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NORTONLIFELOCK INC. $26 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol NLOK; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 581.9 million; Market cap: $15.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.nortonlifelock.com) last raised its quarterly dividend by 7.0% with the December 2019 payment, to $0.125 a share from $0.075....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Their high yields look sustainable

Generally, a higher-than-usual dividend yield is a sign that the payout may exceed the company’s earning capacity. We feel, however, that the dividends from these two small-cap stocks are safe. That’s because they are leaders in their niche markets.

RUSSEL METALS INC....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

New assets continue to fuel their dividends

Pipeline operators TC Energy and Enbridge continue to spend large sums on new projects. Most of these projects are either regulated by governments or secured by long-term contracts with oil and gas producers. Those steady cash flows will let them keep raising their dividends.

TC ENERGY CORP....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

IGM raises stake in Asian firm

IGM FINANCIAL INC. $41 is a buy. The mutual fund provider (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 239.7 million; Market cap: $9.8 billion; Dividend yield: 5.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) last raised its quarterly dividend by 4.7% with the January 2015 payment....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Earn steady income from green energy

The best way to take advantage of the shift to renewable energy is with well-established producers like Innergex and Brookfield. They sell most of their power under guaranteed contracts, which gives them plenty of room to keep raising their dividends.

INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY INC....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

A Yield to Caution

EXCHANGE INCOME CORP. $41 (Toronto symbol EIF; Shares outstanding: 38.8 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Dividend yield: 5.6%; www.exchangeincomecorp.ca) operates in aviation and manufacturing.

Aviation (65% of its revenue) serves communities in Manitoba, Ontario, Nunavut and eastern Canada through regional airlines....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Emera’s rising dividend is a big plus

Emera’s shares recently hit a new all-time high. That in part reflects the ongoing success of its Florida power utility, acquired in 2016.

Historically low interest rates in the past few years have also spurred investor demand for high-yielding utility stocks like Emera....

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How To Invest

What is Pat’s commentary for the week of April 26, 2022

Last week we published Part One of the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients, in February this year.

Part Two appears below. It covers the hidden risks in the so-called “alternative investments” that have come on the market in recent years....

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How To Invest

Spinoffs & Takeovers Hotline – Friday, April 22, 2022

STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS HOLDINGS INC. has filed paperwork with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) of common shares. The shares will trade on New York under the symbol STWY.

The company is planning to have two classes of shares with Class B shareholders entitled to 10 votes per share, versus the one vote for share assigned to Class A shareholders....

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, April 22, 2022

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., $126.81, New York symbol JPM, remains a buy.

The stock lets investors tap the largest banking firm in the U.S., with total assets of $3.95 trillion as of March 31, 2022.

Morgan last raised your quarterly dividend with the October 2021 payment by 11.1%, to $1.00 a share from $0.90....

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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.