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MARINEMAX INC., $30.75, symbol HZO on New York, operates as a recreational
boat and yacht retailer and superyacht services firm in the U.S.

The company sells new and used recreational boats, including pleasure and fishing boats, mega-yachts, yachts, sport cruisers, motor yachts, ski boats, jet boats, and other recreational boats....
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of most vacation plans. However, with the rollout of vaccines and the reopening of the economy, demand for travel rebounded steadily. In fact, while both Wyndham Hotels and Travel + Leisure plunged along with the market in March 2020, both regained all the ground they lost by the end of 2020....
TSX blue chip stocks are well-established companies with attractive business prospects and trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The safest investments in Canada, are Canadian funds like ETFs or mutual funds that aim to equal the performance of a Canadian market index.
BANK OF MONTREAL, $122.61, Toronto symbol BMO, remains a buy.

With the February 2023 payment, Bank of Montreal will raise your quarterly dividend by 2.9%, to $1.43 a share from $1.39. The new annual rate of $5.72 yields a high 4.7%.

In December 2021, the bank agreed to acquire California-based Bank of the West from France’s BNP Paribas for $16.3 billion U.S.

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....
PFIZER INC., $51.43, New York symbol PFE, is your #1 Income Buy for 2022.

The company is one of the world’s largest makers of prescription drugs. Its top-selling brands include Eliquis (stroke), Ibrance (breast cancer) and Prevnar (pneumonia).

Pfizer has increased its dividend rate each year since 2011....
BANK OF MONTREAL, $120.63, Toronto symbol BMO, remains a buy.

In December 2021, the bank agreed to acquire California-based Bank of the West from France’s BNP Paribas for $16.3 billion U.S.

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....
TMX GROUP LTD. $139 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol X; Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 55.6 million; Market cap: $7.7 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.tmx.com) owns Canada’s two primary stock exchanges, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Montreal Exchange, as well as clearing entities for domestic Canadian markets (CDS and CDCC).


TMX Group is now paying an undisclosed sum for Boston-based Wall Street Horizon Inc....
SPIN MASTER CORP., $34.50, symbol TOY on Toronto, designs and markets children’s toys, games and puzzles. It outsources the manufacturing to third parties.

The company’s best-known brands include PAW Patrol, Bakugan, Kinetic Sand, Air Hogs, Hatchimals, Rubik’s Cube and Gund....
Generally speaking, Canadians are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S. unless those funds are also registered with provincial securities commissions. (Moreover, some Canadian mutual funds are only available in a limited number of provinces.)


Investors in this country can, however, buy exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, listed on U.S....