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As our top picks for 2018, we’ve selected IBM (from our Conservative portfolio), Alphabet (Aggressive) and 3M (Income). These are the same three stocks we picked for 2017.

The fact is all three continue to offer a particularly attractive combination of long-term growth prospects and a reasonable price....
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $196.45 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (408-536-6000; www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 492.9 million; Market cap: $96.9 billion; No dividends paid) makes software that lets computer users create, edit and share documents in the popular PDF format....
ACI WORLDWIDE $22.77 (Nasdaq symbol ACIW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (402-390-7600; www.aciworldwide. com; Shares outstanding: 118.6 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; No dividends paid) will now expand its relationship with HyperPay, a fast-growing provider of payment services in the Middle East and North Africa.

HyperPay already uses ACI’s UP eCommerce Payments system for its rapidly growing business....
AMERIGO RESOURCES $1.14 (Toronto symbol ARG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www. amerigoresources.com; Shares outstanding: 176.3 million; Market cap: $201.0 million; No dividends paid) processes copper and molybdenum from the waste rock of the El Teniente mine in Chile....
PARAMOUNT RESOURCES $18.45 (Toronto symbol POU; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-290-3600; www.paramountres.com; Shares outstanding: 134.7 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; No dividends paid) owns oil and gas properties in Alberta and B.C.

The company completed two big transactions in the 2017 third quarter....
WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL $61.84 (New York symbol WTW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (212-589-2700; www.weightwatchers.com; Shares outstanding: 64.5 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; No dividends paid) continues to surge higher as its strategy to leverage the power of high-profile celebrities pays off.

We first recommended the weight-loss firm at $26.61 in the December 2015 issue of Stock Pickers Digest....
XPO LOGISTICS $95 (New York symbol XPO; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 119.6 million; Market cap: $11.4 billion; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.xpo. com) is a major global provider of supply-chain services.

The company operates two business segments: The Logistics division (35% of sales) provides contract, warehousing, distribution, and inventory management....
On November 1, 2016, Arconic spun off its bulk aluminum business (Alcoa). Each investor received one Alcoa Corp. share for every three ARNC shares they held.

The split has let both companies focus on improving their core operations. Their smaller size has also enhanced their takeover prospects....
Here are our #1 stocks for 2018. There’s one for each of our portfolios— Conservative, Aggressive and Income.

Each of the three offers a particularly attractive combination of long-term growth at a reasonable price. We expect their plans to keep expanding will further spur their gains in 2018 and beyond....
TERADATA CORP. $39 (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 121.0 million; Market cap: $4.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata.com) makes computers and software to capture and store large amounts of data for individual businesses—its clients....