Our #1 stock for 2014

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We’ve chosen CAE Inc. as our Stock of the Year for 2014. This is CAE’s third time as our #1. It was our Stock of the Year in 2000, when it gained 130.0% for us. We picked it again for 2002, but 9/11 hurt air travel much more than we expected. Fuel prices also moved up, the economy weakened, and CAE dropped 54.2% that year. Today, CAE is a much different company. It has invested heavily in pilot-training schools, which has cut its reliance on selling flight simulators to airlines. Plus, it is using its simulator expertise to develop products for other customers, like mining companies and hospitals. To top it off, CAE gets 90% of its revenue from outside Canada, so it stands to profit from a weaker Canadian dollar. CAE INC. $14 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 261.4 million; Market cap: $3.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating:…