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When you buy a real-return bond, you are only protecting yourself against unanticipated rises in inflation.

iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF Canada Index Fund is your best choice for holding a basket of major Canadian stocks.

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....

A few years ago, supermarket operator Loblaw and its parent company George Weston re-organized their various businesses. That left Loblaw to focus on its main retail operations and to better compete with rivals Walmart and Costco.

Investors tend to prefer “pure-play” businesses that operate in a single industry and that can be easily analyzed....

PORTILLO’S INC., $10.73, symbol PTLO on Nasdaq, is a Chicago-based restaurant chain that got its start in 1963 when founder Dick Portillo opened the restaurant “The Dog House” in a small trailer. Today, the business has 94 restaurant locations in 10 U.S. states.

Portillo’s is best known for its Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, char-grilled burgers, fresh salads and “famous” chocolate cake....

Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming and media service provider founded in April 2006 by Daniel Ek (the CEO) and Martin Lorentzon (the CFO).


The primary listing of Spotify is in Sweden and there is also a secondary listing in the U.S. in the form of American depositary receipts (ADRs)....

Bridgemarq Real Estate Services Inc. offers a very high yield in the volatile Canadian housing market as it continues growing revenues.

Commerce conducted online exploded in 2020 to 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic limited consumers’ access to shopping malls and other traditional shopping outlets. When shoppers returned to the physical stores in 2022, the growth in e-commerce stalled, but the upward trend resumed in 2023.


The growth in shopping online is helped along by the increased use of mobile devices, the ease and convenience of conducting transactions, the growth in social commerce (“influencers” via Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram), and sellers becoming better informed about consumer preferences using artificial intelligence.


Online shoppers now count for an estimated 2.7 billion or a third of the global population....