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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To determine when to buy an ETF, some investors use technical analysis and other tools. But you need to dig deeper.
LINAMAR CORP. $53 (Toronto symbol LNR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 65.2 million; Market cap: $3.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. linamar.com) make a variety of automotive parts, including cylinder heads, cylinder blocks, camshafts, crankshafts and connecting rods....
SHAWCOR LTD. $33 (Toronto symbol SCL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 64.6 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.shawcor.com) makes sealants and coatings that keep oil and gas pipelines from rusting....
MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. (Toronto symbols TPX.A $128 and TPX.B $133; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 214.7 million; Market cap: $28.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.2; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) has received approval from competition regulators in Canada and Europe for its purchase of the 58% of MillerCoors held by its joint venture partner SABMiIler....
SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $35 (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $52.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend yield: 3.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.suncor.com) is preparing to re-start its main oil sands projects near Fort McMurray, Alberta, now that the wildfires in the region have subsided....
PRECISION DRILLING CORP. $7.37 (Toronto symbol PD; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resource sector; Shares outstanding: 292.9 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend suspended in March 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.precisiondrilling.com) provides contractdrilling services to land-based oil and gas producers, mainly in North America....
LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $72 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 407.4 million; Market cap: $29.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) operates Canada’s largest supermarket chain....
METRO INC. $45 (Toronto symbol MRU; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 237.4 million; Market cap: $10.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend yield: 1.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.metro.ca) operates 600 grocery stores and 250 drug stores in Quebec and Ontario....
BANK OF MONTREAL $84 (Toronto symbol BMO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 643.6 million; Market cap: $54.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.8; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bmo.com) is paying an undisclosed sum for Minneapolis-based Greene Holcomb Fisher....
POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $23 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 839.2 million; Market cap: $19.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.7; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.potashcorp.com) is down 4% since the start of 2016....