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Energy Stocks

These two keep rewarding their investors

Here are two of our leading safety-conscious oil and gas recommendations. Both are in strong positions to profit from higher energy prices and to keep rewarding investors with higher dividends and share buybacks. Each is a buy.

IMPERIAL OIL LTD., $79.80, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares o/s: 535.8 million; Market cap: $41.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.5%; www.imperialoil.ca) is Canada’s third-largest publicly traded oil company after Canadian Natural Resources (No....

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Blue Chip Stocks

IBM makes a big purchase

IBM, $160.10, is still a buy. The company (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 913.1 million; Market cap: $147.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.2%) in the past few years has shifted its focus to its more-profitable cloud computing, consulting and mainframe businesses....

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Dividend Stocks

These two insurers offer growth and income

Insurers write policies, collect premiums from customers, and then invest those premiums to meet future claims. That need to cover claims means they invest significant amounts of their funds in fixed-income instruments, primarily bonds. That also means high interest rates are a boon to their returns....

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Dividend Stocks

Nice pickup for Pembina

PEMBINA PIPELINE, $46.00, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares outstanding: 549.4 million; Market cap: $25.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.8%; www.pembina.com) has now agreed to increase its stakes in two joint ventures it has with Enbridge Inc.

Pembina will acquire an additional 50.0% of the Alliance Pipeline, which pumps natural gas from B.C....

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Blue Chip Stocks

TD is a top safety-conscious pick

TD Bank shares are still down 22% from their peak of $109 in February 2022. That’s mainly because rising interest rates have forced it set aside more funds for potential loan defaults. However, Canada’s banking regulator has toughened lending standards and mortgage stress-test levels in the past few years....

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Q: Pat: You mentioned in the Inner Circle recently that TSI recommends a handful of ADRs (American Depositary Receipts) providing exposure to European and Japanese stocks. One question: What are the fees charged to investors by U.S.-listed ADRs? Thanks.

A: An American Depositary Receipt, or ADR, is a proxy for a foreign stock that trades in the U.S. and represents a specified number of shares in the foreign corporation. ADRs are bought and sold on U.S. stock markets, just like regular stocks, and are issued or sponsored in the U.S....

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Q: Hello Pat: Could I have your opinion please on CGFX, a gold ETF containing the largest gold miners. It pays a distribution yielding around 9%. They do this by writing covered calls on the portfolio. Too good to be true? Thanks.

A: The CI First Asset Gold+ Giants Covered Call ETF, $9.59, symbol CGXF on Toronto (Units outstanding: 13.3 million; Market cap: $127.5 million; www.firstasset.com), holds an equal-weighted portfolio of the 15 largest gold and precious-metal companies as measured by market capitalization....

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Q: Thank you, TSI, for all the great advice over the years. I’d like your opinion of Atlas Engineered Products on the TSX Venture Exchange. Thank you.

A: Atlas Engineered Products, $1.13, symbol AEP on the TSX Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 55.5 million; Market cap: $62.2 million; www.atlasengineeredproducts.com), is engaged in acquiring, integrating, and upgrading well-established companies in Canada’s truss (roof framing), wall panels, and engineered wood products industry.

Atlas went public through a reverse takeover in November 2017....

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Q: Pat: I’m interested in getting your opinion on Rockwell Automation, trading on New York. Thank you.

A: Rockwell Automation Inc., $306.46, symbol ROK on New York (Shares outstanding: 114.6 million; Market cap: $35.1 billion www.rockwellautomation.com), provides industrial automation hardware and software products.

The company’s Intelligent Devices segment accounts for 45% of sales, with its Software and Control business generating 32%, and its Lifecycle Services business contributing the remaining 23%....

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Q: Pat: What’s the outlook for Lundin Mining? Thank you.

A: Lundin Mining Corporation, $10.55, symbol LUN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 773.4 million; Market cap: $8.4 billion; www.lundinmining.com), is a Toronto-based producer of copper, zinc, gold, and nickel....

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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.

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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.

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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

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.