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Here are updates on two of your buys: Eli Lilly, Devon Energy

ELI LILLY & CO., $1,078.52, is still a buy. The company (New York symbol LLY; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average) (www.lilly.com; Shares outstanding: 895.0 million; Market cap: $965.3 billion; Dividend yield: 0.6%) discovers, develops, manufactures and markets human pharmaceutical products. The stock continues to hit new all-time highs for our subscribers.

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Growth Stocks

Amazon.com expands in India

AMAZON.COM INC., $231.31, remains a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 10.7 billion; Market cap: $2.5 trillion; No dividends paid) now plans to spend $35 billion across its businesses in India over a five-year period.

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Dividend Stocks

These niche retailers dominate their markets

NORTH WEST COMPANY, $49.45, is a buy. This retailer (Toronto symbol NWC; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.northwest.ca; Shares outstanding: 47.7 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; Dividend yield: 3.3%) sells food, and everyday products and services through 230 stores. Those locations are mainly in northern communities across Canada and throughout Alaska. With your shares, you also tap the company’s operations in remote parts of Hawaii, the wider South Pacific and the Caribbean.

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Growth Stocks

Adobe makes a big move in AI

ADOBE INC., $294.23, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 418.5 million; Market cap: $120.8 billion; No dividends paid) is now spending $1.9 billion to acquire Semrush Holdings (symbol SEMR on Nasdaq).

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Mining Stocks

Major Drilling climbs on rising demand

MAJOR DRILLING, $14.74, is a Power Buy for aggressive investors. This large contract driller (Toronto symbol MDI; TSINetwork: Speculative) (majordrilling.com; Shares o/s: 82.1 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; No dividends paid) mainly serves the mining industry.

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Growth Stocks

Expedia Keeps Rising

EXPEDIA GROUP INC., $271.56, is a buy. The stock (Nasdaq symbol EXPE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.expediagroup.com; Shares outstanding: 142.6 million; Market cap: $33.3 billion; Dividend yield: 0.6%) continues to trade near all-time highs for our subscribers.

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Dividend Stocks

Three top picks to power your 2026

ALTAGAS LTD., $41.00, is a #1 Power Buy for 2026. The utility (Toronto symbol ALA; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.altagas.ca; Shares o/s: 311.1 million; Market cap: $12.8 billion; Dividend yield: 3.3%) processes, transports, stores and markets natural gas for producers. It also operates its own natural gas utilities and is a power generator, with gas-fired, coal-fired, wind, biomass and hydroelectric plants.

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Spinoffs

Here’s our Spinoff Stock Portfolio for February 2026

You Can See Our Spinoff Stock Portfolio For February 2026 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. The parent will only spin off the unwanted subsidiary if it can’t sell the stock for what it feels it’s worth.

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Spinoffs

This IPO has a major backer

AKTIS ONCOLOGY INC. $20 is a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol AKTS; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 52.5 million; Market cap: $1.05 billion; No dividends paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.aktisoncology.com) is a Boston-based biotech firm developing drugs for several forms of cancer, including bladder, breast and colorectal cancers. Its main drug is currently in Phase I clinical trials.

On January 14, 2026, Aktis completed an initial public offering of 20.3 million common shares at $18.00 each.

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Spinoffs

Use our updates to optimize your portfolio

MINTO APARTMENT REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $17 is a hold. The REIT (Toronto symbol MI.UN; Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 36.6 million; Market cap: $622.2 billion; Distribution yield: 3.0%; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; www.mintoapartmentreit.com) owns and operates 28 multi-residential properties in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver.

The REIT recently accepted an $18.00-a-unit takeover offer from Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Limited Partnership.

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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.