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Intact Financial Corp. keeps growing revenue and profits while increasing its dividend payout for the twentieth consecutive year.

Telus offers a high 7.3% yield as it diversifies its revenue streams in high-growth technology verticals.

COMPUTER MODELLING GROUP LTD., $6.99, remains a buy. The company (symbol CMG on Toronto) offers software and consulting services to help conventional oil and gas producers create 3D models of reservoirs. That lets them squeeze more out of those holes using advanced recovery techniques such as injecting steam or chemicals....

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ResMed holds a dominant position in the CPAP medical device and services market and recently reported 8% higher revenues and 11% higher earnings.

Newmont Corp. just delivered record free cash flow and is targeting strategic asset sales worth over $4.3 billion as it benefits from historically high gold prices.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an example of an investment idea that could boost your investment returns, or, more likely, end up costing you money. All in all, we think that the biggest, surest gains from AI will come from investing in established businesses that are already profitable and growing, and that can gain all the more by applying AI to their operations.


Here are two companies that are already profitably taking advantage of AI, and they should be among the leaders in the push to extend AI’s use:


TWILIO INC., $114.29, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol TWLO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.twilio.com; Shares outstanding: 171.2 million; Market cap: $17.5 billion; No dividends paid.) spends a high 30% of sales on R&D—that includes spending to expand its Twilio CustomerAI technology.


The hi-tech offering combines AI with real-time customer data flowing through Twilio’s Customer Engagement Platform....

WALMART INC., $98.24, New York symbol WMT, remains a buy.

The company is the world’s biggest retailer, with 10,784 outlets in 19 countries.

Walmart reported strong-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter. However, concerns that upcoming price hikes in response to tariffs caused the stock to fall 5%.

In the fiscal 2026 first quarter, ended April 30, 2025, sales rose 2.5%, to $165.61 billion from $161.51 billion a year earlier....

Shares of the new DuPont are up over 50% in the five years since the old DowDuPont conglomerate split into three separate companies (Dow, DuPont and Corteva).

Even so, DuPont feels it can generate even more value for investors with a plan to spin off its electronics product operations....