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MCKESSON CORP. $663 is a buy. The wholesale drug distributor (New York symbol MCK; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 125.3 million; Market cap: $83.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend yield: 0.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.mckesson.com) is now buying an 80% stake in PRISM Vision Holdings for $850 million....

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Growth Stocks

New high for RTX

RTX CORP. $134 is a buy. The company (New York symbol RTX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $174.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.rtx.com) is a leading maker of commercial aircraft equipment, electronic systems for military aircraft, and guided missiles.

The stock has gained 16% since the start of 2025, and it hit a new all-time high of $136.17 on March 26, 2025....

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Growth Stocks

Four ways to add international exposure

Despite the threat of new U.S. tariffs, stock markets in Europe and Asia have outperformed the U.S. market indexes since the start of 2025. While U.S. companies with large overseas operations give most investors all the international exposure they need, here are four non-U.S....

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Value Stocks

DNB accepts buyout offer

DUN & BRADSTREET HOLDINGS INC. $8.94 is a hold. The company (New York symbol DNB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 441.5 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.dnb.com) is a global provider of information and data analytics.

Dun & Bradstreet’s more than 215,000 clients access comprehensive information and data on over 600 million businesses, globally....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Look for more post-COVID gains

These two fast-food stocks have rebounded nicely since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: Yum Brands is up 109% in the past five years, while Yum China has gained 17%.

We expect both stocks will continue to move higher over the next few years given the pandemic prompted consumers to eat at home and take out instead of going to restaurants....

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Dividend Stocks

Here’s our Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for April 2025

You Can See Our Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for April 2025 Here.

You can’t fake a record of dividends....

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Dividend Stocks

Updating your Conservative-Growth Payers: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO. $251 is a buy. The bank (New York symbol JPM; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 2.8 billion; Market cap: $702.8 billion; Dividend yield: 2.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.jpmorganchase.com) is the largest banking firm in the U.S., with total assets of $4.00 trillion as of December 31, 2024.

With the April 2025 payment, Morgan will raise your quarterly dividend by 12.0%, to $1.40 a share from $1.25....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Verizon gives you steady growth and income

U.S. telecom Verizon recently warned of slowing wireless subscriber growth due to the uncertainty over inflation and tariffs and the impact on consumer spending. However, the stock remains a solid choice for reliable dividend income. As well, the company’s upcoming purchase of a fibre-optic TV and Internet provider bodes well for its future growth.

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC....

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Dividend Stocks

Sun Life lifts your dividend

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC. $82 is a buy. The stock (Toronto symbol SLF; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 573.9 million; Market cap: $47.1 billion; Dividend yield: 4.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.sunlife.ca) lets investors tap Canada’s third-largest life insurance company by market cap after Manulife (No....

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Dividend Stocks

Use these key updates to build your returns

3M COMPANY $153 remains a buy for long-term gains. The company (New York symbol MMM; Income-Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 542.9 million; Market cap: $83.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.3m.com) spun off its Health Care division as a separate firm, called Solventum Corp....

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Spinoffs

One of the ways a company can try to unlock its own hidden value is by creating a separate company out of a corporate subsidiary. The parent company can either sell stock in the new company to the public, or spin it off—hand the stock out to its own investors.

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.

ETFs

What are ETFs?

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.

Value Stocks

What are value stocks?

One of the sweetest and most profitable pleasures of successful investing is to buy high-quality “value stocks” (or stocks that are reasonably priced, if not cheap, in relation to its sales, earnings or assets), then hold on to them as mainstream investors recognize the value and push up the share price.

Blue Chip Stocks

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.

Penny Stocks

A penny stock in general trades for under five dollars a share, and as the name implies, sometimes for pennies. Most of the time they’re young companies, or start-ups in speculative markets like mining or technology.

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.

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Wealth management is the practice of putting your savings to work so that it continues to grow over your lifetime and will also benefit your heirs. Wealth management encompasses many different areas of investing like long term investment planning and retirement planning.

Mining Stocks

Mining stocks are investments in companies that produce or explore for minerals. Some of these minerals include uranium, coal, molybdenum (which is used in steelmaking), copper, silver and gold. They are affected by fluctuating commodity prices in addition to their own business and operating risks.

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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.