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The shares of these two utilities has moved up sharply in the last year. That’s partly because new datacentres will need large amounts of electricity to power artificial intelligence applications. That should continue to spur their earnings and dividends. However, we still prefer Alliant for your new buying due to its lower reliance on coal.

ALLIANT ENERGY CORP....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Idexx still looks pricey

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $458 is a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol IDXX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 81.3 million; Market cap: $37.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 9.8; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.idexx.com) makes equipment that veterinarians use to detect disease in animals.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, Idexx’s sales rose 5.8%, to $954.3 million from $901.6 million a year earlier....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Foodmakers pivot to healthier products

In response to rising consumer demand more healthful foods, Mondelez and Campbell’s are reformulating their products with new ingredients. While that will add to their costs, it should also help drive their long-term sales. Moreover, their strong brands make it easier for them to pass along those higher costs to customers.

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC....

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Pat McKeough

Value Stocks

Spinoff will benefit FedEx investors

FEDEX CORP. $256 is a buy. The package delivery firm (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 240.9 million; Market cap: $61.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.fedex.com) plans to spin off FedEx Freight as a separate company....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

PayPal has a bright outlook

PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC. $72 is a buy, but only for aggressive investors. The company (Nasdaq symbol PYPL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 989.2 million; Market cap: $71.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.paypal.com) processes online transactions on millions of websites, including purchases made on the sites of its former parent company eBay Inc....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Legacy tech aim to tap AI boom

These three legacy technologies continue to invest heavily in new artificial intelligence products and services. That should drive their earnings higher in the next few years. For now, we feel IBM currently offers investors a better combination of AI growth and value than do Apple and Intel.

APPLE INC....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Good quarter for Keysight

KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC. $160 remains a buy for aggressive investors. The company (New York symbol KEYS; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 172.9 million; Market cap: $27.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.0; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.keysight.com) makes an array of devices for testing electronic equipment.

Thanks to better demand from clients in the telecommunications, aerospace and defence industries, the company’s revenue in its fiscal 2025 first quarter, ended January 31, 2025, rose 3.1%, to $1.30 billion from $1.26 billion a year earlier....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

AI sets up Alphabet for new growth

Alphabet’s class A shares hit a new all-time high of $207 in February 2025, but they have dropped 16% since then. The decline is largely due to the company’s plan fpr a 40% increase in spending on new datacentres (to power its artificial intelligence products).

However, these outlays will help Alphabet compete with other AI offerings from rival online platforms....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Here’s our Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for March 2025

You Can See Our Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for March 2025 Here.

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

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Updating your Income-Growth Payers: Enbridge Inc.

ENBRIDGE INC. $60 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol ENB; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 2.2 billion; Market cap: $132.0 billion; Dividend yield: 6.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada eastward as well as to the U.S....

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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.

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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

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Energy Stocks

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