Southern Copper Corp. (symbol SCCO on New York)is one of the largest copper producers in the world, with operations in Mexico and Peru. More than 80% of its revenue comes from copper sales, with smaller contributions from molybdenum, silver, and zinc. Since 1996, the company’s common stock has been listed on both the New York and Lima stock exchanges.


The company’s financial performance is largely influenced by movements in copper prices....

Peru is best known for its stunning mountain landscapes, llamas, and the famous Machu Picchu, one of the new “seven wonders of the world.” But the country is also a major producer of commodities such as copper and silver and various agricultural products.


ISHARES MSCI PERU ETF $28.17 (New York symbol EPU; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $120.4 million) tracks the performance of a broad basket of publicly listed Peruvian companies....

Traditionally, the price of most stocks, and the ETFs that hold them, drop during market declines. However, certain segments generally perform better than the overall market. Below, we highlight three ETFs focused on firms that produce and sell consumer staples....

ADVISORSHARES RESTAURANT ETF $19.05 (New York symbol EATZ) is an actively managed fund that invests globally in restaurants, bars, and food-service companies.


The portfolio is relatively concentrated, with 50 holdings, among them substantial individual holdings in Arcos Dorados (a large McDonald’s franchisee in Latin America), Restaurant Brands International, Texas Roadhouse, Dutch Bros, Chipotle, Darden Restaurants, and Restaurant Brands.


The ETF launched in April 2021 and has a small asset base of $2.5 million....

European stocks continue to face near-term challenges as the war in Ukraine, record inflation and the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic weigh on their prospects. Still, the long-term outlook for top European companies is strong, and many of these leading companies derive a significant chunk of their revenue from global exports; their solid balance sheets and low p/e’s also cut investor risk.


Here are two ETFs that aim to benefit from the opportunities presented by leading European-listed companies....

A: Krispy Kreme Inc., $14.53, symbol DNUT on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 167.4 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; www.krispykreme.com), is a provider of doughnuts and other sweet treats in 31 countries....

As we’ve often said, we think spinoffs are about as close as you can get to a sure thing in investing. Statistics show that after a company sets up one (or more) of its businesses as a separate publicly traded entity and “spins it off,” the shares of both the parent and the spinoff generally do better than comparable companies for a number of years, if not decades.

We were so impressed by the proven long-term benefit of spinoff investing that we launched an investment advisory around it—our Spinoffs & Takeovers newsletter.

Of course, this “spinoff effect” can take months or years to show itself....

BCE INC., $61.75, Toronto symbol BCE, is your #1 Income Buy for 2022.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 2.16 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. BCE also has 4.07 million high-speed Internet users and 2.74 million TV subscribers (satellite and fibre-optic)....

PFIZER INC., $47.17, New York symbol PFE, is your #1 Income Buy for 2022.

The company is one of the world’s largest makers of prescription drugs. Its top-selling brands include Enbrel (arthritis), Ibrance (breast cancer) and Prevnar (pneumonia).

Pfizer has increased its dividend rate each year since 2011....

TEXAS ROADHOUSE INC., $98.91, is a buy. The company, symbol TXRH on Nasdaq, is a full-service, casual-dining restaurant chain with 685 locations spread across 49 U.S. states and 10 foreign countries. Each of those restaurants operates under one of three banners—Texas Roadhouse (643 locations), sports restaurant Bubba’s 33 (38), and Jaggers (4)....