Updating Our Conservative Stocks IGM Financial Inc., Manitoba Telecom Services and Molson Coors Canada Inc.

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IGM FINANCIAL INC. $51 (Toronto symbol IGM) reported $123.2 billion in assets under management at November 30, 2007, up 5.5% from $116.8 billion a year earlier. That’s good news, since IGM bases its fees on the value of its clients’ assets. IGM also sold $85.6 million worth of new mutual funds in November 2007, net of redemptions. Mutual fund sales should rise as the RRSP contribution deadline of February 29, 2008 approaches. Buy. MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. $45 (Toronto symbol MBT) may bid for new cellular phone frequencies that Ottawa plans to auction off later this year. To cut costs, Manitoba Tel would likely form a strategic partnership with another bidder or a foreign cell phone company. Meanwhile, the company predicted its earnings in 2008 would range from $2.95 a share to $3.15 per share. The stock trades at 14.8 times the midpoint of that range. Buy. MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. $53 (Toronto symbols TPX.A and TPX.B) currently distributes Corona and other…