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VANECK VECTORS VIETNAM ETF, $13.02, is a buy for aggressive investors. This emerging-markets ETF (New York symbol VNM) lets you tap leading Vietnamese companies as well as foreign firms that get a significant share of their revenue from this Southeast Asian nation....

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Dividend Stocks

Buy these REITs for growth—and high yields

The market plunge at the start of the COVID-19 crisis hurt the unit price of most REITs. That’s because the pandemic forced many businesses—among them REIT tenants—to temporarily close. However, as the pandemic wanes, the economy is recovering. That lets the following two REITs maintain, or even raise, their high distributions.

ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $27.84, is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units o/s: 128.0 million; Market cap: $3.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Divd....

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Dividend Stocks

BCE adds a provider

BCE INC., $59.87, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 911.9 million; Market cap: $55.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.2%) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider....

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Growth Stocks

These retailers have made all the right moves

Both Loblaw and Metro successfully weathered the pandemic. In fact, the shares of both are now trading near all-time highs for our subscribers! Meanwhile, many of their customers who opted for home delivery (or in-store pickup) during pandemic lockdowns are sticking with that value-added service....

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Blue Chip Stocks

TD extends key relationship

TD BANK, $87.48, (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $159.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.1%; www.td.com) purchased the U.S....

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Dividend Stocks

This 6.4% yield is sustainable income

With a focus on renewable energy, this power generator holds a lot of conceptual appeal for investors. TransAlta Rewewables supports its high dividend by selling its wind and other power under long-term guaranteed contracts. This includes sales to its blue-chip parent, TransAlta Corp....

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How To Invest

Q: May I have your recommendation on the ETF trading under the symbol XDIV? I am considering it for its dividend income. Thanks.

A: iShares Core MSCI Canadian Quality Dividend Index ETF, $23.46, symbol XDIV on Toronto (Units outstanding: 30.4 million; Market cap: $713.2 million; www.blackrock.com/ca), tracks the MSCI Canada High Dividend Yield 10% Security Capped Index.

This index aims to invest in Canadian stocks with above-average dividend yields and steady or increasing dividends....

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How To Invest

Q: What does TSI recommend in terms of buying PerkinElmer? Thanks.

A: PerkinElmer Inc., $128.75, symbol PKI on New York (Shares outstanding: 126.2 million; Market cap: $15.7 billion; Manufacturing sector; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.perkinelmer.com), manufactures analytical and genetic testing equipment, diagnostic tools, and other products and services for the life sciences, food, environmental, and related industries.

In September 2021, the company completed the acquisition of BioLegend, a leading provider of life-science antibodies and reagents....

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How To Invest

Q: I have done well with your advice over the years. What do you think of Kellogg and its plan to split up. Is it a buy? Thanks.

A: Kellogg Company, $72.22, symbol K on New York, (Shares outstanding: 340.1 million; Market cap: $24.2 billion; www.kelloggs.com), is a major maker of food products in North America and the rest of the world.

The company’s principal products are snacks, such as crackers, savory snacks, toaster pastries, cereal bars, granola bars and bites; and convenience foods, such as, ready-to-eat cereals, frozen waffles, veggie foods and noodles.

These products are manufactured in 21 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries....

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How To Invest

What is Pat’s commentary for the week of October 4, 2022

As our long-time clients and readers know, we generally have a low opinion of stock market indicators.

Promoters of market indicators like to portray their discoveries as the product of a great deal of investment research, just like scientific studies. This is a ruse at best (or, in rare cases, a delusion)....

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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.