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Alimentation Couche-Tard has made some major acquisitions over the last decade or so—and it keeps targeting more. Growth by acquisition adds risk. However, the company has a long record of successfully integrating those businesses. Meanwhile, it’s well-positioned to keep prospering in both its core and newly acquired markets....

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Growth Stocks

WELL Health plans even more acquisitions

Growth by acquisition adds risk, but WELL Health aims to cut that risk by buying complementary businesses. As well, the Canadian health-care sector is a government-backed, recession-resilient industry.

WELL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, $6.25, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol WELL; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (www.well.company; Shares outstanding: 249.9 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; No dividend paid) completed seven acquisitions in 2024....

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Growth Stocks

Expedia soars 20%

EXPEDIA GROUP INC., $206.52, is a #1 Power Buy for 2025. The stock (Nasdaq symbol EXPE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.expediagroup.com; Shares outstanding: 142.6 million; Market cap: $26.6 billion; No dividends paid) jumped 20% after its revenue in the quarter ended December 31, 2024, increased 10.3%, to $3.18 billion from $2.89 billion a year earlier....

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Growth Stocks

DraftKings is poised for more growth

DraftKings shares surged on the release of the company’s latest results. They show a continuing rise in the numbers of bettors joining the DraftKings’ platforms. Indeed, with its industry-leading technology, the company is well positioned to keep expanding its market share as the industry further grows....

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Spinoffs

Here’s our Spinoff Stock Portfolio for March 2025

You Can See Our Spinoff Stock Portfolio For March 2025 Here.

Why we like spinoffs so much
We think that spinoffs are the closest thing you can find to a sure thing for two main reasons:

1) The management of a parent company will only hand out shares in a subsidiary to its own investors if it’s all but certain that business, and the parent, will be better off after the spinoff.

2) Spinoffs involve a lot of work and legal fees....

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Spinoffs

Belgium’s Titan launches U.S. IPO

TITAN AMERICA SA $16 is a hold. The company (New York symbol TTAM; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 184.4 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; No dividends paid; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.titanamerica.com) makes cement and other building materials, mainly for customers in Florida and the U.S....

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HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO. $22 is a hold. This firm (New York symbol HPE; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $28.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.hpe.com) agreed to acquire Juniper Networks Inc....

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Spinoffs

Trisura escapes impact of LA fires

Specialized insurer Trisura took its current form on June 22, 2017, when Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (now Brookfield Corp.) spun off its specialty insurance business as Trisura. Investors received one Trisura share for every 170 Brookfield shares they held.

After moving sideways for a few years, the stock shot up to just under $48 in December 2022 (all per-share amounts adjusted for a 4-for-1 stock split in June 2021)....

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Spinoffs

This spinoff is off to a good start

WK KELLOGG CO. $20 is a spinoff buy. The company (New York symbol KLG; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 85.8 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; Dividend yield: 3.3%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.wkkellogg.com) makes breakfast cereals and related products for the North American market.

In October 2023, the old Kellogg Co....

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Spinoffs

We still like these fast-food spinoffs

In November 2016, Yum Brands set up its Chinese operations as Yum China and gifted its investors with shares in the new company. Specifically, investors received one share of the new firm for each YUM share they held.

Both stocks continue to rebound from pandemic closures, partly due to their successful digital ordering platforms that speed up service and encourage higher spending per visit....

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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.

Wealth Management

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.

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.