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Alphabet’s class A shares hit a new all-time high of $207 in February 2025, but they have dropped 16% since then. The decline is largely due to the company’s plan fpr a 40% increase in spending on new datacentres (to power its artificial intelligence products).


However, these outlays will help Alphabet compete with other AI offerings from rival online platforms....

Specialized insurer Trisura took its current form on June 22, 2017, when Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (now Brookfield Corp.) spun off its specialty insurance business as Trisura. Investors received one Trisura share for every 170 Brookfield shares they held.


After moving sideways for a few years, the stock shot up to just under $48 in December 2022 (all per-share amounts adjusted for a 4-for-1 stock split in June 2021)....

Cintas Corp. saw earnings soar 19.7% as smart truck technology drives efficiency gains and customer satisfaction.

PFIZER INC., $26.37, New York symbol PFE, is your #1 Income Buy for 2024.

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

With the March 2025 payment, Pfizer will raise your quarterly dividend by 2.4%....

As you’re no doubt familiar, as part of our three-pronged approach to investing, we recommend investors avoid companies in the media limelight. (The other two parts are diversifying your holdings across the five main economic sectors, and sticking to well-established companies).

A great example of an out-of-the-limelight stock is uniform rental company Cintas....

These three technology stocks continue to hit new highs due to investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and its ability to help businesses improve their efficiency and profits. We like the outlook for all three, but see just two as buys right now.


NVIDIA CORP....

A: When a company splits its shares, it is simply cutting itself up into a different number of pieces, without changing its fundamental value. It simply wants its stock to trade in a price-per-share range that seems reasonable to investors.

Mechanics of a split: If a stock’s price rises much beyond $50 a share in Canada (or $100 a share in the U.S.), some investors may shun it since it seems expensive....

PFIZER INC., $29.11, New York symbol PFE, remains your #1 Income Buy for 2024.

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

With the March 2024 payment, Pfizer raised your quarterly dividend by 2.4%....

NVIDIA CORP., $119.37, Nasdaq symbol NVDA, remains a buy, but only for highly aggressive investors.

The company is a leading designer of 3D-capable video chips; they make video games run more smoothly and appear more lifelike. Nvidia has also adapted its chips for other applications, including artificial intelligence (AI), datacentres and self-driving cars.

Nvidia’s latest quarterly results topped expectations....

Walmart’s shares are up about 44% in the past year, as the retail giant continues to draw cost-conscious consumers to its stores and websites.


We expect the stock will keep rising in the next few years, thanks to Walmart’s strong attention to efficiency....