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

You Can See Our Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for April 2023 here.

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

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Updating your Conservative-Growth Payers: CAE

CAE INC. $29 remains a buy for long-term gains. The company (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 317.9 million; Market cap: $9.2 billion; Dividend suspended in March 2020; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.cae.com) makes flight simulators for commercial and military aircraft....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Earn steady income with this grocer

Canada’s grocery store operators have come under pressure for generating above-average profits in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, rising costs for food and labour are squeezing their profit margins. We feel high-quality grocers like Metro will adapt, and keep rewarding investors with higher dividends and share buybacks.

METRO INC....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Leon’s sales back to 2019 levels

LEON’S FURNITURE LTD. $17 is a buy for aggressive investors. The retailer (Toronto symbol LNF; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 67.0 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Dividend yield: 3.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.leons.ca) operates 304 stores that sell furniture and home appliances, mainly under the Leon’s, The Brick, The Brick Mattress Store, The Brick Outlet and Appliance Canada banners.

To conserve cash during the pandemic, Leon’s cut your quarterly dividend by 25.0% in July 2020, to $0.12 a share from $0.16....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Use these key updates to build your returns

NORTH WEST COMPANY $38 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol NWC; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 47.7 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Dividend yield: 4.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.northwest.ca) sells food and everyday products and services at 219 stores....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Acquisition will spur Gen higher

GEN DIGITAL INC. $17 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol GEN; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 639.1 million; Market cap: $10.9 billion; Dividend yield: 2.9%; 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....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Their dividends look safe despite rising costs

These U.S. industrial firms continue to raise their dividends despite facing higher input costs. However, we feel Stanley’s new cost-cutting plan puts it in a stronger position to move higher in the next few months.

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Top oil producers reward investors

Oil prices have declined lately due to fears that rising interest rates will trigger an economic slowdown. However, cash flow at these top oil producers remains strong, which lets them return more of that cash to their shareholders.

SUNCOR ENERGY INC....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Buy quality assets at a discount

POWER CORP. $35 is a buy. The conglomerate’s (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 667.1 million; Market cap: $23.3 billion; Dividend yield: 6.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) primary investments are controlling stakes in Great-West Lifeco, IGM Financial and robo-advisor Wealthsimple....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

IGM’s outlook outshines its Power family

Investors in Great-West, IGM and their parent company Power Corp. enjoy high, sustainable dividend yields. For new buying, however, we prefer IGM and its parent.

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $35 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; shares outstanding: 931.9 million; Market cap: $32.6 billion; Dividend yield: 5.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest life insurer after Manulife Financial....

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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.