J.B. Hunt is a Fortune 500 company, an S&P 500 company, and a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
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An umbrella company that includes a variety of tech entities
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UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)
UnitedHealth Group is the largest healthcare company in the world.
The third largest credit card brand – at least in the western world
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iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF
This ETF tracks the performance of major stocks in what are known as frontier markets. This is high-risk niche investing that focuses on countries that have not yet even reached emerging markets status.
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Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL)
A builder of executive and “affordable luxury” single-family homes.
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Crombie REIT (TSX: CRR.UN, OTC: CROMF)
Crombie is a real estate investment trust that owns over 300 Canadian grocery stores, most of which anchor shopping malls.
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Costco Wholesale (NDQ: COST)
Multi-billion dollar global retailer with over 900 warehouse club stores in eight countries.
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iA Financial Group (TSX: IAG)
The fourth largest life insurer in Canada
Best known for its Circle K brand
This ETF, which is the Canadian-dollar hedged version of a U.S. fund (NYSE: EFA), tracks the MSCI EAFE Index, which covers Europe, Australasia, and the Far East.
The largest listed Canadian gold miner by market capitalization.
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Constellation Software (TSX: CSU)
A large Canadian tech company
The third-largest global consumer products company
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CGI Group (TSX: GIB.A, NYSE: GIB)
Montreal-based information technology firm
This is a straight preferred share from a highly-regarded utility.
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Linamar Corp. (TSX: LNR, OTC: LIMAF)
A diversified global manufacturing company of highly engineered products.
One of the world’s biggest retailers
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TFI International Inc. (TSX, NYSE: TFII)
TFI is a transportation and logistics giant, whose network spans more than 80 North American cities.
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AT&T (NYSE: T)
America’s largest phone company
The largest mid-market investment bank in the US
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SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (NYSE: SDY)
This ETF from State Street Global Advisors tracks the S&P High Yield Aristocrats Dividend Index. It includes companies that have increased their dividends annually for at least the past 20 years.
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Manulife Financial (TSX, NYSE: MFC)
The largest Canadian life insurer by market capitalization
These are straight preferreds.
The world’s largest fast-food franchise.
One of Canada’s leading retail brands
Intact is the largest P&C insurer in Canada.
JNJ is a global health care giant.
A portfolio of investment grade corporate bonds
One of the world’s leading financial institutions
Leon’s is a furniture and appliance chain.
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Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.B, NYSE: TECK)
Teck is Canada’s largest diversified resource company.
The largest and most diversified of the gold and precious metals royalty/streaming companies
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Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC)
The company has been in business since 1827.
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RBC Canadian Equity Income Fund
Bermuda-based spinoff from Brookfield Asset Management
This Calgary-based company owns pipelines in Western Canada.
A consistent and stable income stream
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BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE)
Canada’s largest communications company.
EQB provides mortgage lending services
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SmartCentres REIT(TSX: SRU.UN, OTC: CWYUF)
Owns a chain of retail properties, most of which have a Walmart
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CIBC (TSX, NYSE: CM)
CIBC is the smallest of Canada’s Big Five banks.
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iShares Global Tech Fund (NYSEArca: IXN)
The fund invests in a basket of global large cap tech stocks including Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Alphabet, IBM, etc.
One of the Big Six Canadian chartered banks
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Heineken N.V. (OTC: HINKF)
The company focuses on premium, non-alcoholic, and sustainable brewing
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Toronto Dominion Bank (TSX, NYSE: TD)
TD is the sixth largest bank in North America by total assets, number of branches, and market capitalization. It has more branches (called stores by TD) in the eastern US than in Canada and is one of the leading on-line financial firms, having merged its TD Ameritrade discount brokerage with Charles Schwab in the US […]
Telus Corp. is Canada’s largest wireless telecom company.
Consulting firm providing engineering, architecture, and related professional services.
Restaurant royalty trust The Keg is one of the oldest recommendations in The Income Investor.