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TRANSALTA RENEWABLES INC. $12 remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol RNW; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 267.0 million; Market cap: $3.2 billion; Dividend yield: 7.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.transaltarenewables.com) owns 26 wind facilities, 11 hydroelectric, eight natural gas generation plants, two solar facilities, one natural gas pipeline, and one battery storage facility....

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Asset sales support their distributions

These two REITs continue to sell their surplus properties. That lets them focus on their more-promising assets and on maintaining their distributions.

DREAM OFFICE REIT $14 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol D.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 51.1 million; Market cap: $715.4 million; Dividend yield: 7.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.dream.ca) sold 138 properties in 2016 as part of a new strategic plan....

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A yield to caution: Exchange Income Corp.

EXCHANGE INCOME CORP. $53 (Toronto symbol EIF; Shares outstanding: 42.5 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%; www.exchangeincomecorp.ca) operates in aviation and manufacturing.

Aviation (65% of its revenue) serves communities in Manitoba, Ontario, Nunavut and eastern Canada through regional airlines....

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Long-term trend favours Nutrien

Fertilizer prices remain volatile as world markets adjust to global sanctions on Russia and Belarus (major exporters of potash) following the invasion of Ukraine.

Despite the current uncertainty, Nutrien remains a great way for investors to profit from the long-term need for more and better food....

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Q: Pat, I am enjoying your Inner Circle program. Here’s my question for you today: What are your thoughts on Clean Harbors?

A: Clean Harbors Inc., $133.27, symbol CLH on New York (Shares outstanding: 54.1 million; Market cap: $7.2 billion; Manufacturing sector; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk www.cleanharbors.com), is a provider of hazardous waste solutions, emergency spill response, industrial cleaning and maintenance, and recycling services.

Through its Safety-Kleen business, Clean Harbors is also North America’s largest re-refiner and recycler of used oil; in addition, Safety-Kleen is a leading provider of washing systems to clean industrial parts.

Founded in 1980 and based in Massachusetts, the company operates in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and India.

Clean Harbors serves a diverse customer base, including most Fortune 500 companies....

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What is Pat’s commentary for the week of March 28, 2023

Gen Digital is the new name for NortonLifeLock, one of our long-time tech favourites. The company changed its name to Gen Digital following its 2022 acquisition of European cybersecurity firm Avast plc for $8.1 billion.

Growth by acquisition adds risk—especially with a purchase as big as Avast....

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Spinoffs & Takeovers Hotline – Friday, March 24, 2023

MKS INSTRUMENTS INC., $84.96, symbol MKSI on Nasdaq, is a leading global developer, manufacturer, and supplier of instruments and components used to measure, control, and analyze gases used in semiconductor manufacturing.

The company also produces instruments for manufacturers of fibre optics, flat-panel displays, gas lasers, and solar cells....

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Power Growth Investor Hotline – Friday, March 24, 2023

TRAVEL + LEISURE CO., $35.78, symbol TNL on New York, is still a buy. The company is now the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange business.

Travel + Leisure operates 245 timeshare resorts, with over 833,000 owners. Meanwhile, the company has a global audience of 35 million followers across multiple platforms and nearly 60,000 club members.

The company is in the process of transforming its business from timeshare-centric to a multi-branded enterprise focused on leisure travel....

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Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, March 24, 2023

PFIZER INC., $40.39, New York symbol PFE, is 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).

Pfizer has increased its dividend rate each year since 2011....

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

ALPHABET INC., Nasdaq symbols GOOG $106.06 [class C: non-voting] and GOOGL $105.44 [class A: one vote per share], is your #1 Aggressive buy for 2023.

The company is the parent of Google, the world’s leading Internet search engine—it handles over 80% of global search requests....

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Businesses that work in the extraction, refining and delivery of energy sources such as natural gas, oil, uranium and coal, are considered energy stocks.