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CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD., $34.41, Toronto symbol CU, is a buy.

The company distributes electricity and natural gas in Alberta and Australia. It also owns or invests in power plants in Canada, Mexico, Australia and Chile. ATCO Ltd. (see below) owns 52.6% of the firm.

Canadian Utilities will now raise your quarterly dividend by 1.0%....
J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., $259.41, New York symbol JPM, is a buy.

Morgan is the largest banking firm in the U.S., with total assets of $4.00 trillion as of December 31, 2024.

In the three months ended December 31, 2024, Morgan’s earnings soared 54.1%, to $13.67 billion from $8.87 billion a year earlier....
The outlook for Canada’s Big Five banks remains bright, particularly as lower interest rates mean they can reduce funds set aside to cover potential loan defaults. Lower loan-loss provisions will in turn push up their earnings and give them more room to increase their dividends.


ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $172 is a buy. The bank (Toronto symbol RY; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $240.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.2; Dividend yield: 3.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.rbc.com) continues to benefit from its March 2024 acquisition of the Canadian operations of U.K.-based HSBC Holdings plc (New York symbol HSBC) for $15.5 billion.


So far, eliminating overlapping operations has cut $224 million from Royal’s annual costs....
MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC. $21 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol MFI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 123.4 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 4.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mapleleaffoods.com) sells fresh and prepared meats under the Maple Leaf and Schneider labels....
The Canadian economy ranks among the top 10 globally and is considered to be in the top 20 of the world’s most competitive economies. Notably, the prosperity of our country’s economy is highly dependent on exports to the U.S., its main trading partner. That means tariffs imposed by the U.S....
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ISHARES S&P 500 3% CAPPED INDEX ETF $45.52 (Toronto symbol XUSC; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Conservative; Market cap: $72.8 million) invests in large and medium-sized U.S....
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