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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO. $362 is a hold. The paint maker (New York symbol SHW; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 252.3 million; Market cap: $91.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.0; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.sherwin-williams.com) reported 0.5% higher sales in the three months ended June 30, 2024, to $6.27 billion from $6.24 billion a year earlier....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Revenue up on cardholder borrowing

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. $257 is a buy. The company (New York symbol AXP, Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 710.9 million; Market cap: $182.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.9; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.americanexpress.com) is one of the world’s largest issuers of payment cards....

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Growth Stocks

Extend your Finance holdings beyond banks

These two firms provide vital services that help both businesses and financial service providers operate more efficiently and lower their costs. Both are solid additions to the Finance sector of your portfolio.

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC....

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Dividend Stocks

Here’s our High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for September 2024

You Can See Our High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for September 2024 Here.

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

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Dividend Stocks

Updating Our High-Growth Payers: T. Rowe Price Group

T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC. $108 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol TROW; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 222.6 million; Market cap: $24.0 billion; Dividend yield: 4.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.troweprice.com) is a leading seller of mutual funds and wealth management services.

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Dividend Stocks

Your Imperial shares still have room to rise

Imperial Oil’s shares recently hit a new all-time high of $106 thanks to its increased production and rising crude prices. The company is also cutting its production costs, which should give it more room to keep rewarding investors with high dividends and share buybacks.

IMPERIAL OIL LTD....

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Dividend Stocks

Nutrien lifts its potash forecast

NUTRIEN LTD. $64 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol NTR; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 494.8 million; Market cap: $31.7 billion; Dividend yield: 4.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.nutrien.com) is the world’s largest producer of agricultural fertilizers.

With the April 2024, payment, the company raised your quarterly dividend by 1.9%....

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Dividend Stocks

Streamlining operations will pay of

Both these beverage makers are cutting costs and their less-profitable products. That helps support their dividends. Still, we prefer Andrew Peller shares for your new buying.

ANDREW PELLER LTD. $3.88 (class A) remains a buy for long-term gains. The company (Toronto symbol ADW.A; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 43.4 million; Market cap: $168.4 million; Dividend yield: 6.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.andrewpeller.com) is Canada’s second-largest wine producer after Arterra Wines.

The company last raised your quarterly dividend by 10% with the July 2021 payment....

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Dividend Stocks

Use these updates to boost your returns

3M COMPANY $132 remains a buy for long-term gains. The company (New York symbol MMM; Income-Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 549.4 million; Market cap: $72.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.3m.com) spun off its Health Care division as a separate firm called Solventum Corp....

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Dividend Stocks

Acquisition should buoy revenue

RUSSEL METALS INC. $37 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol RUS; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 58.7 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; Dividend yield: 4.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.russelmetals.com) is a leading metals distributor in North America, with more than 30,000 end customers.

With the June 2024 payment, Russel raised your quarterly dividend by 5.0%, to $0.42 a share from $0.40....

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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.

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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.