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BIRCHCLIFF ENERGY LTD., $8.67, is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (symbol BIR on Toronto) develops and produces oil and gas, mainly in the Peace River Arch area of both Alberta and B.C. Its average output of 78,716 barrels of oil equivalent per day is 80% natural gas and 20% oil.

Cash flow in the quarter ended December 31, 2021, jumped sharply, to $0.73 a share from $0.25 a year earlier....

McDonald’s was the first Western fast-food chain to enter Russia (then the Soviet Union) in January 1990.

However, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, McDonald’s recently announced that it is temporarily closing its outlets in both countries: 847 in Russia (84% of which are owned by the company) and 108 in Ukraine (100% company owned)....

We think that small caps should not make up the bulk of your diversified portfolio—but you can benefit from making the best Canadian small cap stocks a smaller part of your holdings.

A: Edwards Lifesciences, $110.46, symbol EW on New York (Shares outstanding: 624.3 million; Market cap: $69.4 billion; www.edwards.com), is focused on developing technologies and products that treat structural heart disease and critically ill patients.

The company operates in four segments: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (66% of revenue), Surgical Structural Heart (17%), Critical Care (16%), and Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid (1%).

Medical-device supplier Baxter International (symbol BAX on New York) spun off Edwards Lifesciences in March 2000....

A: We generally feel that most investors should hold the bulk of their investment portfolios in conservative securities from well-established companies. This means holding a total of 15 to 25 well-established, dividend-paying stocks, chosen mainly from our “Average” or higher ratings, and spreading your holdings out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors.

However, some investors choose to add more aggressive or speculative stocks to their holdings in their pursuit of bigger, faster gains....

The fundamentals of investing are the same for newcomers as they are for established, successful investors. The challenge for everybody is to stick to what works and not let investment fads, the media limelight or bad advice from a broker or advisor steer you off course.

The five picks for March we outline in this report are derived from Pat McKeough’s four decades of investment experience....

Download our free report and discover 7 stocks due for big gains after investors use tax-loss selling to cut their Canadian capital gains tax.

Dear Inner Circle Member,

In July 2011 we analyzed Pfizer’s prospects and felt it offered our readers a strong combination of long-term growth and income. We—and you—have not been disappointed. The stock touched a new all-time high of $51.86 in August 2021, which is an impressive 159.3% above the $20 that the stock was trading for when we first recommended it in our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter....

A: Utz Brands Inc., $16.39, symbol UTZ on New York (Shares outstanding: 76.6 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; www.utzsnacks.com), is a Pennsylvania-based maker of salty snacks. Its brands include Utz Original potato chips, Snyder of Berlin, Zapp’s, Boulder Canyon, and TGI Fridays Snacks.

Founded in 1921, Utz began trading on the New York exchange in June 2020....

There have been a lot of high-profile initial public offerings, or IPOs, over the last couple of years. Prominent names include Airbnb, DoorDash, Snowflake, Lightspeed POS and Zoom Video, as well as Uber and Lyft....