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Power Growth Investor Hotline – Friday, August 11, 2023

FAIR ISAAC CORP., $860.11, is a buy for our subscribers. Investors in this stock draw gains from a company (symbol FICO on New York) best known for its FICO Scores software. It lets lenders make better decisions about customer creditworthiness....

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Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, August 11, 2023

CANADIAN TIRE CORP., $156.82, Toronto symbol CTC.A, is a top pick for 2023.

Investors benefit from the company’s 503 Canadian Tire stores. They sell automotive parts and services, and household and sporting goods; franchisees run most of the locations....

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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, August 11, 2023

INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC., $64.27, New York symbol IFF, remains a buy for long-term gains.

The company makes chemical compounds that improve the taste of food and the smell of consumer products.

On February 1, 2021, IFF merged with the nutrition and biosciences business of DuPont (New York symbol DD)....

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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, August 11, 2023

CAE INC., $31.66, Toronto symbol CAE, remains a buy for long-term gains.

The company is a leading maker of flight simulators for commercial and military aircraft. It also operates pilot-training schools in over 40 countries and makes mannequins and other medical-simulators for training health professionals.

CAE continues to gain as air travel volumes return to pre-pandemic levels....

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Here’s our Income-Seeking Portfolio for September 2023

You Can See Our Income-Seeking Portfolio For September 2023 Here.

This month we update our Portfolio for Income-Seeking Investors.

In light of the current market volatility, investors are paying more attention to dividend yields (dividends paid per share divided by the current stock price)....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Updating our Income stocks: Andrew Peller, Royal Bank of Canada & BCE

ANDREW PELLER LTD. $4.30 (www.andrewpeller.com) remains a buy for long-term gains. The company is Canada’s second-largest wine producer after Arterra Wines....

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Energy Stocks

Boost your oil returns with Cenovus

Oil prices shot up to over $120 U.S. a barrel in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but have since eased to around $84 U.S. Despite that drop, Cenovus continues to pay down its debt. That improving balance sheet also sets you up for even higher dividends and buybacks, even if oil falls to $45 U.S.

CENOVUS ENERGY INC....

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Value Stocks

Lower costs bolster IGM’s dividend

IGM FINANCIAL INC. $39 is a buy. The mutual fund seller (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares o/s: 237.8 million; Market cap: $9.3 billion; P-to-S ratio: 2.7; Divd. yield: 5.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) has announced several new initiatives in a plan to improve efficiency....

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Value Stocks

Here are key updates on your holdings

METRO INC. $71 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol MRU; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 232.8 million; Market cap: $16.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.metro.ca) operates 960 grocery stores and 650 drugstores, in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.

The company has yet to reach a new contract with the union representing 3,700 workers at its 27 supermarkets in the Greater Toronto Area....

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Value Stocks

Linamar earnings jump with demand

LINAMAR CORP. $75 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol LNR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 65.4 million; Market cap: $4.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.linamar.com) makes a variety of automotive parts, including cylinder heads and cylinder blocks....

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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.