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Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, November 25, 2022

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD., $117.75, Toronto symbol L, is a buy.

The company operates 1,092 supermarkets under several banners, including Loblaws, Zehrs, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills.

In March 2014, it purchased the Shoppers Drug Mart chain for $12.3 billion in cash and shares....

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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, November 25, 2022

MICROSOFT CORP., $247.49, Nasdaq symbol MSFT, remains a buy for aggressive investors.

The company is the world’s largest computer software firm. Its main product is the Windows operating system, which powers about 85% of the world’s personal computers....

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Updating your Conservative-Growth Payers: Sun Life Financial

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC. $62 is a buy. The stock (Toronto symbol SLF; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 586.3 million; Market cap: $36.4 billion; Dividend yield: 4.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.sunlife.ca) is Canada’s third-largest life insurance company after Manulife (No....

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Dividend cut has set it up for future gains

Foodmaker Kraft Heinz shocked investors in 2019 when it cut the dividend by 36.5% due to slowing consumer demand for its traditional brands. Since then, the company has sold off slower-selling brands and cut its debt. That has helped it shift to healthier products, which should fuel its future growth and dividend increases.

KRAFT HEINZ CO....

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AbbVie just raised its dividend

ABBVIE INC. $159 is a top pick for 2022. The company (New York symbol ABBV; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $286.2 billion; Dividend yield: 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.abbvie.com) makes biopharmaceuticals, with leading positions in immunology, oncology, aesthetics, neuroscience and eye care.

AbbVie will raise your quarterly dividend with the February 2023 payment by 5.0%, to $1.48 a share from $1.41....

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Use these key updates to build your returns

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $16 is still a buy. Canada’s largest commercial printing company (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Cyclical-Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 77.1 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; Dividend yield: 5.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) last raised your dividend with the April 2020 payment....

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Buy quality assets at a discount

POWER CORP. $34 is a buy. The conglomerate (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 668.1 million; Market cap: $22.7 billion; Dividend yield: 5.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) is a holding company with a diversified list of businesses....

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Dividend Stocks

Their market leadership cuts your risk

Small market cap firms are generally riskier than bigger companies. You can cut that risk by focusing on market leaders with long histories of paying dividends such as North West Co. and Russel Metals.

NORTH WEST COMPANY $37 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol NWC; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 47.9 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Dividend yield: 4.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.northwest.ca) sells food and everyday products and services at 219 stores....

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Newell hurt by slowing sales

NEWELL BRANDS INC. $13 remains a hold. The consumer products maker (Nasdaq symbol NWL; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 413.6 million; Market cap: $5.4 billion; Dividend yield: 7.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.newellbrands.com) last raised its quarterly dividend with the June 2017 payment....

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Dividend Stocks

Earn income from rebounding tourism

Tourism volumes continue to rebound as COVID-19 travel restrictions ease. Here are two stocks that will profit from the rebound—and pay you steady dividends.

WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS INC. $73 remains a buy. The company (New York symbol WH; Cyclical-Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 88.3 million; Market cap: $6.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.wyndhamhotels.com) is the world’s largest hotel franchiser, with 836,000 rooms spread across 9,100 hotels in more than 95 countries....

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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.