We also like these five Finance leaders

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In addition to Visa (see page 1), we also like the outlook for these five non-bank, Finance-sector stocks. That includes State Street and T. Rowe Price. Each of them is a leader in its niche area. That helps cut their risk. They also have done a good job of expanding their profits with attractive acquisitions and improved efficiency. However, not all of them are buys right now. BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $66 (New York symbol BR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 119.1 million; Market cap: $7.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.broadridge.com) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. In fact, the company processes 85% of all proxy votes in the U.S. Investor communications makes up 72% of Broadridge’s revenue. Securities processing and transaction clearing make up the remaining 28%. In July 2016, Broadridge paid $410.0 million for the North American Customer Communications business of DST Systems (New…