Updating your Conservative stocks: Canon Inc., Visa Inc. and Raytheon Technologies Corp.

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CANON INC. ADRs $20 (www.canon.com) is a hold. The company’s sales in the third quarter of 2020 fell 11.1%, to $7.16 billion from $8.05 billion a year earlier. That’s mainly because the shutdown of offices due to COVID-19 hurt demand for its printers, copiers and other office equipment. Due to the sharp drop in sales, Canon’s earnings also fell 34.8%, to $0.15 per ADR from $0.23. Canon is a hold. VISA INC. $208 (www.visa.com) is a buy. Under a new deal with cryptocurrency platform operator BlockFi, Visa will issue a new credit card that will give users a 1.5% rebate on their purchases. Users can choose to receive those payments in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Expanding the number of places that customers can use cryptocurrency cards to buy goods and services will help Visa profit from the growing acceptance of digital currencies. Visa is a buy. RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $71 (www.rtx.com) is still a buy. The company took its current form on April 3, 2020, with the merger of United Technologies Corp. (old…