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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BMO dividend fund

Today, we look at a hedged ETF, a BMO dividend fund that Pat McKeough was asked to evaluate by a Member of his Inner Circle....
Penny stock Semafo aims to multiply its gold production with a big West African acquisition—and we assess the opportunities and risks
Selling software to call centres has made Enghouse Systems a rising growth stock, but we see plenty of risk in its flurry of acquisitions.
Building profits with its financial information products since the crisis of 2008, Thomson-Reuters remains one of our top dividend stocks.
Mitel Networks strengthens its niche market with more telecom products in the cloud
H&R REIT builds with takeovers, Canadian REIT builds from within, and we like both for their strong dividend yields and sound prospects.
CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD. $36 (www.canadianutilities.com) has spent $617 million in the first half of 2015 to expand its power plants, transmission lines and pipelines in Alberta. However, higher corporate taxes in that province, as well as writedowns, offset the extra revenue from these operations....
MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. $94 (www.molsoncoors.com) earned $1.41 a share in the three months ended June 30, 2015, down 10.2% from $1.57 a year earlier (all amounts expect share price in U.S. dollars). Its worldwide beer volumes fell 1.9%, mainly due to the termination of deals to brew certain beers in Canada and the U.K....
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $35 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 996.9 million; Market cap: $35.0 billion; Priceto- 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 67.1% of Great-West.

As of June 30, 2015, the company had $1.15 trillion of assets under administration, up 7.9% from $1.06 trillion at the end of 2014.

Diversified operations cut risk

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