ITT INC., $135.04, symbol ITT on New York, manufactures highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions primarily for the transportation, industrial and energy markets. It operates in three primary segments: Motion Technologies (44% of revenue), Industrial Process (34%), and Connect & Control Technologies (22%).

Geographically, the company generates revenue from North America (42%), Europe (32%), Asia (17%), and elsewhere (9%).

ITT continues to reshape its portfolio of business to diversify and focus on higher-growth markets.

On January 19, 2024, the company completed its acquisition of Svanehoj....

CANADIAN TIRE CORP., $151.58, Toronto symbol CTC.A, is a top pick for 2024.

Investors benefit from the company’s 502 Canadian Tire stores. They sell automotive parts and services, and household and sporting goods; franchisees run most of the locations....

STARBUCKS CORP., $94.81, Nasdaq symbol SBUX, remains a buy for aggressive investors.

The company is a leading seller and roaster of specialty coffee. It has 39,477 outlets in 86 countries. Licensees operate about half of those stores.

The stock shot up 23% this week after the company replaced Laxman Narasimhan as its chief executive officer with Brian Niccol, the former CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc....

WAJAX CORP., $24.36, is a buy. Through their shares, investors benefit from the company’s (symbol WJX on Toronto) sales and servicing of cranes, forklifts and other heavy equipment. Wajax also provides related parts and systems such as ball bearings, hoses, diesel engines and transmissions.

The company’s customers are spread across the resources, construction, manufacturing and transportation industries.

In the quarter ended June 30, 2024, overall revenue fell 3.1%, to $568.3 million from $586.2 million a year earlier....

METRO INC., $83.91, Toronto symbol MRU, remains a buy.

The company operates 992 grocery stores and 640 drugstores, in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.

In the fiscal 2024 third quarter, ended July 6, 2024, overall sales rose 3.5%, to $6.65 billion from $6.43 billion a year earlier....

ETFs in brief


Exchange-traded funds are set up to mirror the performance of a stock-market index or sub-index....

Further indications that central banks around the world are now moving to ease interest rates prompted gains for several rate-driven market groups in July.


Top performers during the month came from various sectors that lagged the high-flying technology sector over the past few years....

Despite the large number of ETFs already on the market, Canadian managers continue to launch new funds. This month we highlight an ETF from CI Investments that selects high-quality, dividend-paying U.S. companies. The second ETF comes from Hamilton Capital Partners....

ICON plc is a contract research organization (CRO) that provides support services to the medical manufacturing industry.


ICON provides drug development and clinical trial services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device firms. It is one of a few CROs with the global infrastructure to carry out late-stage, multinational trials.


ICON ranks second in the world in the CRO category, among major competitors including IQVIA, Medspace, and Fortrea....

Ireland was once known as “the Celtic Tiger” for the high economic growth rates it achieved between 1995 and 2007. However, the global financial crisis of 2008 to 2009 set the country back significantly. Growth only returned several years later. The economy suffered another big setback with the COVID-19 pandemic—Irish stocks have since soared to new highs.


All in all, the country’s low corporate tax rates, duty-free access to the valuable European marketplace, and a well-educated workforce remain attractive to large, multinational corporations.


Here’s an ETF that provides you with exposure to the top publicly listed Irish companies


ISHARES MSCI IRELAND ETF $67.36 (New York symbol EIRL; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $117.8 million) tracks the performance of the largest companies listed in Ireland.


Consumer Discretionary stocks account for 31% of its assets, while Healthcare (24%), Consumer Staples (15%), and Financial Services (12%) are other key segments.


The ETF holds a portfolio of 24 stocks; the top 10 holdings make up a considerable 76% of the portfolio....