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A key element of our investment advice is to spread your money across most if not all the five economic sectors: Finance; Utilities; Consumer Goods & Services; Resources & Commodities; and Manufacturing & Industry. That way, you avoid overloading yourself with stocks that are about to slump simply because of industry conditions or changes in investor fashion.
Generally speaking, stocks in the Resources & Commodities sector and the Manufacturing & Industry sector expose you to above-average volatility....
Generally speaking, stocks in the Resources & Commodities sector and the Manufacturing & Industry sector expose you to above-average volatility....
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $115 (Toronto symbol CM; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 399.7 million; Market cap: $46.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.1; Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www....
Dear client:
We feel Telus and other major carriers have years of growth ahead of them.
Most Canadians now own a cellphone, which has slowed demand for wireless services. But new smartphones, including the upcoming iPhone 8 from Apple, will prompt many of Telus’s users to upgrade their data plans.
The company’s faster Internet systems will also raise profit as Canadians switch from regular TV to streaming services such as Netflix.
Those trends should let Telus continue to increase its dividend....
We feel Telus and other major carriers have years of growth ahead of them.
Most Canadians now own a cellphone, which has slowed demand for wireless services. But new smartphones, including the upcoming iPhone 8 from Apple, will prompt many of Telus’s users to upgrade their data plans.
The company’s faster Internet systems will also raise profit as Canadians switch from regular TV to streaming services such as Netflix.
Those trends should let Telus continue to increase its dividend....
Dear client,
Consumers increasingly use smartphones to access the Internet instead of personal computers powered by computer chips. Industry leader Intel continues to adapt to those and other changes in the market—the same way it has since operations began in 1968.
The company has now applied its chip-making expertise to fastergrowing fields such as cloud computing (Internet file storage) and selfdriving cars....
Consumers increasingly use smartphones to access the Internet instead of personal computers powered by computer chips. Industry leader Intel continues to adapt to those and other changes in the market—the same way it has since operations began in 1968.
The company has now applied its chip-making expertise to fastergrowing fields such as cloud computing (Internet file storage) and selfdriving cars....
ALPHABET INC. (Nasdaq symbols GOOG $831 [class C: non-voting] and GOOGL $850 [class A: one vote per share]; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 691.4 million; Market cap: $574.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.4; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.abc.xyz) is the parent company of Google’s Internet search business (still called Google) and other operations (called “Other Bets”)....
Higher interest rates, and plans by the U.S. Federal Reserve to further raise them, have spurred big gains for U.S. bank stocks. They’ve also lifted the outlook for other Finance-sector companies.
We continue to recommend investors buy non-bank stocks as a part of their Finance-sector holdings....
We continue to recommend investors buy non-bank stocks as a part of their Finance-sector holdings....
NORDSTROM INC. $46 (New York symbol JWN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 166.9 million; Market cap: $7.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 3.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.nordstrom.com) reported revenue of $4.3 billion (including credit-card fees) for its fiscal 2017 fourth quarter, ended January 28, 2017....
IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $155 (Nasdaq symbol IDXX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 87.9 million; Market cap: $13.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 7.7; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.idexx.com) gets about 85% of its revenue from equipment that veterinarians use to detect diseases in pets....
MICROSOFT CORP. $65 (Nasdaq symbol MSFT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 7.7 billion; Market cap: $500.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.9; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.microsoft.com) earned $6.5 billion in its fiscal 2017 second quarter, ended December 31, 2016....
These two alcoholic-beverage makers continue to cut costs and adapt to increasingly health-conscious consumers, who drink less. That improved efficiency enhances the long-term prospects for each, but we prefer Molson Coors for new buying.
DIAGEO PLC ADRs $117 (New York symbol DEO; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; ADRs outstanding: 629.2 million; Market cap: $73.6 billion; Priceto-sales ratio: 5.2; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.diageo.com) is the world’s largest premium alcoholic-beverage company....
DIAGEO PLC ADRs $117 (New York symbol DEO; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; ADRs outstanding: 629.2 million; Market cap: $73.6 billion; Priceto-sales ratio: 5.2; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.diageo.com) is the world’s largest premium alcoholic-beverage company....