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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What does a diversified portfolio look like? A well-diversified portfolio balances risk by spreading investment holdings out by industry sector and other factors
The more complicated features there are in an exchange-traded fund (ETF), the more the managers can charge in fees and the more hidden risks you face when investing in ETFs.
We look at the world leader in methanol, Canadian growth stock Methanex, which has a good long-term outlook but concerns in the near term.
We take a close look at a private REIT to show the importance of looking beyond marketing hype
With smart, low-risk acquisition strategies, blue chip insurance firms Great-West Lifeco and Sun Life Financial are positioned for growth.
CAE INC. $15 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 269.3 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) earned $47.7 million in its fiscal 2016 second quarter, which ended September 30, 2015, up 13.6% from $42.0 million a year earlier. Earnings per share rose at a slower pace of 12.5%, to $0.18 from $0.16, on more shares outstanding. Revenue gained 16.5%, to $616.8 million from $529.4 million. About 90% of the company’s revenue comes from foreign customers, so it’s benefiting from the lower Canadian dollar. Sales of flight simulators and pilot-training services to airlines (59% of total revenue) jumped 23.4%. CAE sold 16 simulators during the quarter and expects its full-year total to be near the 41 it sold in fiscal 2015....
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $35 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 993.2 million; Market cap: $34.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend Yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial (Toronto symbol MFC). It also offers mutual funds, retirement planning and wealth management. Power Financial (Toronto symbol PWF) owns 67.2% of Great-West. As of September 30, 2015, the company had $1.15 trillion of assets under administration, up 12.9% from a year earlier. Great-West gets 45% of its earnings from Canada, where it operates under well-known labels like Great-West Life, Canada Life and Freedom 55....
IGM FINANCIAL INC. $38 (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 245.8 million; Market cap: $9.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.1; Dividend yield: 5.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www. igmfinancial.com) is Canada’s largest independent mutual fund provider. Power Financial owns 59.8% of IGM. The company has two main divisions. Investors Group offers mutual funds and other services, such as portfolio management, through 5,200 affiliated advisors. This business forms close relationships with clients, which helps it retain them. In the past year, its redemption rate for long-term funds was 8.4%, well below the industry average of 15.6%. The other division, Mackenzie Financial, sells funds through independent brokers....
HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $33 (Toronto symbol HCG; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 70.2 million; Market cap; $2.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. homecapital.com) is a mortgage lender that serves borrowers who don’t meet the stricter standards of larger, traditional lenders, like banks. The company offers most of its loans through 4,000 independent mortgage brokers. In July 2015, it cut ties with 45 of them after it uncovered inaccurate information on loan applications. Specifically, these brokers falsified borrowers’ annual incomes but not their credit scores and property values....
BLACKBERRY LTD. $9.84 (Toronto symbol BB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 524.2 million; Market cap: $5.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.blackberry.com) has launched its first-ever smartphone powered by Google’s Android software....