Three ways to balance your Finance holdings

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We continue to recommend investors diversify their Finance sector holdings with non-bank stocks. Here are three stocks that dominate their niche markets yet have little exposure to the current turmoil in the U.S. banking system. However, only aggressive investors should consider adding them to their portfolios. BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $140 is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 117.7 million; Market cap: $16.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.9; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.broadridge.com) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing, and transaction clearing. In its fiscal 2023 second quarter, ended December 31, 2022, Broadridge’s revenue rose 2.6%, to $1.29 billion from $1.26 billion a year earlier. The company continues to sign new clients to long-term contracts, which cuts its risk. In the latest quarter, revenue from recurring contracts rose 5.9%, to $840.4 million, or 65.0% of its total revenue. That growth helped offset a 41.9% drop in revenue from events (3%…