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MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC. $67 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol MDLZ; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $93.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 2.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.mondelezinternational.com) mainly makes snack foods such as cookies, chocolate bars and gum.

The company has agreed to settle charges by European Union antitrust regulators that it illegally forced retailers to buy its products from local distributors instead of getting them at cheaper prices from other EU countries.

As a result, Mondelez will pay $366 million, which is equal to 28% of the $1.29 billion, or $0.95 a share, that it earned in the first quarter of 2024.

The settlement helps cut the company’s risk....

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Growth Stocks

Slow iPhone sales hurt Apple

APPLE INC. $190 is still a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol AAPL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 15.3 billion; Market cap: $2.9 trillion; Price-to-sales ratio: 7.8; Dividend yield: 0.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.apple.com) gets about half of its revenue from iPhone sales....

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Value Stocks

Cut your Finance risk with non-bank stocks

We continue to recommend investors diversify their Finance sector holdings with non-bank stocks. Here are three stocks that dominate their niche markets, which helps cut your risk. What’s more, they are incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve the performance of their products and services....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Motorola hits a new high

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. $357 is a buy. The company (New York symbol MSI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 166.8 million; Market cap: $59.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.0; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.motorolasolutions.com) reported 10.0% higher revenue in the first quarter of 2024—$2.39 billion from $2.17 billion a year earlier....

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Growth Stocks

AI will fuel Microsoft’s next surge

Over the past 10 years, Microsoft’s shares have soared, rising nearly 950% and far outpacing the 174% gain for the S&P 500 Index.

That impressive climb reflects two main factors. First, the company pivoted from selling its software as a one-time purchase to a cloud-based subscription model on its Azure platform....

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How To Invest

Here’s our Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for June 2024

You Can See Our Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio For June 2024 Here.

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

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Dividend Stocks

Updating your Cyclical-Growth Payers: Stantec

STANTEC INC. $108 is a buy. This engineering firm (Toronto symbol STN; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 114.1 million; Market cap: $12.3 billion; Dividend yield: 0.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.stantec.com) is a leading seller of consulting, project-delivery, design and technology services.

With the April 2024 payment, Stantec raised your quarterly dividend by 7.7%....

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Dividend Stocks

Finning: 23 years of rising dividends

Finning mainly serves businesses in the cyclical mining and construction industries, so its earnings tend to move up and down with the overall economy. Even so, the company’s strong focus on productivity has let it increase your dividend each year for the past 23 years.

FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC....

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Dividend Stocks

Accounting probe adds risk

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. $60 is a hold. The company (New York symbol ADM; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 494.4 million; Market cap: $29.7 billion; Dividend yield: 3.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.adm.com) processes corn, wheat, soybeans, flax seed and other crops into a variety of food ingredients such as flour, oils and sweeteners.

With the February 2024 payment, Archer raised your quarterly dividend by 11.1%, to $0.50 a share from $0.45....

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Dividend Stocks

Here are key updates for dividend investors: Fortis, Wyndham Hotels & Verizon

FORTIS INC. $53 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol FTS; Income-Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 493.0 million; Market cap: $26.1 billion; Dividend yield: 4.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.fortisinc.com) is the main supplier of electrical power in Newfoundland and PEI....

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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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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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Energy Stocks

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Businesses that work in the extraction, refining and delivery of energy sources such as natural gas, oil, uranium and coal, are considered energy stocks.