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HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. $79 is a hold. The company (New York symbol HWM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 408.2 million; Market cap: $32.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.7; Dividend yield: 0.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.howmet.com) makes a range of industrial parts, from jet engine components and fasteners to forged aluminum wheels.

Howmet continues to see strong demand from makers of commercial aircraft (51% of its revenue)....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

GE’s three-way breakup is now complete

Conglomerate General Electric has completed its plan, first announced in 2021, to split into three public companies.

The first stage occurred on January 3, 2023 when General Electric investors received one share of medical equipment subsidiary GE HealthCare for every three GE shares they held....

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Value Stocks

FedEx ponders a spinoff

FEDEX CORP. $296 is a buy. The package delivery firm (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 246.1 million; Market cap: $72.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.fedex.com) reported 0.8% higher revenue in its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter, ended May 31, 2024, to $22.11 billion from $21.93 billion a year earlier.

FedEx continues to benefit from a new restructuring plan, which includes merging its various units into a single division....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Expect more gains from Alphabet

Thanks to investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence (AI) software, specifically its ability to process huge amounts of data and improve decisionmaking, the class A shares of Alphabet have jumped over 30% since the start of 2024, hitting a new all-time high of $185 in late June.

The technology should improve the quality of its Google search engine, as well as its other platforms such as Android and Chrome....

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

Here’s our Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for July 2024

You Can See Our Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio For July 2024 Here.

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

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Updating your Income-Growth Payers: Royal Bank

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $145 is a buy. The bank (Toronto symbol RY; Income-Growth Payer Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $203.0 billion; Dividend yield: 3.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.rbc.com) is Canada’s largest chartered bank by market cap....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Investors will gain from Suncor’s new focus

Partly due to pressure from an activist investor, Suncor recently shifted its focus to its main oil sands properties in Alberta. The company is also cutting its costs, which will free up more cash to reward investors with higher dividends and share buybacks.

SUNCOR ENERGY INC....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

AltaGas moves ahead with big project

ALTAGAS LTD. $30 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol ALA; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 295.3 million; Market cap: $8.9 billion; Dividend yield: 4.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.altagas.ca) last raised your quarterly dividend by 6.3%, with the March 2024 payment to $0.2975 a share from $0.28....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Here are key updates on 3 dividend payers: Pembina, Toromont & Intel

PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP. $50 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 579.5 million; Market cap: $29.0 billion; Dividend yield: 5.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pembina.com) operates pipelines that carry half of Alberta’s conventional oil and almost all of B.C.’s oil.

The company has paid dividends continuously since 1997....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Another impressive quarter for Intact

INTACT FINANCIAL CORP. $227 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IFC; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 178.4 million; Market cap: $40.5 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.intactfc.com) is Canada’s largest property and casualty insurance provider.

With the March 2024 payment, the company raised your quarterly dividend by 10.0%, to $1.21 a share from $1.10....

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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.