Fair Isaac Corp.

TRAVEL + LEISURE CO., $51.89, symbol TNL on New York, is still a buy. The company is the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company with nearly 20 travel brands across its resort, travel club, and lifestyle portfolio. In total, Travel + Leisure operates over 270 timeshare resorts, with over 804,000 owners.

The company has just announced a long-term marketing partnership with Hornblower Group, a global leader in maritime hospitality and transportation.

Through this collaboration, Travel + Leisure and its family of brands will be prominently featured at Hornblower’s ports and vessels....

We continue to recommend that investors diversify their Finance sector holdings beyond the major banks.


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Shares of Fair Isaac have risen 57.0% for our subscribers over the last year—and a whopping 15,531.6% since we first recommended the stock in our February 1999 issue at $13.60 a share (split adjusted)! That said, we think the shares have room to move much higher.


The company plays a key role for lenders making mortgage underwriting decisions....

THE TJX COMPANIES, $128.10, is still a buy. The business (symbol TJX on New York) is a leading off-price retailer of clothing, accessories and home fashions. Off-price retailers purchase merchandise at below-wholesale prices and charge less than retail prices.

The stock continues to hit all-time highs for our subscribers.

Through their shares, investors tap a network of stores....

TRAVEL + LEISURE CO., $47.98, symbol TNL on New York, is still a buy. The company is the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company with nearly 20 travel brands across its resort, travel club, and lifestyle portfolio. In total, Travel + Leisure operates 245 timeshare resorts, with over 880,000 owners and more than 3.5 million paid member families.

Travel + Leisure’s revenue in the three months ended December 31, 2024, rose 3.9%, to $971 million from $935 million a year earlier....

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FAIR ISAAC CORP., $1,755.26, is a buy. The company (New York symbol FICO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.fairisaac.com; Shares outstanding: 24.4 million; Market cap: $42.9 billion; No divd.) is best known for its FICO Scores software....

These two software makers are adding artificial intelligence (AI) tools to their programs. That should make them more appealing to their customers and continue to fuel their earnings.


ADOBE INC. $442 is a buy for aggressive investors. The software maker (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 435.3 million; Market cap: $192.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 9.3; No dividends paid since June 2005; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.adobe.com) operates through three main segments: The Digital Media segment’s software includes Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign; the Digital Experience segment provides analytics, social marketing, targeting, media optimization, and cross-channel campaign management software, as well as premium video delivery; and the Publishing segment produces software that lets computer users create, edit and share documents in the popular PDF format.


Adobe continues to benefit from its decision a few years ago to switch to selling programs as ongoing subscriptions instead of one-time purchases....

Shares of Fair Isaac have risen 120.0% for our subscribers over the last year—and a whopping 16,882.4% since we first recommended the stock in our February 1999 issue at $13.60 a share (split adjusted)! That said, we think the shares have room to move much higher.


The company plays a key role for lenders making mortgage underwriting decisions....

WELL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES CORP., $5.34, is a buy. The company (symbol WELL on Toronto) owns and operates Canada’s largest network of clinics supporting primary care, specialized care and diagnostics services. As of September 30, 2024, the company had a total of 110 physical facilities across Canada.

In the U.S., WELL Health provides healthcare services and solutions targeting specialized markets such as the gastrointestinal market, women’s health, primary care, and mental disorders.

WELL Health USA Patient Services consists of three assets: CRH Medical, Provider Staffing, Circle Medical and Wisp.

CRH delivers specialized care services focused on providing gastroenterologists throughout the U.S....