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.
When buying stocks on margin, you’re essentially borrowing money from your broker to buy securities.
AGT FOOD & INGREDIENTS $36.46 (Toronto symbol AGT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (604-231-1100; www.agtfoods.com; Shares outstanding: 23.9 million; Market cap: $840.7 million; Dividend yield: 1.7%) buys, processes and distributes a range of pulses—peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas—as well as other specialty crops.

Based in Saskatchewan, the company owns 13 processing plants in Canada, nine in Turkey, four in Australia, two in the U.S., one in China and another in South Africa.

In the three months ended March 31, 2016, AGT’s cash flow per share jumped to $0.83 from $0.37 a year earlier....
INTACT FINANCIAL $88.33 (Toronto symbol IFC; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-341-1464; www.intactfc.com; Shares outstanding: 131.3 million; Market cap: $11.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.6%) is Canada’s largest provider of property and casualty insurance.

Intact dropped to as low as $85 from about $92 after the wildfires at Fort McMurray, Alberta....
CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND $17.58 (Toronto symbol CHE.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-496-5856; www.chemtradelogistics .com; Units outstanding: 69.1 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; Dividend yield: 6.8%) is one of North America’s largest providers of removal services for oil refineries, base metal processors and other firms creating by-products such as acids and sulphur....
DREAM OFFICE REIT $19.08 (Toronto symbol D.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-365-3535; www.dream.ca/office; Units outstanding: 107.5 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; Dividend yield: 7.9%) owns and manages 160 properties comprising 22.3 million square feet of office space in major Canadian cities.

Earlier this year, Dream Office launched a threeyear strategic plan to push up its unit price....
WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL $13.25 (New York symbol WTW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (212-589-2700; www.weightwatchers.com; Shares outstanding: 63.6 million; Market cap: $852.8 million; No dividends paid) has increased its membership for the first time in four years....
FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $58.14 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www.firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 34.7 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.0%) completed the spinoff of its commercial real estate business—Colliers International Group—on June 2, 2015.

Now that the split is complete, FirstService is carrying on with its residential property management and its commercial and residential property-improvement services.

In the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, the company’s revenue rose 13.0%, to $307.6 million from $272.2 million a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....
COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP $49.73 (Toronto symbol CIG ; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (1-202-695-4200; www.colliers.com; Shares outstanding: 37.3 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) is one of the world’s top three commercial real estate firms....
DOREL INDUSTRIES $33.69 (Toronto symbol DII.B; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-934-3034; www.dorel.com; Shares outstanding: 32.3 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Dividend yield: 4.6%) is up over 19% after reporting sharply higher profits in the latest quarter.

In the three months ended March 31, 2016, sales fell 2.9%, to $645.9 million from $665.5 million a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....