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Q: Hello. I would be interested in your thoughts on Dole plc on New York. Thanks.

A: Dole plc, $10.33, symbol DOLE on New York (Shares outstanding: 94.9 million; Market cap: $988.6 million; www.doleplc.com), is a global leader in fresh fruits and vegetables. The company sells more than 300 products sourced from over 30 countries....

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Q: Thanks for all your recommendations over the years, Pat. Can I have your advice on Pentair?

A: Pentair plc, $49.65, symbol PNR on New York (Shares outstanding: 165.4 million; Market cap: $8.3 billion; www.pentair.com), is a water industrial manufacturing company with two reportable segments: Consumer Solutions, and Industrial & Flow Technologies.

These segments offer four main groups of products and services:

Pool and spa: Solutions to filter, clean and sanitize water, with automation equipment for remote control.
Water quality: This unit offers water softeners, home filtration systems and UV disinfecting.
Water supply and disposal: Products for residential customers include water supply pumps plus sewage and effluent pumps.
Industrial applications: Solutions for a range of water management, treatment, supply and disposal needs across a wide array of industries such as brewery production, food and dairy, fire protection and industrial spraying.

On April 30, 2018, Pentair completed the spinoff of its electrical unit, nVent Electric plc....

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What is Pat’s Commentary for the Week of May 31, 2022

The business of finance seems to attract large numbers of two kinds of people. Some take many things in life way too seriously. Others have a knack for spotting the humour in their work lives, sometimes to a point that jeopardizes their career success.

You can learn a lot about investing if you can bear to listen to the too-serious crowd....

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Power Growth Investor Hotline – Friday, May 27, 2022

ALTAGAS LTD., $30.47, is still a buy. The company (symbol ALA on Toronto) processes, transports, stores and markets natural gas for producers. It also operates natural gas utilities and is a power generator, with gas-fired, coal-fired, wind, biomass and hydroelectric plants.

Almost all of AltaGas’ assets are now in the U.S....

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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, May 27, 2022

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, $130.95, Toronto symbol RY, is a buy.

In its fiscal 2022 second quarter, ended April 30, 2022, Royal took back $342 million of the funds it had earlier set aside to cover potential bad loans. That’s due to improving credit quality as the COVID-19 pandemic eases....

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Spinoffs & Takeovers Hotline – Friday, May 27, 2022

REKOR SYSTEMS INC., $2.87, symbol REKR on Nasdaq, provides, through its Rekor One Intelligent Platform, licence plate recognition and security solutions. It offers systems for surveillance, electronic toll collection, parking operations, and traffic management....

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Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, May 27, 2022

EMERA INC., $63.32, Toronto symbol EMA, is a buy.

The company owns 100% of Nova Scotia Power, that province’s main electricity supplier. It also owns 100% of Tampa Electric, which provides electricity to more than 765,000 customers. Its other interests include several power plants and natural gas pipelines in the U.S....

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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, May 27, 2022

NVIDIA CORP., $188.11, Nasdaq symbol NVDA, remains a buy for aggressive investors.

The company is a leading designer of 3D-capable video chips; they make video games run more smoothly and appear more lifelike. Nvidia has also adapted its chips for other applications, including artificial intelligence, datacentres and self-driving cars.

Nvidia continues to benefit from pandemic restrictions that spurred strong consumer demand for computer gaming systems....

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Dividend Stocks

Updating your Income stocks: Cedar Fair, Alliant Energy, Ameren

CEDAR FAIR L.P. $44 (www.cedarfair.com) remains a hold. The partnership owns 11 amusement parks and four outdoor water parks. It also operates hotels (2,300 rooms) and 600 luxury RV sites....

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Value Stocks

Offset higher food prices with ADM

Shares of agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland have gained over 30% in the past year. That’s largely because the company is charging more for its food ingredients due to lower harvests of wheat and corn in North America. The war in Ukraine will also keep crop prices high, as that country is a major exporter of wheat and sunflower oil....

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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.