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Fast-food leaders with more growth ahead

With the outbreak of COVID-19, shares of Chipotle and Restaurant Brands dropped alongside the market. But the two fast-food giants used smart strategies to support their businesses during the pandemic. Both are trading at all-time highs for our subscribers—and we think they still have further gains ahead....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

PagerDuty may draw a takeover bid

PAGERDUTY INC., $24.54, is a buy. The company (New York symbol PD; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.pagerduty.com; Shares outstanding: 91.9 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; No dividends paid) jumped recently on a report that the software maker is evaluating its options amid takeover interest from private equity firms....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Key acquisitions will spur Thermo Fisher

We think the healthcare industry will enjoy great success over the next decade. But due to the nature of the business, results will vary widely and unpredictably from one company to another. A volatile market like the one we expect for healthcare stocks will include winners and losers....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Travel + Leisure makes savvy buy for global growth

Travel + Leisure continues to make savvy acquisitions to expand its offerings and stay ahead of rivals.

TRAVEL + LEISURE CO., $40.62, is a buy. The company (New York symbol TNL; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.travelandleisureco.com; Shares outstanding: 72.4 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Dividend yield: 4.4%) is now the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange business....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

ADT exits solar

ADT INC., $6.78, is a buy. The company (New York symbol ADT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (adt.com; Shares outstanding: 867.1 million; Market cap: $6.1 billion; Dividend yield: 3.2%) is a leading provider of monitored security products and services to customers in the U.S.

In December 2021, the company acquired Sunpro Solar for $825 million....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Fair Isaac dominates a niche market

Shares of Fair Isaac have risen 84.8% for our subscribers over the last year—and a whopping 9,413.5% since we first recommended the stock in our February 1999 issue at $13.60 a share (split adjusted)! That said, we think the shares have room to move much higher.

The company plays a key role for lenders making mortgage underwriting decisions....

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

Here’s our Spinoff Stock Portfolio for March 2024

You Can See Our Spinoff Stock Portfolio For March 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

This new IPO is off to a slow start

PERFECT MOMENT LTD. $5.36 is a hold. The company (NYSE MKT [formerly the American Stock Exchange] symbol PMNT; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 15.8 million; Market cap: $84.7 million; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.perfectmoment.com) specializes in premium-priced skiwear, such as jackets, sweaters and pants, as well as non-ski apparel like swim suits....

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Pat McKeough

Spinoffs

Keep on top of stock updates: Indigo, Cedar Fair & Mullen Group

INDIGO BOOKS & MUSIC INC. $2.06 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol IDG; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 27.8 million; Market cap: $57.3 million; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.chapters.indigo.ca) operates 172 bookstores, mainly under the Chapters and Indigo banners.

Indigo’s major shareholders, Gerald W....

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Spinoffs

In this case, we prefer the parent

The shares of contract manufacturer Flex (formerly called Flextronics International) traded in a narrow range for most of the past 10 years. However, the stock started to move up in late 2022 when the company announced that it would spin off its solar panel tracking business, called Nextracker.

As with most spinoffs, we feel this split will ultimately benefit both companies....

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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.