Investing in Canada With The Canadian Investor's Braden Dennis

<p>We often need to remind ourselves that "international investing" doesn't just mean replicating things that worked in one country and translating them into another.</p> <p>Countries all have their unique peculiarities. Some, like our domestic U-S-of-A, enjoy watching baseball, eating hot dogs, and shooting off fireworks for the Fourth of July. For others, like our beloved neighbor to the North, it's more about hockey, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeaverTails">beaver tails</a>, and Boxing Day.</p> <p>But Canada also offers a different intrigue in its investing culture. Its stock market is dominated by massive corporations who compete in energy, materials, and financial oligopolies. <strong>Nutrien</strong> (TSX: NTR) sells $30 billion per year of agricultural fertilizers every year, while <strong>Enbridge</strong> (TSX/NYSE: ENB) does $40 billion annually primarily in liquid fuels. Meanwhile, progressive cities like Toronto house cutting-edge tech companies in telecom, e-commerce, and artificial intelligence. <strong>Blackberry</strong> (TSX/NYSE: BB) (formerly <strong>Research in Motion</strong>) and <strong>Shopify</strong> (TSX/NYSE: SHOP) are examples who call Canada home, yet are publicly-traded on both the Toronto and the New York exchanges.</p> <p>We're already well-aware of the volatility caused by the rising inflation and the rate hikes here in America. Are the same macroeconomic challenges facing Canada as well? And beyond those short-term challenges, are there opportunities in the Great White North that long-term investors should be considering?</p> <p>To answer those questions, 7investing CEO Simon Erickson recently interviewed <a href="https://thecanadianinvestorpodcast.com/"><em>The Canadian Investor</em></a> host Braden Dennis. Braden closely follows Canada's equity market and covers its opportunities on his podcast. He is also the CEO of <a href="https://www.stratosphere.io/">Stratosphere</a>, a financial data platform to help investors save time and jump directly into a company's most