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Growth Stocks

Look for Canada’s food sellers to move up

Thanks to rising food prices, the shares of these two leading supermarket chains are hitting new all-time highs. Even so, they continue to trade at reasonable multiples in relation to their respective earnings.

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $118 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 324.0 million; Market cap: $38.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) operates 1,092 supermarkets under several banners, including Loblaws, Zehrs, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills....

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Value Stocks

Higher costs dampen Molson’s recovery

Molson Coors continues to benefit from the re-opening of bars and restaurants in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns. That has let it resume dividend payments and pay down debt. The company is also launching non-beer products to spur its growth. However, higher operating costs continue to hold back its profits.

MOLSON COORS CANADA INC....

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Mining Stocks

Fort Hills sale hits a snag

TECK RESOURCES LTD. $54 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 512.3 million; Market cap: $27.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) explores for and develops various types of minerals, including copper, gold, zinc and metallurgical coal (used for making steel).

Teck recently agreed to sell its 21.3% stake in the Fort Hills oil sands project of northern Alberta to Suncor Energy Inc....

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Value Stocks

Reinvestment plan cuts CIBC’s risk

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $57 is a buy. The bank (Toronto symbol CM; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 906.2 million; Market cap: $51.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 6.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cibc.com) will raise your quarterly dividend with the January 27, 2023, payment....

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Dividend Stocks

Regulated assets support your Utility income

These four leading utility stocks get most of their revenue from rate-regulated operations. That makes its easier to recoup the cost of new power plants and upgrades to their existing assets. Moreover, they continue to use their increasing cash flow to reward investors with dividend hikes.

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Dividend Stocks

Small setback for TC Energy

TC ENERGY CORP. $56 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 1.01 billion; Market cap: $56.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.7; Dividend yield: 6.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.tcenergy.com) has re-started its Keystone oil pipeline following a 21-day shutdown due to the leak of 14,000 barrels into a creek in Kansas....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Three top picks to spur 2023 returns

Here are your top picks for new buying in 2023, and once again we’ve selected three stocks from our TSI Portfolios (Conservative, Aggressive and Income).

Each of the three is a leader in its markets, which helps cut your risk if the economy weakens....

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How To Invest

Q: Pat: Freshpet looks like an interesting pet care play. What do you and your team think about the stock? Thanks.

A: Freshpet Inc., $52.63, symbol FRPT on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 48.0 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; www.freshpet.com), makes fresh, natural food for dogs and cats. The company’s foods are blends of fresh meats, vegetables and fruits farmed locally and made at its Freshpet Kitchens....

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How To Invest

What is Pat’s commentary for the week of January 10, 2023

Howard Schultz recently returned as interim chief executive officer at Starbucks Corp., following the retirement of Kevin Johnson. Mr. Schultz goes back a long way with the company. It was founded in 1971 by three individuals—English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegl and writer Gordon Bowker....

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How To Invest

Power Growth Investor Hotline – Friday, January 6, 2023

DRAFTKINGS INC., $11.63, is still a buy. The digital sports entertainment and gaming company (symbol DKNG on Nasdaq) currently provides sports betting in several U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming and Ohio....

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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.