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Cannabis Corner: These stocks all have bright futures

Canada legalized cannabis four years ago. Still, while demand has been steady, stiff competition has cut selling prices significantly. Meanwhile, advertising restrictions and plain packaging rules make it hard to build brands that win customer loyalty. Still, we think some companies have a distinct edge—including their prospects for added sales in the U.S....

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Growth Stocks

TMO adds a diagnostics leader

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., $536.01, is a buy. The company (New York symbol TMO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) thermofisher.com; Shares o/s: 392.2 million; Market cap: $214.2 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) recently bought The Binding Site Group, a global leader in specialty diagnostics, for $2.6 billion.

Serving clinicians and laboratory professionals worldwide, The Binding Site provides specialty diagnostics and instruments to better pinpoint and manage blood cancers and immune system disorders....

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Growth Stocks

Couche-Tard expands into new growth areas

Alimentation Couche-Tard not only adapted to the pandemic, it thrived—and the shares are now trading at all-time highs. Meanwhile, the company is entering a couple of new markets. For one, it’s rolling out electric vehicle (EV) chargers at its U.S. and Canadian stores....

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Energy Stocks

Birchcliff Energy rewards its shareholders

Oil and gas stocks have moved up lately as the U.S. and other economies recover. Birchcliff Energy shares have almost tripled over the last year. Still, the shares remain cheap for investors looking to profit from the continuing energy rebound.

BIRCHCLIFF ENERGY, $10.72, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BIR; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (Shares o/s: 265.9 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.8%) reports that its cash flow in the quarter ended September 30, 2022, jumped 60.3%, to $1.01 a share from $0.63 a year earlier....

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Growth Stocks

MP taps rare earths

MP MATERIALS CORP., $33.37, is a buy. The company (New York symbol MP; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.mpmaterials.com; Shares outstanding: 177.5 million; Market cap: $6.3 billion; No dividends paid) is the owner and operator of the Mountain Pass mine, the only significant rare-earth commercial mining and processing site in North America.

Rare-earth elements are used in a variety of modern devices and applications: magnets in small and large motors; glass additives and glass polishing compounds; rechargeable batteries; television and computer screens; lighting; X-ray machines; and lasers.

In the quarter ended September 30, 2022, MP Materials’ revenue shot up 24.8%, to $124.4 million from $99.8 million a year earlier....

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Growth Stocks

Steris sells into attractive niches

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in short-term disruptions to elective medical procedures, and so demand for Steris’s hospital equipment. But going forward, it remains in a great position to profit from the favourable long-term trend of an aging population. And with two key acquisitions, it has expanded into lucrative new markets....

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Spinoffs

New hires dampen Nuvei’s profits

NUVEI CORP. $43 is a hold. The Montreal-based company (Toronto symbol NVEI; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 142.1 million; Market cap: $6.1 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.nuvei.com) makes software to help businesses worldwide process electronic payments.

In September 2020, the company completed an initial public offering (IPO) of 29.2 million subordinate voting shares (one vote per share) at $26.00 U.S....

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Spinoffs

Our stock updates help protect your gains

RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES INC. $17 is a spinoff buy. The company (New York symbol REZI; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 145.8 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.resideo.com) makes heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment....

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Spinoffs

Little-known spinoff continues to shine

On June 22, 2017, Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (Toronto symbol BAM.A) spun off its specialty insurance business as a separate company called Trisura. Investors received one Trisura share for every 170 Brookfield shares they held.

The new firm gets little media/broker attention, even though the stock has soared over 500% since the spinoff....

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Spinoffs

Here’s a new spinoff buy

WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES INC. $55 is a spinoff buy. The company (New York symbol WOR; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 49.7 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; Dividend yield 2.3%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.worthingtonindustries.com) has four operating segments: Steel Processing, Consumer Products, Building Products, and Sustainable Energy Solutions.

Worthington now plans to spin off its steel-processing business from its three other segments....

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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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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.