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Here’s our Safety-Conscious Stock Portfolio for May 2023

You Can See Our Safety-Conscious Stock Portfolio For May 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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Pat McKeough

Blue Chip Stocks

CPKC set to launch

CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD. $107.44 (Toronto symbol CP; shares o/s: 931.1 million; Market cap: $99.1 billion; Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.7%) took its current form on April 14, 2023, when Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd....

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Pat McKeough

Energy Stocks

These safety-conscious stocks remain buys

TD BANK, $81.47, (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $147.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.td.com) merged its 43%-owned U.S....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

AQN backs out of a deal

ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES, $11.88, is a buy. The utility (Toronto symbol AQN; Shares outstanding: 683.6 million; Market cap: $7.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yeld: 5.0%; www.algonquinpower.com) is now cancelling its $2.65 billion U.S....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Grocery leaders with gains ahead

Both Loblaw and Metro successfully weathered the pandemic. In fact, the shares of both are now trading near all-time highs for our subscribers! Meanwhile, many of their customers who opted for home delivery (or in-store pickup) during pandemic lockdowns are sticking with that value-added service....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

ENB adds to renewables

ENBRIDGE, $52.95, is a buy. The firm (Toronto symbol ENB; Shares o/s: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $106.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.7%; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S....

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Pat McKeough

ETFs

Buy Japan’s leading stocks

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $58.63, 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, 4.3%; Sony Corp., 3.5%; Keyence (sensors), 2.7%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.3%; Daiichi Sankyo (pharma), 1.8%; Hitachi (conglomerate), 1.6%; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, 1.6%; Shin Etsu Chemical, 1.6%; and KDDI (telecom), 1.5%....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

IGM expands in the U.S.

POWER CORP., $36.33, is a buy. The conglomerate (Toronto symbol POW; Shares outstanding: 611.2 million; Market cap: $24.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.8%) owns 61.8% of IGM Financial (symbol IGM on Toronto)....

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Pat McKeough

ETFs

Buy four of these for global exposure

Most top international markets have rebounded since their big drop with the outbreak of the pandemic. Going forward, we think the outlook remains positive for quality stocks in those markets. One way to profit from their growth—while cutting your risk—is to invest in top ETFs.

Here’s a look at four international funds that we believe are suitable for your new buying....

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Pat McKeough

Mining Stocks

Newmont ups its bid

NEWMONT CORP., $47.49, 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: $38.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 3.4%; www.newmont.com) has now made a new offer to acquire Austrailia-based Newcrest Mining....

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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.