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Nutrien shot up to a record high of $147.93 in April 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of economic sanctions; the near-global ban on Russian goods lifted prices for potash and other fertilizers. Still, the stock has dropped lately as producers outside of Russia increase supply to meet demand.


Over the longer term, Nutrien should continue to benefit as an expanding world population needs more and better food....
A: VanEck Vectors Social Sentiment ETF, $14.54, symbol BUZZ on New York (Units outstanding: 4.7 million; Market cap: $67.6 million; www.vaneck.com), holds 75 stocks, each with a market cap of $5 billion or more; each also generates social media attention.

The fund tracks the BUZZ NextGen AI U.S....
Alcon’s stock lets you tap into the rapidly growing contact lenses and cataract surgery markets. Moreover, investors are set to benefit from the company’s expanding technological leadership.

Alcon’s history enhances its appeal. The company was spun off by Novartis in early 2019....
KINAXIS INC., $142.40, symbol KXS on Toronto, provides cloud-based subscription software that big companies use to manage their supply chains. Kinaxis is based in Ottawa. The company’s shares began trading in June 2014 at $13 a share.

Kinaxis’s main product is RapidResponse, which helps manage supply, demand, inventory, order fulfillment, and capacity planning....
ADT INC., $8.39, is a buy. The company (symbol ADT on New York) is a leading provider of monitored security products and services to residential and commercial customers in the U.S. It has more than six million residential and small business customers.

The company sells security and automation systems to help detect intrusion and hazards such as smoke, fire and flooding....
BANK OF MONTREAL, $127.44, Toronto symbol BMO, remains a buy.

With the August 2022 payment, Bank of Montreal raised your dividend by 4.5%, to $1.39 a share from $1.33. The new annual rate of $5.56 yields a high 4.4%.

The bank recently agreed to acquire California-based Bank of the West from France’s BNP Paribas for $16.3 billion U.S.

Bank of the West provides a variety of retail and commercial banking services to over 1.8 million customers through 514 branches in 24 states, mainly in the Western and Midwestern regions of the U.S....
3M COMPANY, $123.10, New York symbol MMM, remains a buy for long-term gains.

The company makes over 60,000 consumer and industrial goods, including air purifiers, adhesives, bandages and components for medical devices. Investors tap its main brands, including Post-it notes, Scotch tape, Scotch-Brite cleaning products, Scotchguard protection and Thinsulate insulation.

The company has completed the merger of its Food Safety business with Neogen Corp....
BCE INC., $63.71, Toronto symbol BCE, is your #1 Income Buy for 2022.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 2.21 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. BCE also has 3.98 million high-speed Internet users and 2.72 million TV subscribers (satellite and fibre-optic)....
A: Sensata Technologies Holding plc, $39.54, symbol ST on New York (Shares outstanding: 155.3 million; Market cap: $6.1 billion; www.sensata.com), is a U.K.-based developer, maker and seller of sensors and controls.

Through its Performance Sensing business (73% of revenues), the company supplies a wide array of automotive/heavy vehicle sensors (pressure, speed, temperature) that are embedded in transmission, air conditioning, and other key systems....
A: Monster Beverage Corp., $89.21, symbol MNST on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 526.9 million; Market cap: $46.7 billion; www.monsterbevcorp.com), markets energy drinks under the Monster Energy brand....