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PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. $179 is a buy. The company (New York symbol PG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $429.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.3; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.pg.com) is the world’s largest maker of household and personal-care goods....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Cut your Finance sector risk with these three

We continue to recommend investors diversify their Finance sector holdings beyond the big banks by holding high-quality non-bank firms such as the three below.

Each is a a leader in its niche industry, which cuts your risk. As well, despite recent share price gains, all three still trade at attractive multiples to their earnings.

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO....

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Growth Stocks

Acquisition lifts Agilent

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. $138 is a buy. The company (New York symbol A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 285.2 million; Market cap: $39.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.0; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.agilent.com) makes specialized testing equipment for medical research laboratories and industrial clients.

In September 2024, the firm paid $925 million for Biovectra, a Canadian business that helps drug developers research and manufacture their products.

That purchase helped lift Agilent’s revenue in its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter, ended October 31, 2024, by 0.8%, to $1.70 billion from $1.69 billion a year earlier....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

AI should continue to spur IBM

Legacy tech firm IBM has gained 47% in the past year, mainly due to investor enthusiasm for its artificial intelligence (AI) software. The company has a long history with AI; in fact, in 2011, IBM’s Watson supercomputer beat human contestants on the Jeopardy game show.

The company is also benefiting as more businesses shift their computing operations to cloud-based platforms.

We feel IBM still has lots of room to move even higher over the next few years....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Here’s our Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for December 2024

You Can See Our Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for December 2024 Here.

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

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Dividend Stocks

Updating your Conservative-Growth Payers: Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC. $90 is a buy. The company (New York symbol SWK; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 154.2 million; Market cap: $13.9 billion; Dividend yield: 3.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.stanleyblackanddecker.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of hand and power tools.

With the September 2024 payment, Stanley raised your quarterly dividend by 1.2%, to $0.82 a share from $0.81....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Narrower focus fuels Procter’s dividend

Consumer-products-giant Procter & Gamble continues to benefit from its 2014 plan to unload about 100 of its slower-growing products and focus on a more manageable 65 brands. Its strong commitment to improving quality also helps it compete with cheaper generic brands and drive its earnings higher....

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Dividend Stocks

Sale generates gain for Power

POWER CORP. OF CANADA $47 is a buy. The conglomerate (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 646.3 million; Market cap: $30.4 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) holds controlling stakes in Canadian financial services firms Great-West Lifeco (insurance) and IGM Financial (mutual funds)....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Use these key updates to build your returns

MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. is a hold. The brewer (Toronto symbols TPX.A $89 and TPX.B $87; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 206.0 million; Market cap: $17.9 billion; Dividend yield: 2.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) last raised your quarterly dividend with the March 2024 payment by 7.3%, to $0.44 U.S....

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Dividend Stocks

Niche retailer offers a high yield

NORTH WEST COMPANY $52 is a buy. This retailer (Toronto symbol NWC; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 47.7 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; Dividend yield: 3.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.northwest.ca) sells food and everyday products and services at 229 stores, mainly in northern communities across Canada, as well as in Alaska, the South Pacific and the Caribbean.

With the October 2024 payment, North West raised your quarterly dividend by 2.6%....

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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.

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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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.