dominance in downtown Toronto.