Here’s 2 buys to fuel your aggressive growth

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For Successful Investors, the appeal of aggressive stocks is obvious: they can give you bigger gains than conservative ones. But as our readers are well aware, they can also hand you bigger losses. That’s why they’re only suitable for those of you prepared to accept the added risk. Regardless we continue to recommend that aggressive stocks make up no more than, say, 30% of your portfolio. It’s also important to adhere to our conservative approach to aggressive investing. That includes focusing on well-established firms that also lead their industries. The four companies we analyze below meet that description, despite the challenges each is now working hard to overcome. In fact, we see two of the four as suitable for your new buying right—especially given today’s more-reasonable pricing. SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. $23 is still a hold. The stock (Toronto symbol SNC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 175.6 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield: 0.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.snclavalin.com) lets…