More regions are now re-opening their economies as the COVID-19 pandemic eases. That’s good news for fast-food operator Restaurant Brands, which aims to spur its long-term growth by expanding its overseas operations, which currently supply just 10% of its revenue.
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC....

CGI INC. $103 is your #1 Aggressive Buy for 2022. Through shares in the company (Toronto symbol GIB.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 239.7 million; Market cap: $24.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.cgi.com) investors benefit from Canada’s largest provider of computer-outsourcing services....

TECK RESOURCES LTD. $45 is a buy for investors seeking long-term gains from the Resources sector of their portfolio. The company (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 531.1 million; Market cap: $23.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) is a leading producer of metallurgical coal, a key ingredient in steelmaking, as well as copper and zinc....

Statistics Canada recently reported that food prices in Canada rose 10.8% on an annual basis. That’s mainly because food producers are raising their selling prices to offset higher costs for ingredients, transportation and labour.


We feel the best way to profit from higher food prices is with major retailers such as Loblaw....

TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $81 is a buy. The lender (Toronto symbol TD; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $145.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.3; Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.td.com) has formed a new alliance with Canada Post.


Under the deal, TD will offer personal loans through Canada Post outlets....

The shares of these two heavy equipment suppliers have slumped recently as investors fear a recession would hurt their earnings growth. However, both firms now get most of their revenue from servicing equipment, which cuts their reliance on new equipment sales....

A: Exco Technologies Ltd., $7.30, symbol XTC on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 38.9 million; Market cap: $286.0 million; www.excocorp.com), operates in two segments: Automotive Solutions, and Casting and Extrusion.

Based in Markham, Ontario, Exco was founded in 1952....

In the second half of the 1990s, Walmart was a broker/media market favourite. It rose from around $10 a share in the mid-1990s, to around $70 by the start of the year 2000. Back then, Walmart stock was still featured in the broker/media limelight, and its P/E (per-share price to earnings ratio) was close to 50.0 to 1.0.

After that, a 17-year lull set in....

IAMGOLD CORP., $1.51, is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (symbol IMG on Toronto) owns 90% of the Essakane mine in Burkina Faso; 100% of the Westwood mine in Quebec; and 95% of the Rosebel mine in Suriname. IAMGold also holds 92.5% of the Cote gold project.

IAMGold reports that its Essakane mine, which is located approximately 330 kilometres northeast of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, continues to operate unaffected despite the evolving political situation in the country.

On September 30, Burkina Faso military leader President Paul-Henri Damiba was deposed in the country’s second coup in a year, as army Captain Ibrahim Traore took charge, dissolving the transitional government and suspending the constitution.

Captain Traore says that a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with an armed uprising in the country that has worsened in the past nine months.

Meanwhile, a new government is unlikely to disrupt operations at the Essakane mine....

ORACLE CORPORATION, $63.29, symbol ORCL on Nasdaq, is one of the world’s largest software providers. It started in database software but has since branched out to enterprise resource planning, human capital management, customer relationship management, and more....