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Growth Stocks

You should remain wary of stocks that attract broker/media attention because of high-profile products or services, and their business models. Here’s a closer look at one stock with risks that prospective investors should take into consideration:

ALLBIRDS INC., $0.72, (Nasdaq symbol BIRD; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (allbirds.com; Shares o/s: 103.3 million; Market cap: $112.0 million; No dividends paid) is a global “lifestyle” brand that aims to make more sustainable footwear and apparel products without the use of synthetic petroleum-based fibres like polyester.

The San Francisco-based company launched its IPO and began trading on Nasdaq at $15 a share on November 3, 2021....

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Blue Chip Stocks

AI stocks to power your future gains

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an example of an investment idea that could boost your investment returns—or more likely end up of costing you money. All in all, we think that the biggest, surest gains from AI will come from investing in established businesses that are already profitable and growing, and that can gain all the more by applying AI to their operations.

Here are two companies that are already profitably taking advantage of AI, and they will be among the leaders in the push to extend AI’s use:

TWILIO INC., $61.44, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol TWLO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.twilio.com; Shares outstanding: 171.2 million; Market cap: $10.5 billion; No dividends paid.) spends a high 30% of sales on R&D—that includes spending to expand its Twilio CustomerAI technology.

The hi-tech offering combines AI with real-time customer data flowing through Twilio’s Customer Engagement Platform....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Regeneron adds a venture capital unit

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, $978.21, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol REGN; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.regeneron.com; Shares outstanding: 108.4 million; Market cap: $107.8 billion; No dividends paid) recently launched Regeneron Ventures, a health care venture capital fund....

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Growth Stocks

ResMed’s outlook is bright on many fronts

ResMed’s sales and profits got a boost during the pandemic with a sharp rise in demand for its ventilators and other respiration devices. Even as the pandemic eased, the gains continued as the company introduced more products and expanded its software offerings....

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Growth Stocks

Thermo Fisher keeps innovating to stay ahead of its rivals

Thermo Fisher continues to introduce new products as well as upgrades to its existing offerings. That’s key to it holding on to its market-leading position.

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., $599.02, is a buy. The company (New York symbol TMO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.thermofisher.com; Shares o/s: 381.7 million; Market cap: $228.7 billion; Yield: 0.3%) recently introduced the TSX Universal Series ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezer....

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Growth Stocks

Adobe expands in AI

ADOBE INC., $485.25, is a #1 Power Buy for your 2024 investing. The company (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 448.0 million; Market cap: $217.4 billion; No dividends paid) is now buying videos from its network of photographers and artists to build its artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-video generator....

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Growth Stocks

Alcon gains with long-term trends

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis spun off Alcon in 2019. As we’ve said many times before, spinoffs are the closest thing you can find to a sure thing, regardless of the market’s rise and fall.

The stock is already up over 42% since we first recommended it in March 2020 at $63.26—and has just hit a new all-time high—but we think it can go much higher....

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How To Invest

Here’s our Spinoff Stock Portfolio for June 2024

You Can See Our Spinoff Stock Portfolio For June 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

Cruise ship operator goes public

VIKING HOLDINGS LTD. $28 is a hold. The company (New York symbol VIK; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 431.5 million; Market cap: $12.1 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.viking.com) is a Bermuda-based operator of luxury passenger cruise ships....

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Spinoffs

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON $153 is a spinoff buy. The company (New York symbol JNJ; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $367.2 billion; Dividend yield: 3.3%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.jnj.com) is an American multinational corporation that develops medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

In May 2023, the company sold shares in its consumer drug business, Kenvue 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.