Maple Leaf Foods (MLF) is a leading food producer whose brands include Maple Leaf, Schneiders, Mina, Greenfield Natural Meat, Lightlife, and Field Roast. The company produces prepared meats, ready-to-cook and ready-to-serve meals, snack kits, value-added fresh pork and poultry, and plant protein products. MLF employs approximately 13,500 people and does business primarily in Canada, the US, and Asia.

Norfolk Southern Railway operates approximately 20,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia. It serves every major container port in the eastern United States, operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East, and is a major transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial products.

Stryker is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of prosthetic replacement joints. But that’s not all it does. It’s a leading medical technology company, with advanced products such as arms for robotic assisted surgery. The company employs more than 53,000 people and owns 12,000 patents.

The company has three main product lines. The orthopedics segment provides hip and knee implants. The medical surgical segment sells surgical equipment, including robots and other navigational aids, as well as emergency medical equipment and disposable products. The neurotechnology segment provides products for brain and skull surgery.

The firm implemented a major restructuring in 2015 that created Alphabet as a holding company for Google (which includes Android, Chrome, and YouTube), Nest (home automation), Calico (anti-aging research), Fiber (high-speed Internet), Google Ventures (new company investments), Sidewalk Labs (city infrastructure), and Waymo (driverless cars). Other services include Google Maps, Google Play, AI, and cloud computing.

IWM is an ETF designed to track the investment results of the Russell 2000 Index. The underlying index measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market.