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Spinoffs & Takeovers Hotline – Friday, November 4, 2022

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY INC., $57.46, symbol FBHS on New York, is an Illinois-based maker of home products. It currently operates three businesses: Water Innovations (31% of sales), Outdoors & Security (27%), and Cabinets (42%).

Deerfield, Illinois-based Fortune Brands Home & Security was spun-off from Fortune Brands Inc....

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Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, November 4, 2022

SUNCOR ENERGY INC., $48.70, Toronto symbol SU, remains a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest integrated oil firm, with major projects in the Alberta oil sands. Suncor also operates four refineries (three in Canada and one in Colorado), along with 1,875 Petro-Canada gas stations.

With the June 2022 payment, Suncor increased your quarterly dividend by 11.9%....

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Dividend Stocks

TD to reach more Canadians

TD BANK, $87.91, (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $158.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.1%; www.td.com) has formed a new alliance with Canada Post.

Under the deal, TD will offer personal loans through Canada Post outlets....

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Dividend Stocks

These safety-conscious stocks remain buys

CENOVUS ENERGY, $28.17, is a buy for long-term gains. The company (Toronto symbol CVE; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $53.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 1.5%; www.cenovus.com) is now one of Canada’s top-tier producer of oil and natural gas following its all-stock acquisition of rival oil producer Husky Energy Inc....

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Growth Stocks

Loblaw protects its sales

LOBLAW COMPANIES, $112.37, is a buy. The retailer (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 325.4 million; Market cap: $36.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.4%; www.loblaw.ca) operates 1,091 supermarkets under several banners, including Loblaws, Zehrs, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Top stocks for safety-conscious investors

Here are two of our top safety-conscious recommendations. Both have strong growth ahead. Look for that to spur their share prices and your returns.

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $100.65, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CP; shares outstanding: 930.1 million; Market cap: $94.5 billion; Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.8%) ships freight over a 23,700-kilometre rail network, mainly between Montreal and Vancouver....

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Dividend Stocks

Innergex adds wind power

INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY, $15.18, is a #1 Buy for 2022. The power generator (Toronto symbol INE; Shares outstanding: 204.1 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.innergex.com) operates 40 hydroelectric plants, 32 wind farms and eight solar power fields....

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ETFs

Buy Japan’s top performers

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND, $50.28, is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) aims for the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan Index.

The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 5.1%; Sony Corp., 2.9%; Keyence (sensors), 2.6%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.0%; Daiichi Sankyo (pharma), 2.0%; Softbank, 1.8%; KDDI (telecom), 1.7%; Nintendo (gaming), 1.6%; and Recruit Holdings (human resources), 1.5%....

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Dividend Stocks

TRP expands into solar

TC ENERGY INC., $60.08, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 983.5 million; Market cap: $58.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.0%; www.tcenergy.com.) has announced that it will build its first solar power project in Canada....

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ETFs

Global ETFs: Four buys and two holds

All of the major global stock markets fell at the outbreak of COVID-19. Many top markets have since rebounded. We think the outlook remains positive for quality stocks, and one way to profit from that—while cutting your risk—is to invest in top ETFs.

Here’s a look at four international funds that we believe are suitable for your new buying....

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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.