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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, November 24, 2023

CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD., $97.81, Toronto symbol CP, is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2023.

The company took its current form on April 14, 2023, when Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. completed the acquisition of U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern.

CP paid $31 billion U.S....

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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, November 24, 2023

NVIDIA CORP., $477.76, Nasdaq symbol NVDA, remains a buy, but only for highly aggressive investors.

The company is a leading designer of 3D-capable video chips; they make video games run more smoothly and appear more lifelike. Nvidia has also adapted its chips for other applications, including artificial intelligence (AI), datacentres and self-driving cars.

Nvidia continues to benefit from strong demand for its chips that power AI applications, such as the popular ChatGPT online chatbot/search engine....

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Here’s our Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for December 2023

You Can See Our Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio For December 2023 Here.

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

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Dividend Stocks

Updating your Conservative-Growth Payers: Manulife Financial Corp.

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP. $26 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol MFC; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio; Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $46.8 billion; Dividend yield: 5.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.manulife.ca) is Canada’s largest life insurer....

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Dividend Stocks

This top grocer is a reliable dividend payer

Loblaw and other big grocers are under scrutiny for generating strong profits in the wake of the pandemic. Even through food price inflation is easing, its new stores and cost controls will continue to boost its earnings—and your dividend.

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD....

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Dividend Stocks

Buy quality assets at a discount

POWER CORP. OF CANADA $37 is a buy. The conglomerate (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 660.4 million; Market cap: $24.4 billion; Dividend yield: 5.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) has several primary investments, including controlling stakes in Canadian financial services firms Great-West Lifeco (insurance) and IGM Financial (mutual funds)....

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Use these key updates to build your returns

NEWELL BRANDS INC. $7.51 remains a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol NWL; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 414.2 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; Dividend yield: 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.newellbrands.com) makes a wide range of consumer and household products such as PaperMate pens, Elmer’s glue, Rubbermaid food containers and Graco baby strollers,

With the June 2023 payment, Newell cut its quarterly dividend by 69.6%, to $0.07 a share from $0.23....

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Dividend Stocks

Big acquisition is paying off

GEN DIGITAL INC. $21 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol GEN; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 640.7 million; Market cap: $13.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.gendigital.com) changed its name from NortonLifeLock (old symbol NLOK) following its September 2022 acquisition of European cybersecurity firm Avast plc for $8.1 billion.

The company last raised its quarterly dividend by 66.7% in December 2019....

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Dividend Stocks

These techs will rebound from cyclical dip

These two leading U.S. technology companies are seeing weaker demand for their products as the economy slows. However, their dividends still look secure.

CISCO SYSTEMS INC. $48 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol CSCO; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 4.1 billion; Market cap: $196.8 billion; Dividend yield: 3.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.cisco.com) makes hardware and software to link and manage computer networks.

Cisco last raised your quarterly dividend with the April 2023 payment to $0.39 a share, up 2.6% from $0.38....

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Dividend Stocks

Lower interest rates would take them higher

The shares of these two utilities have suffered in 2023 as higher interest prompted investors to shift into bonds. It now looks like rates will fall in 2024, which should lift their share prices. Meantime, their high-quality assets will continue to let them keep raising their dividends.

CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD....

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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.