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U.S. government funding cuts to research labs and trade tensions with China have weighed on these two stocks over several months. However, both are doing a good job adapting, which improves their long-term prospects.

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. $143 is a buy. The company (New York symbol A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 283.5 million; Market cap: $40.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.8; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.agilent.com) makes specialized testing equipment for medical research laboratories and industrial clients.

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Dividend Stocks

Diageo reports earnings decline

DIAGEO PLC ADR $92 is a hold. The maker of premium alcoholic beverages (New York symbol DEO; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; ADRs outstanding: 560.0 million; Market cap: $51.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.7; Dividend yield: 4.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.diageo.com) reported that its sales in its 2025 fiscal year, ended June 30, 2025, slipped 0.1%, to $20.25 billion from $20.27 billion a year earlier.

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Energy Stocks

Chevron’s refineries give it an edge

Oil and gas prices remain volatile due to sanctions on Russian producers and concerns over global economic growth. To cut your risk, we prefer integrated oil firms like Chevron, whose refineries benefit from lower crude prices, over smaller producers like APA.

CHEVRON CORP. $155 is a buy. The company (New York symbol CVX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $279.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.chevron.com) is the second-largest integrated oil producer in the U.S. by revenue after ExxonMobil (New York symbol XOM).

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Growth Stocks

Pizza Hut closes U.K. outlets

YUM! BRANDS INC. $139 is a buy. The fast-food giant (New York symbol YUM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer Sector; Shares outstanding: 277.5 million; Market cap: $38.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.4; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.yum.com) operates 61,000 restaurants in over 155 countries. Its main banners are KFC (fried chicken), Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell (Mexican food).

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Growth Stocks

GE’s high p/e makes us wary

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $314 is a hold. The company (New York symbol GE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $345.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 7.8; Dividend yield: 0.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.geaerospace.com) now operates as GE Aerospace. It mainly makes and services jet engines and aircraft electronics.

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Growth Stocks

Four ways to tap AI while limiting your risk

Stock markets are hitting record highs, mainly due to strong investor interest in artificial intelligence. We feel the best way to tap into AI is with established firms, such as these four, that are incorporating the technology into their existing products.

CISCO SYSTEMS INC. $71 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol CSCO; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 4.0 billion; Market cap: $284.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.8; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cisco.com) is a leading maker of hardware and software that links and manages computer networks. It has also expanded its software operations. Steady revenue from subscriptions cuts its reliance on hardware sales.

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Blue Chip Stocks

Visa continues to impress

VISA INC. $341 is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2025. The company (New York symbol V; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $647.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 16.9; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.visa.com) operates the world’s largest electronic payments network.

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Dividend Stocks

Here’s our Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio for November 2025

You can’t fake a record of dividends. That’s why we place a high value on a sustained history of dividend payments. When you’re looking for income-producing stocks, a high dividend yield should also be one of your most important investment considerations. But that shouldn’t come at the expense of sustainability.

Our exclusive TSI Dividend Sustainability Rating System uses eight factors to determine a company’s ability to maintain its current dividend, and increase the payment over time.

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Dividend Stocks

Updating your Income-Growth Payers: AT&T Inc.

AT&T INC. $25 is a buy. The company (New York symbol T; Income-Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 7.1 billion; Market cap: $177.5 billion; Dividend yield: 4.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.att.com) is the largest wireless (cellphone) carrier in the U.S., with 118.98 million subscribers (excluding mobile devices such as tablets) and 23.84 million wireless subscribers in Mexico. It also has 14.49 million high-speed Internet users and provides traditional telephone services to consumers and businesses.

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Dividend Stocks

Walmart continues to rise despite tariffs

Walmart has a long history of controlling its costs, which lets it keep attracting shoppers with low prices. It’s also doing a good job adapting to the new tariffs, which is driving the stock to new highs. That will let the company extend its 52-year streak of annual dividend hikes.

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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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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.