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Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, August 12, 2022

TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, $86.45, Toronto symbol TD, is a buy.

TD last raised your quarterly dividend with the January 2022 payment. Investors now receive $0.89 a share, up 12.7% from $0.79. The new annual rate of $3.56 yields a high 4.1%.

The bank has now agreed to acquire U.S.-based investment banking firm Cowen Inc....

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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, August 12, 2022

PFIZER INC., $50.11, 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 Lyrica (epilepsy), Celebrex and Enbrel (arthritis), and Prevnar (pneumonia).

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

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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, August 12, 2022

CAE INC., $27.56, Toronto symbol CAE, remains a buy for long-term gains.

The company is a leading maker of flight simulators for commercial and military aircraft. It also operates pilot-training schools in over 35 countries and makes mannequins and other medical-simulators for training health professionals.

CAE reported lower-than-expected revenue and earnings for its latest quarter....

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Dividend Stocks

Updating our Income stocks: Great-West Lifeco, Andrew Peller & CIBC

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $32 (www.greatwestlifeco.com) is a hold. The insurer recently completed its $4.45 billion acquisition of the full-service retirement services unit of Prudential Financial (New York symbol PRU)....

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Blue Chip Stocks

This top bank remains a solid pick

Shares of Royal Bank have declined lately, mainly due to fears that rising interest rates will slow demand for new loans and lead to higher writeoffs. However, the implementation of mortgage stress tests in the past few years should keep any losses low. The bank also continues to expand its profitable wealth management operations.

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $126 is a buy. The bank (Toronto symbol RY; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $176.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.rbc.com) is Canada’s largest chartered bank by market cap....

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Growth Stocks

Sales rebound as stores re-open

RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $77 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol QSR, Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 449.1 million; Market cap: $34.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.5; Dividend yield: 3.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.rbi.com) is the world’s third-largest fast-food operator after McDonald’s (No....

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Growth Stocks

Here are key updates on your holdings

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $116 is a buy. The country’s largest supermarket operator (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 327.7 million; Market cap: $38.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) paid $832 million for Lifemark Health Group in May 2022....

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Value Stocks

Sales jump as chip shortages ease

LINAMAR CORP. $60 remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol LNR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 63.6 million; Market cap: $3.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.linamar.com) makes a variety of automotive parts, including cylinder heads and cylinder blocks....

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Growth Stocks

Legacy losses continue to weigh on SNC

These two engineering firms continue to benefit as governments and businesses plan new infrastructure and other projects on easing of the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, Stantec remains the better choice for your new buying as SNC continues to wind down its unprofitable legacy projects.

STANTEC INC....

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Growth Stocks

Lower costs will help Saputo cope

Dairy products maker Saputo recently began a multi-year restructuring plan to improve productivity and help it cope with rising fuel, labour and other costs. It also stands to gain as restaurants see business ramp up following COVID lockdowns. Still, the stock will likely trade in a narrow range until the company completes that restructuring.

SAPUTO INC....

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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.