BCE INC., $62.53, Toronto symbol BCE, is a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 2.16 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. BCE also has 4.07 million high-speed Internet users and 2.74 million TV subscribers (satellite and fibre-optic)....

FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC., $38.04, symbol FCX on New York, is one of the world’s largest publicly traded copper producers. The company owns mines in North America, South America, and Indonesia.

In late October 2022, Freeport-McMoRan reportedly entered discussions with Grupo Mexico SAB for the purchase of its Arizona copper smelter....

YAMANA GOLD INC., $6.80, is a hold. The miner (symbol YRI on Toronto) owns and operates five gold mines, in Canada, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. This includes the Cerro Moro gold/silver mine in Argentina. It started up in mid-2018.

On May 31, 2022, Yamana received a $6.7 billion U.S....

APPLE INC., $149.70, Nasdaq symbol AAPL, remains a hold.

New COVID-19 lockdowns at the company’s assembly factory in Zhengzhou, China will slow the production of its new iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max smartphones. That facility makes roughly 80% of those premium models.

As a result, Apple will probably produce 87 million of these devices in 2022, down from its earlier forecast of 90 million.

The shortage comes at a bad time for Apple, as iPhone sales usually peak ahead of the busy Christmas shopping season....

CGI INC., $113.30, Toronto symbol GIB.A, is your #1 Aggressive Buy for 2022.

The stock lets investors tap Canada’s largest provider of computer outsourcing services. It helps its clients automate certain routine functions like accounting and buying supplies....

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $128 (www.rbc.com) is a buy. The bank has agreed to sell its European asset servicing and custodial operations to a business jointly owned by France’s Crédit Agricole S.A....

These top providers of real estate services continue to rebound from their 2020 lows as businesses and individuals adjust their properties for post-pandemic uses. We like the outlook for both, particularly as their strong market position and brands make it easier for them to pass along higher labour and other costs to their clients.


FIRSTSERVICE CORP....

BOMBARDIER INC. remains a hold. The company (Toronto symbols BBD.A $42 and BBD.B $42; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 93.9 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) delivered 25 business jets in the quarter ended September 30, 2022, down from 27 a year earlier.


Despite the lower deliveries, Bombardier’s revenue in the quarter improved 0.4%, to $1.46 billion from $1.45 billion a year earlier (all amounts except share prices and market cap in U.S....

NUTRIEN LTD. $101 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol NTR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 538.9 million; Market cap: $54.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 2.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.nutrien.com) is the world’s largest producer of agricultural fertilizers: it ships about 27 million tonnes annually.


Partly due to rising costs for fuel and energy, farmers are applying less fertilizer....

Teck is now shifting its focus to “low carbon metals,” such as copper and zinc. Under that plan, the company is selling its stake in an oil sands project. It could also spin off or sell its coal operations. These moves would help unlock more of Teck’s value, particularly as the stock continues to rebound from its pandemic low of $8.15 in March 2020.


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