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DUNDEE CORP. $19 (Toronto symbol DC.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 54.1 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.8; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.dundeecorp.com) owns businesses in the wealth management, real estate, natural resource and agriculture industries.

In the three months ended September 30, 2013, Dundee earned $2.6 million, or $0.01 a share....

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $164 (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 175.4 million; Market cap: $28.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.8; Dividend yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpr.ca) is selling 26% of the track miles of its Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) railway, which carries grain, fertilizer and other products between Minnesota and South Dakota.

The company acquired DM&E in 2008 for $1.5 billion....

MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. (Toronto symbols TPX.A $62 and TPX.B $62; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 183.9 million; Market cap: $11.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) continues to make progress integrating StarBev LP, which it bought for $3.4 billion in June 2012 (all amounts except share prices and market cap in U.S....

These two retailers recently set up their land and buildings as real estate investment trusts (REITs). That’s helping them fund acquisitions to better compete with U.S. retailers like Wal-Mart and Target, which are expanding in Canada.

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AGRIUM INC. $104 (Toronto symbol AGU; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 144.5 million; Market cap: $15.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 3.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.agrium.com) makes nitrogen-based fertilizers from natural gas....

BLACKBERRY LTD. $9.36 (Toronto symbol BB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 524.6 million; Market cap: $4.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.blackberry.com) has sold an additional $250 million worth of convertible debentures (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S....

CGI GROUP INC. $35 (Toronto symbol GIB.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 310.7 million; Market cap: $10.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.cgi.com) is the lead contractor for the healthcare.gov website, which lets Americans shop for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare).

Due to problems with the website, the U.S....

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $14 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 78.0 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. tctranscontinental.com) is Canada’s leading printer of flyers, magazines, newspapers and books....

INTEL CORP. $25 (Nasdaq symbol INTC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 5.0 billion; Market cap: $125.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.intel.com) is selling its Intel Media business, which is developing a service calle...

BHP BILLITON LTD. ADRs $64 (New York symbol BHP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; ADRs outstanding: 2.7 billion; Market cap: $172.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.bhpbilliton.com) produced a record 97.8 million tonnes of iron ore in the six months ended December 31, 2013, up 19.3% from a year earlier. That’s mainly due to the start-up of its 85%-owned Jimblebar mine in Western Australia. BHP still expects to produce 192 million tonnes of iron ore for its full 2014 fiscal year.

The company also produced more metallurgical coal (up 21.9%), alumina (up 8.4%) and copper (up 6.2%). As well, new onshore oil wells in the U.S. pushed up its oil output by 6.3%. However, natural gas production fell 6.7% as BHP shifts its focus to its more profitable oil operations.

BHP Billiton is a buy....