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COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. $210 is a buy for aggressive investors. This company (Toronto symbol CIGI; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 50.4 million; Market cap: $10.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 0.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.colliers.com) offers a range of services, including helping clients buy and sell commercial real estate, arranging financing, and assessing properties for tax purposes. Colliers tends to use acquisitions to enhance its market share and spur its long-term growth. It cuts the risk of this strategy by buying smaller businesses that expand its market share and geographic reach. Those new businesses will probably lift Colliers’ earnings by 9% to $5.82 U.S. a share in 2024. The stock, which is up 35% in the past year, trades at 25.4 times that forecast. That’s a reasonable multiple considering the company gets over 70% of its earnings from recurring contracts. The $0.30 U.S. dividend yields 0.2%. Colliers is a buy. TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $18 is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto…