Three picks to spur your 2025 returns

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Our goal when selecting your annual stocks of the year is to home in on companies offering an unbeatable combination of strong growth prospects and attractive valuations. For 2025, we have selected three stocks—one each from our Conservative, Aggressive and Income portfolios—that offer you such a winning hand. Moreover, they should continue to do so for many years. THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $226 is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2025. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 449.9 million; Market cap: $101.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 9.8; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) sells specialized information (mainly through electronic channels) to professionals in the legal, and tax and accounting fields. It also owns the Reuters news service. In October 2018, the company sold 55% of its Refinitiv business to a consortium led by Blackstone Group LP (New York symbol BX). This business sells specialized financial information products to clients such as banks and brokerages. In exchange, Thomson received $17…