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Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, October 7, 2022

ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP., $14.74, Toronto symbol AQN, is a top pick for 2022.

The company has two main businesses: the Regulated Services Group provides regulated electricity, gas, water distribution and wastewater collection services in Canada, the U.S., Chile, and Bermuda; and the Renewable Power Group produces electricity from about 40 clean-energy plants in North America.

Algonquin last raised your quarterly dividend with the July 2022 payment....

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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, October 7, 2022

CONAGRA BRANDS INC., $32.85, New York symbol CAG, is a buy.

Through your shares, you tap the maker of some of North America’s most popular food brands. They include Chef Boyardee canned pasta, Hunt’s tomato sauce, Orville Redenbacher popcorn and Reddi-wip whipped cream.

Conagra reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results, mainly because the company raised its selling prices to offset increasing costs for ingredients, packaging and shipping.

Its sales in its fiscal 2023 first quarter, ended August 28, 2022, rose 9.5%, to $2.90 billion from $2.65 billion a year earlier....

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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, October 7, 2022

SUNCOR ENERGY INC., $45.04, 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.

Suncor has agreed to sell its renewable power projects in Alberta and Ontario to Canadian Utilities (see below).

The company will receive $730 million for these assets when it completes the sale in the first quarter of 2023....

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Dividend Stocks

TRP expands in Mexico

TC ENERGY INC., $57.83, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 983.5 million; Market cap: $57.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.2%; www.tcenergy.com.) recently formed an alliance with Mexico’s state-owned power company (Comision Federal de Electricidad) to jointly build and operate a new, 715-kilometre natural gas pipeline (called the Southeast Gateway Pipeline) that will connect the ports of Tuxpan and Coatzacoalcos....

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Mining Stocks

Our updates help keep you on track

NEWMONT CORP. $43.90, remains a buy for long-term growth and as a hedge against inflation. The company (New York symbol NEM; Shares outstanding: 793.7 million; Market cap: $35.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.0%; www.newmont.com) is the world’s largest gold producer....

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Dividend Stocks

Smart move for IBM

IBM, $125.74, is still a buy. The company (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 903.2 million; Market cap: $109.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.3%) has now transferred $16 billion of its pension obligations (about 40% of its total liabilities) to life insurance companies Prudential Financial and MetLife, which will assume responsibility for payments to its former employees and their beneficiaries.

As a result, IBM will record a non-cash $4.4 billion (after-tax) charge against its third quarter earnings....

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Energy Stocks

Two stocks to prosper from high oil prices

The shares of oil and gas stocks remain high as the U.S. and other economies recover—and with the Ukraine conflict. We continue to recommend that most investors maintain some exposure to the oil and gas industry as part of a balanced portfolio. But to cut risk, you should stick with producers that have positive cash flow even in times of low energy prices....

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Energy Stocks

IMO invests in lithium

IMPERIAL OIL LTD., $64.87, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares o/s: 636.7 million; Market cap: $41.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.1%; www.imperialoil.ca) is teaming up with E3 Lithium Ltd....

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ETFs

Taiwan offers top stocks

ISHARES MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUND, $45.22, is a buy for aggressive investors. The ETF (New York symbol EWT; buy or sell through brokers) gives you direct exposure to some of the top public companies of this East Asian powerhouse economy.

The fund’s largest holding is Taiwan Semiconductor at 20.9% of assets....

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ETFs

These ETFs give you the best of top indexes

The major Canadian and U.S. stock markets, while still subject to volatility, have moved back up since their initial COVID-19 drop. Nonetheless, we think that if you can afford to stay in the market for several years or longer, now is still a good time for 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.