Updating BOMBARDIER INC., CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE and EMERA INC.

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BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $5.16 and BBD.B $5.18; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $8.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 1.9%; SI Rating: Extra Risk) will launch a new, bigger version of its Global Express business jet in October 2010. This new plane will help it compete with rival Gulfstream, which has released a business jet that is 20% larger than Bombardier’s current model. The company will probably build a stretched version of its current plane, instead of designing a whole new model. That will keep its development costs down. Bombardier is a buy. The subordinate-voting “B” shares are the better choice, because of their slightly better liquidity and higher dividend yield. CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $76 (Toronto symbol CM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 390.8 million; Market cap: $29.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend yield: 4.6%; SI Rating: Above Average) continues to focus on its retail-banking operations, which are less…