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Power Growth Investor Hotline – Friday, April 1, 2022

BIRCHCLIFF ENERGY LTD., $8.67, is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (symbol BIR on Toronto) develops and produces oil and gas, mainly in the Peace River Arch area of both Alberta and B.C. Its average output of 78,716 barrels of oil equivalent per day is 80% natural gas and 20% oil.

Cash flow in the quarter ended December 31, 2021, jumped sharply, to $0.73 a share from $0.25 a year earlier....

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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, April 1, 2022

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, $137.32, Toronto symbol RY, is a buy.

The bank will now purchase U.K.-based wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin Holdings Plc. Its assets under management totalled 59 billion British pounds (roughly $101 billion Canadian) as of December 31, 2021.

Royal will pay $2.6 billion for Brewin Dolphin....

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Dividend Stocks

Pembina teams with KKR

PEMBINA PIPELINE, $47.23, is still a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares outstanding: 550.4 million; Market cap: $25.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.3%; www.pembina.com) has signed a deal with U.S.-based private equity firm KKR to combine their Western Canadian natural gas processing assets in a new joint venture.

The as-yet-unnamed new entity will be owned 60% by Pembina and 40% by KKR....

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Dividend Stocks

Let our updates keep you on track

CHOICE PROPERTIES REIT, $15.49, is a buy. The trust (Toronto symbol CHP.UN; Units outstanding: 723.4 million; Market cap: $11.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.8%; www.choicereit.ca) recently agreed to sell six office properties (3 in Toronto, 2 in Vancouver, and 1 in Montreal).

The buyer is ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $46.56 (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units outstanding: 127.9 million; Market cap: $6.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.alliedreit.com). The sale was for $794 million....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Activist should deepen value

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, $104.21, (Toronto symbol CP; shares outstanding: 929.7 million; Market cap: $95.9 billion; Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.7%) is still a buy.

U.S.-based activist investor Bill Ackman, through his Pershing Square hedge fund, now owns 2.8 million shares of CP....

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Dividend Stocks

Here are two utilities with strong growth

Here are two of our top safety-conscious utility recommendations. Both have strong growth plans in place, which should boost their cash flow to pay for dividend increases as well as boost their share prices.

TELUS, $32.26, is a buy. The stock (Toronto symbol T; Shares o/s: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $44.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.1%; www.telus.com) gives you a stake in a wireless business with 11.42 million subscribers....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Deal to spur TD profit 10%

TD BANK, $101.42, (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $184.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.5%; www.td.com) is a buy. The bank will now buy U.S. banking firm First Horizon Corporation....

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ETFs

Buy the best of Taiwan

ISHARES MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUND, $62.12, is a buy for aggressive investors. The ETF (New York symbol EWT; buy or sell through brokers) gives you direct exposure to some of the top public companies of this East Asian powerhouse economy.

The fund’s largest holding is Taiwan Semiconductor at 21.1% of assets....

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ETFs

Six North American ETFs: 5 buys, 1 hold

The major Canadian and U.S. stock markets, while subject to volatility, have moved back up since their initial COVID-19 drop. Nonetheless, we think that if you can afford to stay in the market for several years or longer, now is still a good time for new buying....

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ETFs

Vietnam on the upswing

VANECK VECTORS VIETNAM ETF, $19.00, is a buy for aggressive investors. This emerging-markets ETF (New York symbol VNM) lets you tap leading Vietnamese companies as well as foreign firms that get a significant share of their revenue from this Southeast Asian nation....

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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.