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ROUNDHILL MEME ETF $6.02 (New York symbol MEME) invests in companies that attract considerable attention on social media sites like Reddit. They are called “meme stocks.” The fund started in December 2021 but has gathered only a small $1.2 million asset base....

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ETFs

Utilities offer you income and growth

Utilities could suffer more than other sectors as interest rates further rise. That’s because they have a lot of debt, and higher rates make it more expensive to raise money and refinance existing debt. As well, their shares, which typically offer high yields, compete with fixed-income instruments for investor interest.

Still, holding a stake in this sector is an important part of a well-balanced portfolio....

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Dividend Stocks

Updating our Income stocks: Andrew Peller, Imperial Oil & Enbridge

ANDREW PELLER LTD. (A shares) $6.35 (www.andrewpeller.com) is still a buy. The company is Canada’s second-largest wine producer after Arterra Wines. The stock has dropped 20% since the start of 2022, mainly due to concerns that rising costs for raw materials and transportation will hurt the company’s earnings growth....

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Blue Chip Stocks

TC Energy aims to tap rising LNG demand

TC Energy continues to expand its natural gas pipelines as power utilities shift away from more-polluting fuels like oil and coal. Those new projects will help it profit as Canada and the U.S. expand their ability to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....

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Value Stocks

Dividend hike is a sign of confidence

FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. $33 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol FTT; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 156.2 million; Market cap: $5.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend yield: 2.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.finning.com) continues to benefit as the re-opening of the world’s economies spurs demand for its heavy equipment and maintenance services....

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Growth Stocks

Here are key updates on your holdings

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. $138 remains a buy for aggressive investors. This company (Toronto symbol CIGI; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 42.7 million; Market cap: $5.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 0.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.colliers.com) offers a range of services, including helping clients buy and sell commercial real estate, arranging financing, and assessing properties for tax purposes.

In the first quarter of 2022, Colliers spent $52.5 million buying smaller businesses (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S....

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Value Stocks

Higher costs offset re-opening gains

MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. remains a hold. The company (Toronto symbols TPX.A $66 and TPX.B $72; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 216.7 million; Market cap: $15.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) is the world’s fifth-largest beer brewer....

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Growth Stocks

Their focus on services is a smart move

Both of these engineering firms mainly focus on designing and consulting services. That cuts their risk to expensive cost overruns. We feel Stantec remains the better pick as it has much less exposure to unprofitable legacy projects.

STANTEC INC....

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Energy Stocks

Enhance your Resource returns with Ovintiv

Ovintiv continues to benefit from the sharp rise in crude oil and natural gas prices as the economy rebounds from the COVID-19 lockdowns. The company is now using its surging cash flow to pay down debt and reward investors with rising dividends and share buybacks.

OVINTIV INC....

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Growth Stocks

New investments start to pay off

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $120 is still a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 486.2 million; Market cap: $58.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 7.2; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) reports that its revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2022, rose 5.7%, to $1.67 billion from $1.58 billion a year earlier (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S....

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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.