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MICROSOFT CORP. $313 is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Nasdaq symbol MSFT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 7.4 billion; Market cap: $2.3 trillion; Price-to-sales ratio: 11.0; Dividend yield: 1.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.microsoft.com) has received preliminary approval from U.K. competition regulators… Read More

Q: Pat: With electric vehicles coming to the forefront, what do you think of Ivanhoe Electric as a buy? Thanks.

A: Ivanhoe Electric Inc., $21.16, symbol IE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 103.8 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; www.ivanhoeelectric.comwww.ivanhoeelectric.com), aims to produce copper and other minerals, such as cobalt and nickel, necessary for the production of electric vehicles (EVs) and clean-energy technology.

Ivanhoe currently owns the Santa… Read More