Pat McKeough

A professional investment analyst for more than 30 years, Pat has developed a stock-selection technique that has proven reliable in both bull and bear markets. His proprietary ValuVesting System™ focuses on stocks that provide exceptional quality at relatively low prices. Many savvy investors and industry leaders consider it the most powerful stock-picking method ever created.

As early as 1980, Pat was recognized as #1 in the world of published investment advice by the Washington, DC–based Newsletter Publishers Association, and he was the first multi-year winner of The Globe and Mail’s stock picking contest.

Both CBS MarketWatch and The Hulbert Financial Digest recognized Pat as one of North America’s top stock analysts. The Wall Street Journal called him “one of only four investment newsletter advisors who have managed to serve their readers well over the long haul.”

A best-selling Canadian author, he wrote Riding the Bull, his 1993 book that predicted the stock-market boom of the last half of that decade. Through his many television appearances, he is well-known to investors for his insightful analysis and his candid, unpretentious style.

Bottom line: Pat’s conservative, reduced-risk strategy is a proven approach to safe investing.

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BAXALTA INC. supports the value we place on spinoffs. The company makes vaccines and drugs. Until July 1, 2015, it was a subsidiary of Baxter International (New York symbol BAX). That’s when Baxter set it up as a separate firm. Investors received one Baxalta share for every Baxter share they held....
AT&T INC. $41 (New York symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 6.2 billion; Market cap: $254.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 4.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.att.com) is the largest wireless provider in the U.S., with 130.4 million subscribers....
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. $67 (New York symbol MSI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 174.6 million; Market cap: $11.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.motorolasolutions.com) split from cellphone maker Motorola in 2011....
TEGNA INC. $22 (New York symbol TGNA; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector: Shares outstanding: 217.6 million; Market cap: $4.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 2.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tegna.com) owns 46 TV stations and several popular websites, including Cars.com (car sales and vehicle information), CareerBuilder (job search), Cofactor (advertising services) and G/O Digital (website design)....
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $31 (New York symbol GE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 9.2 billion; Market cap: $285.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.ge.com) has completed the sale of its appliance division, which makes refrigerators, ovens and washing machines, to China’s Haier Co....
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. $62 (Nasdaq symbol TXN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.0 billion; Market cap: $62.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.9; Dividend yield: 2.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.ti.com) mainly makes analog chips, which convert inputs like touch, sound and pressure into electronic signals that computers can understand....
STATE STREET CORP. $58 (New York symbol STT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 395.9 million; Market cap: $23.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.statestreet.com) sells accounting and administrative services to large institutional investors such as mutual funds and pension plans....
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. $42 (New York symbol ADM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 587.6 million; Market cap: $24.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield: 2.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.adm.com) processes corn, wheat, soybeans, canola, flax seed, peanuts and other crops to make a variety of food ingredients such as flour, oils and sweeteners....