Growth Stocks

Growth stocks are companies that are likely to have sales and earnings growth well above market average. Frequently they pay few, if any, dividends. Instead they typically reinvest any extra cash flow to promote further growth. Chosen wisely—according to Pat McKeough’s advice—high-quality growth-oriented stocks can be worthwhile additions to most well-diversified portfolios.

Although growth stock picks can be highly volatile, they can make good long-term investments. They may be well-known stars or quiet gems, but they do share one common attribute—they are growing at a higher-than-average rate within their industry, or within the market as a whole, and could keep growing for years or decades.

And keep in mind that we focus on growth stocks, which have a good long-term history and favourable prospects. We downplay momentum stocks that tend to attract many investors simply because they are moving faster than the market averages, but are liable to fall sharply when their momentum fades.

There’s room for growth stock investing in your portfolio, but make sure you follow our TSI Network three-part Successful Investor strategy for your overall portfolio:

Invest mainly in well-established companies;
Spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer; Finance; Utilities);
Downplay or avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight.

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Growth Stocks

Updating your Conservative stocks

GANNETT CO. INC. $4.33 (www.gannett.com) is a hold. The newspaper publisher continues to sell real estate and its less-important assets. In the first half of 2025, it sold real estate and other assets for $50.25 million. That helped it pay down its debt by $112.5 million to $919.6 million (as of June 30, 2025). That’s still a high 1.4 times its $634.9 million market cap. Gannett is a hold.

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Mondelez raises your dividend

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Growth Stocks

AI is also a boon for legacy tech stocks

APPLE INC. $252 is a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol AAPL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 14.8 billion; Market cap: $3.7 trillion; Price-to-sales ratio: 9.4; Dividend yield: 0.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.apple.com) gets about half of its revenue from iPhone sales. The other half comes from sales of its Mac computers, iPad tablets and other products and services.

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Growth Stocks

Nvidia remains an AI powerhouse

Nvidia’s shares recently hit a new record high of $184.55 thanks to strong demand for its chips that run complex artificial intelligence (AI) software. In fact, the stock up 47% since we named it our top Aggressive buy for 2025.

The company is now taking steps to maintain its AI dominance. It recently announced a new deal to invest $100 billion in OpenAI, the developer of the ChatGPT chatbot. Nvidia is also investing $5 billion in chipmaker Intel (see page 93).

The stock will likely remain volatile, particularly due to ongoing uncertainty over its ability to sell chips in China. However, we feel the growth of AI will drive the stock even higher in the next few years.

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Growth Stocks

These ‘AI buys’ should spur your returns

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an example of an investment idea that could boost your investment returns, or, more likely, end up costing you money. All in all, we think that the biggest, surest gains from AI will come from investing in established businesses that are already profitable and growing, and that can gain all the more by applying AI to their operations.

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Here’s 2 U.S. growth stocks poised for gains

DraftKings and Warner Music soared during the pandemic but have now given up some of those gains. We still like their competitive prospects in their niche markets, and each stock is especially attractive for new buying right now.

DRAFTKINGS INC., $42.64, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol DKNG; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (draftkings.com; Shares o/s: 841.7 million; Market cap: $21.2 billion; No dividend) provides sports betting in several U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, North Carolina, West Virginia, Wyoming, Ohio, Washington D.C. and Massachusetts. As well, it offers its online sportsbook and online casino products in Ontario.

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Growth Stocks

AbbVie buys a psychedelic drug prospect for $1.2 billion

Psychedelic-assisted therapies are now building on clinical research and academic studies that aim to show evidence of safety and efficacy in the treatment of mental health and mood disorders such as severe depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder..

ABBVIE INC., $220.81, is a buy. The company (New York symbol ABBV; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average) (www.abbvie.com; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $390.1 billion; Dividend yield: 3.0%) will acquire the treatment, called Bretisilocin, for up to $1.2 billion. Bretisilocin is currently in clinical development for the treatment of patients with moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder (MDD).

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Chipotle expands into Asia

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, $39.67, is a buy. The company (New York symbol CMG; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.chipotle.com; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $53.2 billion; No dividends paid.) has signed a joint venture to open restaurants in Asia for the first time next year. Chipotle and SPC Group, a South Korea-based food company, plan to open the brand’s first restaurants in South Korea and Singapore in 2026.

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Growth Stocks

Celsius sells into tough markets

You should remain wary of stocks that attract broker/media attention because of high-profile products or services, and their business models. Here’s a closer look at one stock with risks that prospective investors should take into consideration:

CELSIUS HOLDINGS INC., $56.34, (Nasdaq symbol CELH; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.celsius.com; Shares outstanding: 257.8 million; Market cap: $14.5 billion; No dividends paid) makes Celsius, a growing lifestyle energy drink brand.

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Growth Stocks

Calian keeps buying back shares

CALIAN GROUP, $51.28, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CGY; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (calian.com; Shares o/s: 11.3 million; Market cap: $581.8 million; Divd yield: 2.2%) plans to continue to buy back its shares. It aims to repurchase as many as 796,283 shares or about 10% of its public float. On August 18, 2025, Calian had 11.3 million shares outstanding.Since initiating its buyback program in August 2023, Calian has repurchased 704,450 shares for a total $33 million.

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Dividend Stocks

Dividend stocks make cash payouts that serve as a way for companies to share the wealth they’ve accumulated. These payouts are drawn from earnings and cash flow and paid to the shareholders of the company. Typically, these dividends are paid quarterly, although they may be paid annually or even monthly as well.

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ETF is an acronym for exchange traded fund. These exchange traded funds are used to track indexes as closely as possible, since investors cannot actually buy an index outright.

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Blue chip stocks are big, well-established, dividend-paying corporations with strong business prospects. These are companies that also have sound management that should be able to make the right moves to keep competing successfully in a changing marketplace.

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How To Invest

Pat McKeough has been making investing for beginners simple—and profitable—by helping investors make big gains for more than 25 years. His advice to beginning investors is the same as it is for all investors: buy high-quality, mostly dividend paying stocks (or ETFs that hold these stocks) and evenly spread your investments over the five main economic sectors (Resources, Manufacturing, Finance, Utilities and Consumer). Pat also believes investors should avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight and focus on those with hidden or little-noticed assets.

Energy Stocks

What are energy stocks?

Businesses that work in the extraction, refining and delivery of energy sources such as natural gas, oil, uranium and coal, are considered energy stocks.