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ADT’s partnerships help power its results

ADT keeps signing up new security customers at the same time it retains more and more of its existing ones. The company’s expanded services help drive that growth. Those products include Wi-Fi-enabled security cameras and automated home solutions. ADT’s outlook is even brighter because of its new smart-home partnership with Google parent Alphabet....

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Growth Stocks

Chipotle tests out a new low-cost concept

Chipotle continues to have success in its competitive fast-food market. And now, it’s looking ahead to new opportunities. That’s why it’s testing a new takeout and delivery concept. We think this just adds to the company’s already bright future. The stock is a buy.

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, $1,590.87, is a buy. The stock (New York symbol CMG; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.chipotle.com; Shares outstanding: 27.6 million; Market cap: $43.9 billion; No dividends paid.) is launching a new restaurant spinoff this month called Farmesa that features “California-inspired” bowls....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Ready for a rebound

SHOPIFY, $59.92, remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol SHOP; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.shopify.ca; Shares o/s: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $76.5 billion; No dividends paid) reported 25.7% higher revenue in the three months ended December 31, 2022, rising to $1.74 billion from $1.38 billion a year earlier.

Even so, Shopify is now eliminating 1,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Corteva positions you for gains

Corteva shares offer investors a number of pluses: Not only is the company at the forefront of key agricultural trends, the stock is a spinoff. Over the years, we’ve found that spinoffs are about as close as you can get to a sure thing in investing. It’s one key reason why we think Corteva has further gains ahead for investors....

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How To Invest

Here’s our Spinoff Stock Portfolio for April 2023

You Can See Our Spinoff Stock Portfolio For April 2023 here.

Why we like spinoffs so much
We think that spinoffs are the closest thing you can find to a sure thing for two main reasons:

1) The management of a parent company will only hand out shares in a subsidiary to its own investors if it’s all but certain that business, and the parent, will be better off after the spinoff.

2) Spinoffs involve a lot of work and legal fees....

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Spinoffs

We’ll keep an eye on this IPO

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP. ADR $18 is a hold. Based in Japan, the company (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol SFTBY; ADRs outstanding: 3.45 billion; Market cap: $62.1 billion; Divd. yield: 0.9%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.softbank.jp) is a conglomerate with holdings in the communications, banking and technology industries.

SoftBank is now preparing to offer the public sell shares in its U.K.-based business Arm Ltd....

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Spinoffs

Keep on top of stock updates

MAGNET FORENSICS INC. $44 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol MAGT; Manufacturing sector; 41.2 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; www.magnetforensics.com) makes digital investigation software that helps recover evidence from cloud services, mobile phones, computers and other digital devices....

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Spinoffs

Two ways to profit from a travel rebound

On June 4, 2018, Wyndham Worldwide (old New York symbol WYN) split into two new companies. For every WYN share investors held, they received one share each of the new companies—Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, and Wyndham Destinations (now called Travel + Leisure).

Travel volumes continue to rise and are close to pre-pandemic levels....

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Spinoffs

WBD raises savings target

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC. $14 is a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol WBD; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $33.6 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.wbd.com) took its current form in April 2022 when AT&T merged its WarnerMedia business with Discovery Inc....

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Spinoffs

Recession fears offset spinoff benefits

These two recent spinoffs should pay off for investors over the next few years. However, the increasing likelihood of an economic slowdown this year will depressed their share prices in the short term.

LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP. $28 is a hold, but only for highly aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol LAC; Resources sector; 151.1 million; Market cap: $4.2 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.lithiumamericas.com) plans to split its operations into two separate, publicly traded firms....

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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.

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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.