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WAG! GROUP CO., $5.94, symbol PET on Nasdaq, is the developer of a mobile-first technology platform that provides on-demand and scheduled pet-care services such as dog walking, training, pet sitting, etc. It considers itself the one-stop shop for premium pet care.

Since its launch in 2015, Wag through its network of more than 400,000 caregivers, has delivered over 12 million pet care services through the Wag! Platform.

Wag! also operates Petted.com, one of the U.S.’s largest pet insurance comparison marketplace....

NEWELL BRANDS INC. $20 remains a hold. The consumer products maker (Nasdaq symbol NWL; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 413.6 million; Market cap: $8.3 billion; Dividend yield: 4.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.newellbrands.com) last raised its quarterly dividend with the June 2017 payment....

A: 23andMe Holding Co., $4.64, symbol ME on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 451.3 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; www.23andme.com), is a provider of consumer genetics testing. It has created the world’s largest crowd-sourced platform for genetic research; more than 80% of its customers have agreed to have their genetic profiles available on the platform.

In February 2021, VG Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC backed by British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, announced that it would merge with privately held 23andMe to complete the qualifying transaction for this type of acquisition.

SPACs are a specialized kind of IPO (Initial Public Offering, or new stock issue)....

Investing in the top TSX companies can offer both growth and value for your holdings, especially if you target blue chip stocks in the process.

YELP INC., $38.23, symbol YELP on New York, lets people rate and review local businesses such as restaurants, retail stores and service providers. They do that by detailing their experiences for other patrons and assigning a business a rating of up to five stars....

Finding the best stock to buy today will focus on shares with a history of dividend payments—and more

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP., $128.25, New York symbol IBM, is still a buy.

The company is one of the world’s largest computer firms, with operations in over 175 countries.

On November 3, 2021, IBM completed the spinoff of Kyndryl Holdings Inc....

Thomson Reuters has held up well during the current downturn—the stock is up 10% in the past year compared to the 8% decline for the S&P/TSX Composite Index. That’s partly because it’s using the proceeds from the sale of its financial information business (Refinitiv) to raise its dividend and buy back shares....

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....

The business of finance seems to attract large numbers of two kinds of people. Some take many things in life way too seriously. Others have a knack for spotting the humour in their work lives, sometimes to a point that jeopardizes their career success.

You can learn a lot about investing if you can bear to listen to the too-serious crowd....