Updates on your Conservative stocks: TD Bank, Suncor Energy, & Canadian Tire

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TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $88 (www.td.com) is a buy. TD recently agreed to pay $1.3 billion U.S. for investment banking firm Cowen Inc. (Nasdaq symbol COWN); it provides a wide range of services to corporate clients, including brokerage, stock and bond underwriting, initial public offerings and advice on mergers and acquisitions. The purchase should boost annual revenue for TD’s investment banking business to a combined $300 million U.S. to $350 million U.S. by the end of the third year. TD Bank is a buy. SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $42 (www.suncor.com) is still a buy. The shares of Canada’s largest integrated oil firm have moved down from their recent peak of $54 in June 2022, following the drop in crude oil prices. However, new sanctions on oil exports from Russia will likely again push prices higher. The company is also reconsidering a proposal to sell or spin off its Petro-Canada gas stations, which would unlock value. Suncor is a buy. CANADIAN TIRE CORP. $158 (www.canadiantire.ca) is a buy. The retailer’s earnings per share in the second quarter…