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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, August 4, 2023

BCE INC., $56.28, Toronto symbol BCE, is a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider. It has 2.10 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. It also has 4.34 million high-speed Internet users and 2.72 million TV subscribers (satellite and fibre-optic)....

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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, August 4, 2023

PFIZER INC., $35.02, New York symbol PFE, remains a buy.

The company is one of the world’s largest makers of prescription drugs. Its top-selling brands include Enbrel (arthritis), Ibrance (breast cancer) and Prevnar (pneumonia).

Sales in the three months ended June 30, 2023, fell 54.1%, to $12.73 billion from $27.74 billion a year earlier....

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Here’s our CWA Safety-Conscious Stock Portfolio for August 2023

You Can See Our CWA Safety-Conscious Stock Portfolio For August 2023 Here.

We think investors will profit most—and with the least risk—by buying shares of well-established companies with strong business prospects and strong positions in healthy industries....

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Blue Chip Stocks

A brighter outlook for IBM

IBM, $144.17, is still a buy. The company (New York symbol IBM; Shares o/s: 911.0 million; Market cap: $130.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.6%) is one of the world’s largest computer companies, with operations in over 175 countries.

In the past few years, IBM has shifted its focus to its more-profitable cloud computing, consulting and mainframe businesses....

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Growth Stocks

These safety-conscious stocks remain buys

METRO INC., $70.10, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol MRU; Shares o/s: 232.8 million; Market cap: $16.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 1.7%; www.metro.ca) 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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Dividend Stocks

Telus lowers its outlook

TELUS, $23.11, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol T; Shares o/s: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $33.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 6.3%; telus.com) owns 72.2% of Telus International (Cda) Inc....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Two blue-chip stocks for your new buying

Loblaw and TC Energy are leading competitors in their respective markets. We see both stocks as buy.

LOBLAW COMPANIES, $116.73, is a buy. The retailer (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 316.9 million; Market cap: $36.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.5%; www.loblaw.ca) operates 1,104 supermarkets under several banners, including Loblaws, Zehrs, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills....

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Energy Stocks

IMO rewards its investors

IMPERIAL OIL LTD., $69.74, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares outstanding: 584.2 million; Market cap: $41.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.9%; www.imperialoil.ca) gets about 90% of its production from oil sands operations in Alberta....

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ETFs

Own Japan’s top stocks

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $61.49, is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) aims for the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan Index.

The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 5.0%; Sony Corp., 3.3%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.6%; Keyence (sensors), 2.4%; Tokyo Electron (computer chips), 1,9%; Mitsubishi Corp....

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Mining Stocks

Newmont strike still on

NEWMONT CORP., $40.66, remains a buy for long-term growth and as a hedge against inflation. The company (New York symbol NEM; Shares o/s: 794.7 million; Market cap: $33.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 3.9%; www.newmont.com) is the world’s largest gold miner, with major mines in North America, South America, Australia, and Africa....

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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.