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FORD MOTOR CO. $12 is still a hold. The automaker (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 3.9 billion; Market cap: $46.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend yield: 5.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.ford.com) reported that its revenue rose 16.7% in the fourth quarter of 2022, to $44.0 billion from $37.7 billion a year earlier....

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Value Stocks

Improving supply chains will lift their profits

Shortages of computer chips and other components are weighing on Toyota and Honda’s profits. However, the easing of COVID-19 lockdowns in China and other countries should improve the flow of these parts. Investors will also benefit from consumers’ embrace of electric vehicles.

TOYOTA MOTOR CO....

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Value Stocks

Dividend hike is a positive signal

EBAY INC. $48 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol EBAY; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 542.7 million; Market cap: $26.0 billion; Price to-sales ratio: 2.8; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.ebay.com) operates e-commerce websites, in over 190 countries, where sellers pay fees to auction items or offer them at fixed prices.

Revenue in the fourth quarter of 2022 fell 3.9%, to $2.51 billion from $2.61 billion a year earlier....

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Growth Stocks

Record backlog cuts your risk

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. $264 is a buy. The company (New York symbol MSI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 166.9 million; Market cap: $44.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.0; Dividend yield: 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.motorolasolutions.com) makes communications equipment such as two-way radios for police and fire vehicles, as well as high-definition surveillance systems....

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Value Stocks

Legacy techs still have plenty of appeal

Technology stocks fared poorly in 2022 on investor fears that rising inflation and interest rates would dramatically slow spending on new computers and services. However, we still like the long-term prospects for these three legacy names, and feel IBM and Intel are currently top choices for your new buying....

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Growth Stocks

Lower costs cut IFF’s risk

INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC. $95 is still a buy. The company (New York symbol IFF; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 255.0 million; Market cap: $24.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 3.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.iff.com) makes compounds that improve the taste of food and the smell of consumer products....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Look for Visa to keep moving higher

Visa’s shares fell below $135 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. However, the stock quickly recovered as lockdowns prompted a surge in online shopping and lifted the company’s revenue from processing credit and debit card payments.

We feel the stock will continue to move higher, particularly as global travel volumes return to pre-pandemic levels....

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How To Invest

What is Pat’s commentary for the week of February 22, 2023

Drugmaker Eli Lilly has two potentially huge blockbuster drugs on the horizon—one for obesity, the other for Alzheimer’s. But even without these two, the company’s future is bright given the strength of its existing roster of drugs plus new drugs in its pipeline.

The stock is up 108.4% since we first recommended it in our June 2020 issue of Power Growth Investor at $157.19....

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How To Invest

The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, February 17, 2023

TC ENERGY INC., $56.84, Toronto symbol TRP, remains a buy.

TC generates steady cash flow for investors mainly through a 93,700-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Its other operations include 4,900 kilometres of crude oil pipelines and nine power plants.

The company continues to benefit from rising oil and gas prices, which have spurred demand for space on its pipelines....

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Spinoffs & Takeovers Hotline – Friday, February 17, 2023

ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INC., $125.97, symbol ZBH on New York, manufactures orthopedic reconstructive implants and surgical equipment for orthopedic surgeries. Zimmer has the largest market share for reconstructive implants in the U.S.

In March 2022, the company spun off its Spine and Dental businesses as ZimVie Inc....

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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.