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A: CIBC’s new Canadian Depository Receipts (CDRs) aim to give investors the opportunity to buy shares and/or fractions of shares in any of a number of U.S. or other foreign companies, in bundles that start out trading at a price of about $20 Cdn. each. CDRs come with a built-in hedging feature that reduces exchange-rate fluctuations....

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $151 (www.thomsonreuters.com) remains a buy. In January 2021, Thomson and Blackstone Group LP (New York symbol BX) merged Refinitiv (which sells financial information) with the London Stock Exchange Group plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol LDNXF)....

A: Sylogist Ltd., $10.95, symbol SYZ on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 23.9 million; Market cap: $261.7 million; www.sylogist.com), provides public-service operations with organization-wide software, mainly focused on fund accounting, grant management and payroll.

The company’s shares moved to the main Toronto Stock Exchange from the Toronto Venture Exchange on March 31, 2021.

Sylogist’s public-sector customers include local governments, nonprofit organizations, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions and government agencies.

The company currently has over 1,000 customers worldwide that range widely in size and operational complexity....

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....

A: Segregated mutual funds guarantee that you’ll get back all, or part of, your initial capital after 10 years. Most “seg funds” offer either a 75% or a 100% guarantee. Seg funds also provide a death benefit. If you die before the 10-year term is over, your beneficiaries get the 75% or 100% guarantee on the initial investment, or the market value of the fund, whichever is higher.

Note, because segregated funds can be paid out directly to your beneficiary, it’s not included as part of your estate....

Supermarket operator Metro has performed nicely for us—up 1,725.4%—since we first recommended the stock in June 1998 at $3.54 (adjusted for splits). Metro also held up well during the pandemic as governments designated its supermarkets and drugstores essential services for consumers stocking up on food and other goods.

We feel Metro’s new initiatives, which the pandemic accelerated, set it up for more growth....

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A: Danavation Technologies, $0.36, symbol DVN on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) (Shares outstanding: 102.2 million; Market cap: $36.8 million; www.danavation.com), is a Canadian-based Internet of Things (IoT) technology company....

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, ETFs, listed on U.S....

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $118 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 497.0 million; Market cap: $58.6 billion; Dividend yield: 1.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.thomsonreuters.com) last raised its quarterly dividend with the March 2021 payment....