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Power Growth Investor Hotline – Friday, October 18, 2024

BARRICK GOLD CORP., $28.88, is a buy. The company (symbol ABX on Toronto) is the second-largest gold miner in the world after Newmont (symbol NEM on New York, and a recommendation of our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter).

The company reports that it produced lower-than-expected gold in the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, because of a fall in output at its Carlin and Cortez mines in Nevada....

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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, October 18, 2024

CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD., $110.57, Toronto symbol CP, is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2024.

The company ships freight over a 32,190-kilometre rail network. That line runs mainly between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S....

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Spinoffs

Spinoff spotlight: Johnson & Johnson

JOHNSON & JOHNSON $164 is a spinoff buy. The company (New York symbol JNJ; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $393.6 billion; Dividend yield: 3.0%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.jnj.com) sold shares of its consumer drug business, Kenvue Inc....

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Spinoffs

Activists demand more cost cuts

These two medical industry leaders are facing demands from activists to expand their current cost-cutting plans. While that pressure helps draw investor attention to their high-quality assets, Pfizer is your better choice for long-term gains.

PFIZER INC....

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Spinoffs

Here’s our Spinoff Stock Portfolio for November 2024

You Can See Our Spinoff Stock Portfolio For November 2024 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

Nvidia competitor prepares for IPO

CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC. has filed paperwork with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) of common shares. The shares will trade on Nasdaq under the symbol CBRS.

Based in California, the company makes specialized, high-performance computer chips for artificial intelligence and other applications....

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Spinoffs

Keep our stock updates top of mind

DUCKHORN PORTFOLIO INC. $11 is a hold. The company (New York symbol NAPA; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 147.2 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; www.duckhornportfilio.com) is a Napa Valley, California-based winery founded in 1976 by Dan and Margaret Duckhorn....

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Spinoffs

Former-parent Aramark is a better buy

On October 2, 2023, Aramark spun off its uniform rental business as a separate, publicly traded firm called Vestis. Shareholders received one share of Vestis for every two share of Aramark they held. The remaining firm now focuses on food services operations, which includes operating cafeterias and food concessions in schools, hospitals, and sporting venues.

Aramark is up over 50% since the split, while Vestis is down 2%....

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Here’s our Power Recommendation Portfolio for November 2024

You Can See Our Current Power Recommendations For November 2024 Here.

Understanding our recommendations: Power Buy—These stocks are our top choices for new buying now....

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Spinoffs

Labcorp gains from narrower focus

LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, or LABCORP, $217 is a buy. The company (New York symbol LH; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 84.0 million; Market cap: $18.2 billion; Dividend yield: 1.3%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.labcorp.com) provides clinical laboratory services from locations in the U.S., the U.K., Europe and Asia.

On June 30, 2023, Labcorp spun off its Clinical Development business as Fortrea Holdings Inc....

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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.