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NEWMONT CORP. $55 is a buy for long-term growth and a hedge against inflation. The company (New York symbol NEM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 793.7 million; Market cap: $43.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.5; Dividend yield: 4.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newmont.com) is the world’s largest gold producer....

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Growth Stocks

Two ways to profit from China’s re-opening

China is now re-opening its economy at the end of its stringent zero-COVID-19 lockdowns. That’s good news for these two fast-food operators, as China has been targeted as a major source of future growth.

STARBUCKS CORP. $107 is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Nasdaq symbol SBUX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.15 billion; Market cap: $123.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.8; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.starbucks.com) is a leading seller and roaster of specialty coffee....

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Growth Stocks

Nordstrom reports poor holiday sales

NORDSTROM INC. $18 remains a hold. The company (New York symbol JWN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 160.1 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.2; Dividend yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.nordstrom.com) owns and operates over 350 stores in the U.S....

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Strong quarter for Adobe

ADOBE INC. $358 is buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 457.8 million; Market cap: $163.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 9.5; No dividends paid since June 2005; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.adobe.com) makes software that lets computer users create, edit and share documents in the popular PDF format....

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Growth Stocks

Get fintech exposure with much less risk

In our view, the recent bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange operator FTX Trading highlights the dangers of investing in potentially disruptive fintech (the combination of financial services and technology services). We prefer these three well-established fintechs, which have innovative products and a long history of rising revenue and earnings.

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC....

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Growth Stocks

Microsoft adds AI expertise

MICROSOFT CORP. $241 is a buy for aggressive investors. The software giant (Nasdaq symbol MSFT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 7.5 billion; Market cap: $1.8 trillion; Price-to-sales ratio: 8.9; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.microsoft.com) has increased its investment in OpenAI....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Our top three picks for 2023

Here are your three top U.S. stock picks for 2023—one from each of our Conservative, Aggressive and Income portfolios.

All three stocks are market leaders, which should give them an advantage if the economy slows. Moreover, new investment in their businesses position them for many more years of growth beyond 2023.

MCDONALD’S CORP....

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Dividend Stocks

Updating your Cyclical-Growth Payers: Nutrien

NUTRIEN LTD. $106 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol NTR; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 520.2 million; Market cap: $55.1 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.nutrien.com) is the world’s largest producer of agricultural fertilizers.

Nutrien last raised your quarterly dividend with the April 2022 payment....

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Dividend Stocks

Cisco offers you a solid dividend plus growth

Cisco Systems continues to diversify into security software and other services. That cuts its reliance on selling computer networking hardware. The company’s supply chain problems are also easing, which should let it keep raising your dividend and buying back shares.

CISCO SYSTEMS INC....

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Dividend Stocks

RTX gains from air travel rebound

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $100 is a buy. The company (New York symbol RTX; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $150.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.rtx.com) is a leading maker of commercial aircraft equipment, electronic systems for military aircraft, and guided missiles.

With the June 2022 payment, Raytheon raised your quarterly dividend by 7.8%....

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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.