Companies covered: Hitachi, Ltd. (ADR) (OTCMKTS:HTHIY), Mitsubishi Corp. (OTCMKTS:MSBHF), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK/A), Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. (OTCMKTS:TKOMF), KEYENCE CORP NPV (OTCMKTS:KYCCF), Sony Group Corp. (NYSE:SONY), Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNST), UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MMC), Aon plc (NYSE:AON), The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TRV), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL), Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE:ELV), CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS), Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI), Parker-Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH), Gates Industrial Corp PLC (NYSE:GTES), Sherwin-Williams Company (The) (NYSE:SHW), Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW), FirstService Corp (NASDAQ:FSV), Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. (NYSE:RH), Kroger Company (The) (NYSE:KR), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ), Pepsico, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP), C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRW), Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPD), Firestone Ventures Inc. (OTCMKTS:FSVEF), RH (NYSE:RH), AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMC), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG), Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL), Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GS), FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX), Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD), Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN), M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB), Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation (The) (NYSE:BK), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA)