I’ve been advising Canadian investors to include U.S. stocks in their portfolios for more than 30 years. I continue to recommend them today. The U.S. stock market offers the widest variety and highest investment grade of companies to invest in of any country in the world....

CAVA GROUP INC., $38.15, symbol CAVA on New York, is a U.S. fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in Mediterranean-focused food. The chain has 263 restaurants in 22 states and Washington D.C.

Cava was founded in 2006 and opened its first fast-casual location in 2011, modelling its build-your-own Mediterranean meals, focused on bowls and pitas, after the formula made popular by Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Cava then expanded in 2018 when it acquired Zoe’s Kitchen, a rival Mediterranean chain, for $300 million....

NUTRIEN LTD., $79.12, Toronto symbol NTR, is still a buy.

The company is the world’s largest producer of agricultural fertilizers. It took its current form on January 1, 2018, when Agrium Inc. (old symbol AGU) merged with rival Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (old symbol POT).

Potash Corp....

RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC., $76.43, is a buy. The stock (symbol QSR on New York) gives you exposure to the world’s third-largest fast-food operator. That’s after McDonald’s (No. 1) and Yum Brands (No. 2). The company has 30,722 outlets in over 100 countries: 19,789 Burger King, 5,600 Tim Hortons (coffee and donuts), 4,091 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (fried chicken) and 1,242 Firehouse Subs.

Tim Hortons is launching a credit card that can be used through its mobile app.

Tims Financial is a new division of Tim Hortons that will offer a no-annual-fee Mastercard powered by Neo Financial....

TOYOTA MOTOR CO. ADRs, $164.35, New York symbol TM, is a buy.

The ADRs (each American Depositary Receipt equals two common shares) give you exposure to the world’s largest automaker.

The stock rose 10% this week after Toyota announced that it will build a commercial solid-state battery plant....

BCE INC., $60.28, Toronto symbol BCE, is a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider. It has 2.19 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. BCE also has 4.26 million high-speed Internet users and 2.75 million TV subscribers (satellite and fibre-optic)....

Understanding our recommendations: Power Buy—These stocks are our top choices for new buying now....

PagerDuty and Twilio were well positioned to gain during the pandemic, but since early 2021 they have dropped along with most other tech/platform stocks. Still, we think both have room to rebound as their services continue to experience strong, and growing, demand....

Amazon continues to make moves to keep building its ad business and generate more revenue from entertainment. We think these will pay off for the company, and its shareholders.


AMAZON.COM INC., $126.42, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 10.3 billion; Market cap: $1.2 trillion; No dividends paid) is now reportedly planning to launch an ad-supported tier of its Prime Video streaming service.


Advertising has been an area of continued growth for Amazon despite worries about an economic slowdown....

Long-time readers know that we aim to keep you informed of important news about the stocks we cover. That means highlighting developments and plans that promise to bolster investor gains. Here are two buys that stand out this month:


GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER, $13.19, is a buy. The manufacturers (Nasdaq symbol GT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (Shares outstanding: 283.4 million; Market cap: $3.7 billion; No dividends paid.) is one of the world’s largest tiremakers, with 57 plants in 23 countries.


Goodyear’s shares took a big jump recently after activist investor Elliott Management pushed for changes at the tiremaker.


Elliott cited poor profit performance....