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Nutrien Ltd. offers a high 4.2% yield as it bolsters its market presence to capitalize on rising global agricultural demand.
These three legacy technologies continue to invest heavily in new artificial intelligence products and services. That should drive their earnings higher in the next few years. For now, we feel IBM currently offers investors a better combination of AI growth and value than do Apple and Intel.


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Hudbay Minerals expanding copper and gold production has now positioned it as a leading player in the mining sector.

HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO. $22 is a hold. This firm (New York symbol HPE; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $28.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.hpe.com) agreed to acquire Juniper Networks Inc....
We feel railway operator CPKC is in a good position to withstand the negative impact of a potential 25% U.S. tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico. About a third of its freight volumes are necessary goods, such as grains and fertilizers, so tariffs aren’t likely to significantly impact those volumes.


Moreover, the company continues to realize the benefits of its 2023 acquisition of U.S....
The Cooper Companies Inc. has a promising outlook backed by strong revenue and earnings growth in two key markets.
APA CORP. $23 (www.apacorp.com) is a hold. The company produces oil and natural gas in the U.S., Egypt and the U.K. In April 2024, APA acquired Callon Petroleum Company (New York symbol CPE) in an all-stock merger worth $4.5 billion....
In the Globe & Mail, The Successful Investor highlights six Japanese ADRs to tap the Nikkei’s future gains.
A: Bunge Global SA, $81.62, symbol BG on New York (Shares outstanding: 139.6 million; Market cap: $11.4 billion; www.bunge.com), is a leading global agribusiness and food company.

The company is a leader in its industry on several fronts: it processes oilseed, such as soybeans, and produces and sells vegetable oils and proteins; it processes grains; and it also produces and sells wheat flours, bakery mixes, and corn-based products across North and South America.

In Brazil, Bunge also produces sugar and ethanol through its 50% interest in BP Bunge Bioenergia, a joint venture with oil and gas giant BP plc.

In October 2023, Bunge’s shareholders voted to change the company’s place of incorporation and residence from Bermuda to Switzerland.

The company now operates through three segments: Agribusiness, Refined and Specialty Oils, and Milling.

The Agribusiness segment buys, stores, transports, processes, and sells agricultural commodities and commodity products....
AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC., $22.51, symbol AMTM in New York, provides advanced engineering and technology solutions to the U.S. government and its allied partners (90% of revenue) and commercial customers (10%). It sells to energy, environmental, intelligence, space, defence, civilian and commercial markets.

On September 27, 2024, Amentum completed a major merger with the Critical Mission Solutions (CMS) and Cyber and Intelligence (C&I) businesses of Jacobs Solutions (symbol J on New York)....