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MCDONALD’S CORP., $292.61, New York symbol MCD, is still your #1 Conservative Buy for 2024.

The company is the world’s largest fast-food chain with over 42,000 restaurants in 119 countries. It serves a wide variety of food but is best known for its hamburgers and french fries.

The stock fell 8% this week after the U.S....
AT&T Inc. offers a high 5.0% yield while trading cheaply at just 9.8 times forecast earnings, giving it plenty of upside as it pays down high debt levels.

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You can’t fake a record of dividends....
A: The Global X Seasonal Rotation ETF, $31.08, symbol HAC on Toronto (Units outstanding: 7.0 million; Market cap: $217.6 million; www.globalx.ca), aims to tactically spread and move around its holdings between stocks, fixed-income investments, commodities and currencies based on historical seasonal trends.

The managers believe that investment markets follow these seasonal trends and so have seasonal rhythms....
Here’s Part Two of the letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients in August 2024:

Modern bureaucrats at work

Max Planck (1858-1947) was a German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, for which he won the 1918 Nobel Prize....
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, $77.84, Toronto symbol TD, remains a buy for patient, income-seeking investors.

With the January 2024 payment, TD raised your quarterly dividend by 6.3%. Investors now receive $1.02 a share instead of $0.96. The new annual rate of $4.08 yields a solid 5.2%.

The bank has agreed to pay a fine of $3.09 billion U.S....
BOEING CO., $154.99, New York symbol BA, is still a hold.

The aircraft maker now plans to raise new capital as it faces several challenges. Those include a strike by more than 33,000 machinists at its factories in the U.S. northwest, which began on September 13, 2024....
CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD., $110.57, Toronto symbol CP, is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2024.

The company ships freight over a 32,190-kilometre rail network. That line runs mainly between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S....
These two medical industry leaders are facing demands from activists to expand their current cost-cutting plans. While that pressure helps draw investor attention to their high-quality assets, Pfizer is your better choice for long-term gains.


PFIZER INC....
In July 2016, Danaher Corp. (New York symbol DHR) combined its Test & Measurement business with its Industrial Technologies operations to create Fortive. It then spun off the firm, and investors received one Fortive share for every two Danaher shares they held.


In October 2020, Fortive spun off its automotive-related business as Vontier....