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SONY GROUP CORP. ADRs $88 is a hold. The Japanese conglomerate (New York symbol SONY; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $114.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 0.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.sony.com) reported 1.3% lower sales in its fiscal 2023 third quarter, ended December 31, 2022, to $26.02 billion from $26.36 billion a year earlier....

SONY GROUP CORP. ADRs $82 is a hold. The Japanese conglomerate (New York symbol SONY; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $106.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 0.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.sony.com) reported 9.1% higher sales in its fiscal 2023 second quarter, ended September 30, 2022, to $19.19 billion from $18.25 billion a year earlier....

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $50.28, 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, 5.1%; Sony Corp., 2.9%; Keyence (sensors), 2.6%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.0%; Daiichi Sankyo (pharma), 2.0%; Softbank, 1.8%; KDDI (telecom), 1.7%; Nintendo (gaming), 1.6%; and Recruit Holdings (human resources), 1.5%....

NVIDIA CORP., $136.47, Nasdaq symbol NVDA, remains a buy, but only for highly aggressive investors.

The company is a leading designer of 3D-capable video chips; they make video games run more smoothly and appear more lifelike. Nvidia has also adapted its chips for other applications, including artificial intelligence, datacentres and self-driving cars.

The stock fell 16% this week after the U.S....

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $55.67 is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) tries to match the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan Index.


The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 5.4%; Sony Corp., 3.3%; Keyence (sensors), 2.5%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.1%; Recruit Holdings (human resources), 1.7%; Tokyo Electron (computer chips), 1.6%; KDDI (telecom), 1.6%; Softbank, 1.5%; and Shin Etsu Chemical, 1.5%....

SONY GROUP CORP. ADRs $88 is a hold. The Japanese conglomerate (New York symbol SONY; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $105.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 0.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.sony.com) continued to benefit from strong consumer demand for video games due to COVID-19 lockdowns....

INTEL CORP., $51.83, Nasdaq symbol INTC, remains a buy for long-term gains.

The company is the world’s leading maker of computer chips: its products power 90% of all personal computers and more than 80% of all datacentres.

Intel is now buying Israeli software firm Granulate....

CEDAR FAIR L.P. $58 is a hold. The master limited partnership (New York symbol FUN; Consumer sector; Units outstanding: 56.8 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; Distribution suspended in June 2020; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; www.cedarfair.com) owns 11 amusement parks and four outdoor water parks....

MICROSOFT CORP., $296.03, Nasdaq symbol MSFT, is a buy.

The company is the world’s largest software provider. Its Windows operating system powers about 85% of the world’s personal computers.

Microsoft has now agreed to buy Activision Blizzard Inc....

The fundamentals of investing are the same for newcomers as they are for established, successful investors. The challenge for everybody is to stick to what works and not let investment fads, the media limelight or bad advice from a broker or advisor steer you off course.

The five picks for March we outline in this report are derived from Pat McKeough’s four decades of investment experience....