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SYMBOTIC INC., $50.33, symbol SYM on Nasdaq, manufactures AI-powered autonomous robots, which major companies use in their warehouse fulfillment and distribution processes to save time and money. Customers using the Symbotic platform include Walmart, Target, and C&S Grocery Wholesalers.

Symbotic went public in June 2022 through a merger with SVF Investment Corp....
ATCO LTD. (class I non-voting) is a buy. The company (Toronto symbols ACO.X [class I non-voting] $38 and ACO.Y [class II voting] $38; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 113.4 million; Market cap: $4.3 billion; Price-to sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 5.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.atco.com) gets 80% of its revenue from its stake in Canadian Utilities Ltd....
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: CIBC’s Canadian Depository Receipts (CDRs) 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....
TRANSDIGM GROUP INC., $957.63, symbol TDG on New York, engages in the design, production, and supply of highly engineered exclusive components for use in commercial and military aircraft worldwide. Its products include mechanical/electro-mechanical actuators and controls, ignition systems and engine technology, and specialized pumps and valves.

On November 9, 2023, TransDigm announced that it would acquire the electron device business of Communications and Power Industries for $1.39 billion in cash....
THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $178 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 455.3 million; Market cap: $81.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 8.7; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) continues to wind down its indirect stake in financial information provider Refinitiv....
FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC., $36.86, Toronto symbol FTT, is a buy.

The company sells and services Caterpillar-brand heavy equipment in Western Canada, South America and the U.K.

With the June 2023 payment, Finning raised your quarterly dividend by 5.9%, to $0.25 a share from $0.236....
LINAMAR CORP., $65.43, Toronto symbol LNR, remains a buy for long-term gains.

The company makes a variety of automotive parts, including cylinder heads and cylinder blocks. It also makes self-propelled, scissor-type work platforms, under the Skyjack brand, as well as agricultural harvesting equipment.

Linamar is now buying the U.S.-based manufacturing operations of Mobex Fourth and 1, LLC....
ENBRIDGE INC., $47.60, Toronto symbol ENB, remains a buy.

The company operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S. It also distributes gas to 3.8 million consumers in Ontario and Quebec.

With the March 2023, payment, Enbridge raised your quarterly dividend by 3.2%....
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