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COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. $157 is a buy for aggressive investors. This company (Toronto symbol CIGI; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 41.8 million; Market cap: $6.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 0.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.colliers.com) offers a range of services, including help for clients buying and selling commercial real estate and securing financing. In 2022, Colliers spent $1.0 billion acquiring smaller businesses (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). Despite those purchases, revenue in the fourth quarter fell 9.1%, to $1.22 billion from $1.35 billion a year earlier. The drop is due to lower revenue at its Capital Markets unit as higher interest rates cut client demand for new loans compared to the record volumes of a year earlier. However, a shift to more-profitable contracts and cost controls lifted earnings per share by 2.7%, to $2.31 from $2.25. The company’s earnings will probably rise 11% in 2023 to $7.75 a share, and the stock…