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Pay attention to the three qualities that most successful stocks have in common

Engineering/construction firm Chicago Bridge & Iron strives to bring a new clean energy process to fruition despite business setbacks and high debt.

CINEPLEX INC. $39 (Toronto symbol CGX; Shares outstanding: 63.5 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; Dividend yield: 4.3%; www.cineplex. com) is Canada’s biggest cinema operator and the fourth largest in North America.

The company pays a monthly dividend of $0.14 a share for a high 4.3% yield.

Theatre operators are highly dependent on the popularity of the current crop of Hollywood productions, and they need healthy ticket sales to cover the high cost of showing these films....

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Payment processing firm Square Inc. not only competes with Apple and PayPal, it’s also expanding its business loans subsidiary and aiming to found a bank.

ALAMOS GOLD $8.74 (Toronto symbol AGI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www.alamosgold.com; Shares outstanding: 266.3 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Dividend yield: 0.3%) owns the Mulatos, El Chanate and La Yaqui mines in Mexico, and the Young-Davidson mine in northern Ontario.

The company has just agreed to acquire Richmont Mines (Toronto symbol RIC) for $929 million in Alamos shares.

Richmont’s main asset is its 100,000-ounce-per-year Island Gold mine in northern Ontario.

The site could hold as much as 1.7 million ounces of gold....

The best mining stocks are steady, profitable, and well-financed companies

Realistic expectations and an eye toward diversification will help you develop the best retirement portfolio, and give you built-in security