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HP INC. $27 is a hold. The company (New York symbol HPQ; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 1.05 billion; Market cap: $28.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.hp.com) is a leading maker of personal computers and printers.

The stock is down about 28% since the start of 2022....

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Growth Stocks

FICO ready to add more value

FAIR ISAAC CORP. $448 is a buy, but only for highly aggressive investors. The company (New York symbol FICO; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 25.3 million; Market cap: $11.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 8.3; Dividend suspended June 2017; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.fico.com) is best known for its FICO Scores software....

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Growth Stocks

Buy these techs ahead of their next surge

Technology stocks generally move up and down with the overall economy. Now that a recession seems likely, businesses and consumers are scaling back their spending on new computers and software.

We feel now—ahead of the next cyclical upswing—is a good time to add high-quality tech stocks with solid long-term outlooks....

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Growth Stocks

Visa lifts your dividend 20%

VISA INC. $203 is a buy. The company (New York symbol V; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 2.1 billion; Market cap: $426.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 14.6; Dividend yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.visa.com) operates the world’s largest electronic-payments network....

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Dividend Stocks

5G will help your top telcos rebound

AT&T and Verizon have both dropped since the start of 2022, mainly because rising interest rates have prompted income-seeking investors to buy bonds instead. Higher rates are also making it more expensive for them to build out their new ultrafast 5G wireless networks.

We feel the spread of 5G service will help them attract more customers, and prompt existing users to upgrade their smartphones....

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Dividend Stocks

Updating your Income-Growth Payers: Genuine Parts

GENUINE PARTS CO. $171 is a buy. The company (New York symbol GPC; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 143.2 million; Market cap: $24.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.genpt.com) is a leading seller of replacement auto parts....

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Dividend Stocks

Leon’s post-pandemic outlook is bright

COVID-19 lockdowns prompted many Canadians to upgrade their homes with furniture purchased though Leon’s online channels. Now that its stores have fully re-opened, the company is building a new distribution facility in Edmonton to support the growth of the business—and of your dividend.

LEON’S FURNITURE LTD....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Pfizer to boost COVID vaccine prices

PFIZER INC. $46 is a buy. The company (New York symbol PFE; Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 5.6 billion; Market cap: $257.6 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.pfizer.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of prescription drugs....

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Dividend Stocks

Here are key updates on 3 dividend payers

CAE INC. $25 remains a buy for long-term gains. The company (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 317.9 million; Market cap: $7.9 billion; Dividend suspended in March 2020; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.cae.com) suspended its $0.11-a-share quarterly dividend in 2020 as COVID-19 hurt demand for its flight simulators....

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Dividend Stocks

Market volatility should help IGM

IGM FINANCIAL INC. $37 is a buy. The mutual fund provider (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 237.7 million; Market cap: $8.8 billion; Dividend yield: 6.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) last raised its quarterly dividend by 4.7% with the January 2015 payment....

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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.

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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.