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TRITON INTERNATIONAL LTD., $82.96, symbol TRTN on New York, is the world’s largest owner and lessor of intermodal containers. It owns more than 7 million 20-foot equivalents (TEUs), and those shipping containers are used by some of the world’s largest shipping companies....

VISA INC. $223 is a buy. The company (New York symbol V; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 2.1 billion; Market cap: $468.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 15.3; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.visa.com) operates the world’s largest electronic-payments network....

With the goal of tapping into the popularity of high-yield investments, RBC recently launched an ETF that invests in Canadian dividend-paying companies—but with a covered call strategy. Meanwhile, we also look at an ETF focused on using leverage in bull markets but switching to short positions in bear markets.


RBC CANADIAN DIVIDEND COVERED CALL ETF $20.07 (Toronto symbol RCDC) invests in large-cap, dividend-paying Canadian companies—and sells covered call options on its stock holdings.


The ETF launched in January 2023 with an MER of 0.64%....

The market plunge at the start of the COVID-19 crisis lowered the unit price of most REITs. That’s because the pandemic forced many businesses—and REIT tenants—to temporarily close. However, the pandemic has waned, and rental markets are recovering. That will let these two REITs maintain, or even raise, their current high distributions.


CHOICE PROPERTIES REIT, $14.72, is a buy. Canada’s biggest REIT (Toronto symbol CHP.UN; Units o/s: 327.8 million; Market cap: $10.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Yield: 5.0%; www.choicereit.ca) owns 701 retail, industrial, office space and residential properties with 64.0 million square feet of gross leasable area....

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I’ve heard good and bad things over the years about investment clubs. First off, you need to keep in mind that the term “club” can be misleading. For many people, it conjures up the image of a non-profit, co-operative affair, run by and for the members....

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $15 is still a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 86.9 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 6.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) is Canada’s leading commercial printer....

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., $587.76, is a buy. The company (symbol TMO on New York) lets you tap this leading manufacturer of scientific instruments, laboratory equipment, diagnostic consumables, and life science reagents.

The shares are now up 80.4% for our subscribers since we first recommended the stock in the May 2020 issue of Power Growth Investor at $325.83 a share....

BANK OF MONTREAL, $132.29, Toronto symbol BMO, remains a buy.

This week, U.S. banking regulators approved the bank’s acquisition of California-based Bank of the West from France’s BNP Paribas.

Bank of the West provides a variety of retail and commercial banking services to over 1.8 million customers through 514 branches in 24 states, mainly in the Western and Midwestern regions of the U.S....

SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $44 is a buy. Canada’s largest integrated oil firm (Toronto symbol SU; Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.35 billion; Market cap: $59.4 billion; Dividend yield: 4.7%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.suncor.com) recently opted to retain its chain of 1,875 Petro-Canada gas stations after conducting a strategic review....

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