Growth Stocks
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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TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP. $79 (New York symbol TUP; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 50.7 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 3.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.tupperwarebrands.com) is up 68.1% since we named it as our #1 buy for 2011.
The company continues to benefit from strong demand for its plastic food containers and beauty products in emerging markets such as Asia and South America, which now supply 45% of its total sales....
The company continues to benefit from strong demand for its plastic food containers and beauty products in emerging markets such as Asia and South America, which now supply 45% of its total sales....
We looked at a wide range of stocks before settling on Newell as our #1 pick for 2014. Here are the top four runners-up. All are highly attractive buys, but only Newell has the rare mix of high potential and low risk that we look for in a Stock of the Year.
CONAGRA FOODS INC....
CONAGRA FOODS INC....
T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC. $79 (Nasdaq symbol TROW; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 260.9 million; Market cap: $20.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.4; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.troweprice- .com) earned $284.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, up 23.9% from $229.9 million a year earlier....
Technology stocks tend to be riskier than our other recommendations in the Manufacturing & Industry sector. That’s mainly because innovations can quickly make today’s products obsolete.
To cut your risk, we focus on well-established tech firms with special advantages, such as the four we analyze below....
To cut your risk, we focus on well-established tech firms with special advantages, such as the four we analyze below....
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. $176 (New York symbol IBM, Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $193.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.ibm.com) is selling its low-end server operations to China’s Lenovo Group, the same company that acquired IBM’s personal computer division in 2005....
NEWMONT MINING CORP. $25 (New York symbol NEM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 493.1 million; Market cap: $12.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 3.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newmont.com) owns 48.5% of the Batu Hijau copper/gold mine in Indonesia, which supplies 7% of its revenue.
The Indonesian government wants miners to process more ore in the country, so it recently announced a ban on mineral exports....
The Indonesian government wants miners to process more ore in the country, so it recently announced a ban on mineral exports....
MCKESSON CORP. $173 (New York symbol MCK; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 229.7 million; Market cap: $39.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend yield: 0.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.mckesson- .com) has agreed to buy shares of Celesio AG, a German firm that distributes prescription drugs in Europe and Brazil, from its two largest investors....
THE BOEING CO. $130 (New York symbol BA; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 751.5 million; Market cap: $97.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.boeing.com) delivered a record 648 passenger jets in 2013, beating its earlier forecast of 645....
INTEL CORP. $25 (Nasdaq symbol INTC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 5.0 billion; Market cap: $125.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.intel.com) is selling its Intel Media business, which is developing a service called OnCue that lets users watch TV shows over the Internet.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC....
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC....