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SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $49 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $63.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2: Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.suncor.com) is using self-driving trucks at its oil sands projects in Alberta to cut its production costs. It now has 45 of these trucks in service, and it plans to expand the fleet to 91 by the end of 2024. Thanks to Suncor’s focus on improving its overall efficiency, cash operating costs at its oil sands projects fell 2.2%, to $28.45 a barrel in the second quarter of 2024 from $29.10 a year earlier. Those lower costs should also lift the company’s 2024 cash flow per share by about 12% to $11.43, and the stock trades at just 4.3 times that estimate. The $2.18 dividend yields 4.4%. Suncor is a buy. RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $20 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units outstanding: 300.5…