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BANK OF MONTREAL, $114.19, Toronto symbol BMO, is a buy.
With the August 2023 payment, Bank of Montreal raised your quarterly dividend by 2.8%, to $1.47 a share from $1.43. The new annual rate of $5.88 yields a high 5.1%.
On February 1, 2023, the bank completed its acquisition of Bank of the West from France’s BNP Paribas.
Bank of the West provides a variety of retail and commercial banking services to over 1.8 million customers in 24 U.S....
With the August 2023 payment, Bank of Montreal raised your quarterly dividend by 2.8%, to $1.47 a share from $1.43. The new annual rate of $5.88 yields a high 5.1%.
On February 1, 2023, the bank completed its acquisition of Bank of the West from France’s BNP Paribas.
Bank of the West provides a variety of retail and commercial banking services to over 1.8 million customers in 24 U.S....
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., $33.45, New York symbol VZ, is your #1 Income Buy for 2023.
The telecom provider is the second-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. after AT&T (New York symbol T), with 143.2 million subscribers (consumers and businesses) as of June 30, 2023....
The telecom provider is the second-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. after AT&T (New York symbol T), with 143.2 million subscribers (consumers and businesses) as of June 30, 2023....
ENBRIDGE INC., $45.77, Toronto symbol ENB, remains a buy.
The company operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S. It also distributes gas to 3.8 million consumers in Ontario and Quebec.
This week, Enbridge agreed to acquire three regulated gas utility firms—which serve roughly 3 million customers in Ohio, North Carolina, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming—from Dominion Energy, Inc....
The company operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S. It also distributes gas to 3.8 million consumers in Ontario and Quebec.
This week, Enbridge agreed to acquire three regulated gas utility firms—which serve roughly 3 million customers in Ohio, North Carolina, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming—from Dominion Energy, Inc....
A: FactSet Research Systems Inc., $433.45, symbol FDS on New York (Shares outstanding: 38.1 million; Market cap: $16.6 billion; www.factset.com), is a leading provider of financial data and portfolio analytics to investment firms worldwide.
In March 2022, FactSet completed the acquisition of CUSIP Global Services for $1.93 billion in cash....
In March 2022, FactSet completed the acquisition of CUSIP Global Services for $1.93 billion in cash....
A: Commercial Metals Company, $55.47, symbol CMC on New York (Shares outstanding: 116.8 million; Market cap: $6.7 billion; www.cmc.com), manufactures steel products for industrial and commercial uses in the construction industry and elsewhere.
The company is the largest producer of steel reinforcing bar (rebar) in North and Central America....
The company is the largest producer of steel reinforcing bar (rebar) in North and Central America....
A: MercadoLibre Inc., $1,425.67, symbol MELI on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 50.1 million; Market cap: $71.2 billion; www.mercadolibre.com), hosts online commerce platforms and offers payment systems and solutions across Latin America. Based on its unique visitors and page views, the company is a market leader in e-commerce in 18 Latin American countries....
A: Loblaw Companies Ltd., $119.50, symbol L on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 316.9 million; Market cap: $37.6 billion; www.loblaw.ca)is a recommendation of our flagship publication, The Successful Investor....
Early in my investment career, I used to run into stock-market enthusiasts who you might think of as “recreational investors”. They participated in the stock market the way horse-race enthusiasts participate in horse racing: that is, pick a horse on a hunch, bet on it, and hope things work out in your favour.
Back then, some recreational investors used a strategy they called “putting in a stink bid”....
Back then, some recreational investors used a strategy they called “putting in a stink bid”....
CAMTEK LTD., $60.50, symbol CAMT on Nasdaq, is a provider of high-end inspection and metrology systems to the semiconductor (computer chip) market. (Metrology, by its broadest definition, is the science of measurement. In the context of modern manufacturing, metrology refers to quality assurance methods used to calibrate machinery for production and to measure the resulting parts.)
Based in Israel, Camtek has more than 2,000 systems installed worldwide....
Based in Israel, Camtek has more than 2,000 systems installed worldwide....
SHOPIFY INC., $90.73, remains a buy. The company (symbol SHOP on Toronto) offers merchants of all sizes Internet-based software to design, set up and manage e-commerce stores across multiple sales channels. It also handles digital payments and shipping.
Shopify shares jumped this week after it announced a deal with Amazon.com that will soon begin helping Shopify merchants more easily access Amazon’s huge fulfilment network within their Shopify stores.
The deal centers on an app Amazon will release within Shopify’s ecosystem over the next month, letting U.S....
Shopify shares jumped this week after it announced a deal with Amazon.com that will soon begin helping Shopify merchants more easily access Amazon’s huge fulfilment network within their Shopify stores.
The deal centers on an app Amazon will release within Shopify’s ecosystem over the next month, letting U.S....