top stocks

A: Medical Facilities Corp., $7.38, symbol DR on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 31.1 million; Market cap: $251.3 million, www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca), owns majority interest in five specialty surgical hospitals in South Dakota, Indiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas....
A: NFI Group Inc., $27.32, symbol NFI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 60.8 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; www.newflyer.com), is a leading transit bus maker in the U.S., Canada and globally....
The six ETFs we update below mainly hold high-quality stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each fund tracks the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from ETFs focused on narrower indexes or themes such as cryptocurrencies or biotechnology.

Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these investments....
PENGROWTH ENERGY $0.25 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 547.4 million; Market cap: $145.6 million; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; No dividends paid; www.pengrowth.com) has two main properties: its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta, and its Groundbirch natural gas property in northeastern B.C.

Pengrowth produced an average of 22,707 barrels a day (81% oil and liquids, 19% natural gas) in the three months ended June 30, 2019....
A: Fire & Flower Holdings Corp., $1.20, symbol FAF on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 119.3 million; Market cap: $145.2 million; www.fireandflower.com), is a Canadian-based licensed cannabis and accessories retailer in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Yukon....
A: American Hotel Income Properties REIT, $6.68, symbol HOT.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 78.1 million; Market cap: $521.9 million, www.ahipreit.com), owns 112 hotels, comprising over 11,524 rooms in 33 U.S....
A: Parkland Fuel Corp., $42.10, symbol PKI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 147.0 million; Market cap: $6.3 billion, www.parkland.ca), operates gas stations, convenience stores, and a fuel-distribution business in Canada, the U.S., and the Caribbean....
A: Barrick Gold Corporation, $24.46, symbol ABX on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $43.9 billion; www.barrick.com), is the second-largest gold mining company in the world after Newmont Goldcorp (symbol NEM on New York)....
A: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., $69.82, symbol BAH on New York (Shares outstanding: 140.2 million; Market cap: $9.8 billion; www.boozallen.com), is a U.S. management and IT consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia....
A: PRO Real Estate Investment Trust, $7.16, symbol PRV.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 37.3 million; Market cap: $267.1 million; www.proreit.com), owns a portfolio of 84 commercial properties across Canada representing a leasable area of over 3.7 million square feet....