The Canadian economy ranks among the top 10 globally and is considered to be in the top 20 of the world’s most competitive economies. Notably, the prosperity of our country’s economy is highly dependent on exports to the U.S., its main trading partner. That means tariffs imposed by the U.S....

Here are three more ETF investment ideas for 2025. See the Supplement on page 19 and 20 for more on these funds.


ISHARES GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ETF $50.29 (Toronto symbol CIF; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $572.1 million) invests globally in utilities and other companies that provide or manage critical infrastructure....

VANGUARD INDUSTRIALS ETF $262.20 (New York symbol VIS; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Conservative; Market cap: $61.3 billion) invests in U.S. industrial companies. That includes stocks of companies that convert unfinished goods into finished durables used to manufacture other goods or to provide services....

Here we highlight just two investment ideas for 2025. The Supplement on page 19 provides more details on both and other ETF strategies.


ISHARES S&P 500 3% CAPPED INDEX ETF $45.52 (Toronto symbol XUSC; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Conservative; Market cap: $72.8 million) invests in large and medium-sized U.S....

A: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., $229.99, symbol RCL on New York (Shares outstanding: 268.9 million; Market cap: $61.8 billion; www.royalcaribbeangroup.com), is one of the leading cruise companies in the world.

Founded in 1968, the company owns and operates three global cruise brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises....

A: Granite Real Estate Investment Trust, $68.76, symbol GRT.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 62.7 million; Market cap: $4.3 billion; www.granitereit.com), is a real estate investment trust, or REIT....

A: Bunge Global SA, $81.62, symbol BG on New York (Shares outstanding: 139.6 million; Market cap: $11.4 billion; www.bunge.com), is a leading global agribusiness and food company.

The company is a leader in its industry on several fronts: it processes oilseed, such as soybeans, and produces and sells vegetable oils and proteins; it processes grains; and it also produces and sells wheat flours, bakery mixes, and corn-based products across North and South America.

In Brazil, Bunge also produces sugar and ethanol through its 50% interest in BP Bunge Bioenergia, a joint venture with oil and gas giant BP plc.

In October 2023, Bunge’s shareholders voted to change the company’s place of incorporation and residence from Bermuda to Switzerland.

The company now operates through three segments: Agribusiness, Refined and Specialty Oils, and Milling.

The Agribusiness segment buys, stores, transports, processes, and sells agricultural commodities and commodity products....

For some investors, Donald Trump inspires suspicion if not a touch of distaste. That’s understandable—his demeanor can be as rough as you might expect from somebody who started his political career late in life, after decades in the corrupt, rough-and-tumble New York City construction business.

Trump worked tough, long days, weeks and months, and also managed to get an Ivy League degree in Business....

AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC., $22.51, symbol AMTM in New York, provides advanced engineering and technology solutions to the U.S. government and its allied partners (90% of revenue) and commercial customers (10%). It sells to energy, environmental, intelligence, space, defence, civilian and commercial markets.

On September 27, 2024, Amentum completed a major merger with the Critical Mission Solutions (CMS) and Cyber and Intelligence (C&I) businesses of Jacobs Solutions (symbol J on New York)....

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP., $94.88, is a buy. The company (symbol BSX on New York) develops and markets medical devices used in minimally invasive procedures. Its products are used for angioplasty (blood vessel repair), blood clot filtration, cardiac rhythm management, catheter-aided ultrasound imaging, and many other surgical procedures....