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TERADATA CORP. $32 is still a hold. The company (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 96.7 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata.com) makes computers and software to capture and store large amounts of data for its clients—individual businesses....

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $67.11, is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) aims to mirror the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Japan Index.


The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 6.3%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.9%; Tokyo Electron (computer chips), 2.7%; Sony Corp., 2.7%; Keyence (sensors), 2.3%; Hitachi (conglomerate), 2.1%; Mitsubishi Corp....

These two global leaders now plan to shrink their operations. That’s good news for investors, as stock markets tend to prefer—and reward—companies with easy-to-understand businesses rather than those with complex conglomerate structures. Even so, we prefer Unilever over Sony for your new buying.


UNILEVER PLC (ADR) $47 is a spinoff buy. The company (New York symbol UL; Consumer sector; ADRs outstanding: 2.5 billion; Market cap: $117.5 billion; Dividend yield: 4.0%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.unilever.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of branded and packaged consumer goods....

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $50.97, is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) aims to mirror the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Japan Index.


The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 5.6%; Sony Corp., 3.1%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.9%; Keyence (sensors), 2.3%; Tokyo Electron (computer chips), 1.9%; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, 1.8%; Hitachi (conglomerate), 1.8%; and Mitsubishi Corp....

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $61.49, is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) aims for the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan Index.


The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 5.0%; Sony Corp., 3.3%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.6%; Keyence (sensors), 2.4%; Tokyo Electron (computer chips), 1,9%; Mitsubishi Corp....

CORTEVA INC., $56.35, is a buy. The company (symbol CTVA on New York) is a leading developer of new seeds and crop chemicals, including herbicides and insecticides, for the agriculture industry. Corteva separated from DowDuPont in June 2019.

Corteva and Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp....

MICROSOFT CORP., $345.57, Nasdaq symbol MSFT, is a buy for aggressive investors.

The company is the world’s largest computer software firm. Its main product is the Windows operating system, which powers about 85% of the world’s personal computers....

The Japanese economy ranks third in the world and hosts some of the most-profitable global corporations.


The economy is, however, facing a declining and rapidly aging population. Still, an older population also presents opportunities, and Japanese companies are already coming up with innovative and technology-driven aids for the elderly....

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $58.63, is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) aims for the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan Index.






The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 4.3%; Sony Corp., 3.5%; Keyence (sensors), 2.7%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.3%; Daiichi Sankyo (pharma), 1.8%; Hitachi (conglomerate), 1.6%; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, 1.6%; Shin Etsu Chemical, 1.6%; and KDDI (telecom), 1.5%....

We first recommended video chip specialist Nvidia in the July 2002 issue of our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter. At the time, we liked how it dominated the market for personal computer video cards—players need to frequently upgrade or replace those computer chips to play the latest video games.

Over the years, Nvidia has adapted its video chips to handle other uses such as powering self-driving cars....