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RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $57 is a buy. The company (New York symbol, Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 460.3 million; Market cap: $26.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.8; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.rbi.com) is the world’s third-largest fast-food operator after McDonald’s (No....

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Mining Stocks

Alcoa remains the better pick for now

On November 1, 2016, Arconic spun off its bulk aluminum business as Alcoa. Investors received one Alcoa share for every three Arconic shares they owned.

Alcoa is now up over 300% since the split, thanks largely to rising aluminum demand and prices as the global economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic....

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Growth Stocks

Diageo expands whisky production

DIAGEO PLC ADR $198 is a hold. The company (New York symbol DEO; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; ADRs outstanding: 577.6 million; Market cap: $114.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.7; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.diageo.com) plans to build a new distillery in St....

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Value Stocks

Keep holding these high-quality techs

On November 1, 2015, the old Hewlett-Packard Co. split into two firms—Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. For every share they held in the old HP, shareholders received one share in each of the new companies.

HP is now up over 200% since the separation, while HP Enterprise has gained just 17%....

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Growth Stocks

Higher shipping rates boost FedEx

FEDEX CORP. $221 is a buy. The company (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 265.0 million; Market cap: $58.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Divd. yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.fedex.com) delivers packages and documents in the U.S....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Procter scales back in Russia

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. $151 is a buy. The maker of household and personal-care goods (New York symbol PG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $362.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.7; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.pg.com) is suspending most of its operations and new investments in Russia and Ukraine....

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Growth Stocks

You should look beyond their high P/Es

Technology stocks such as Alphabet (see page 31) and the three we analyze below tend to trade at somewhat high multiples to their earnings. That can scare away many more-conservative investors.

However, all of these firms are market leaders in their niche fields, which helps shield them from the chip shortages that are hurting tech companies like HP and HP Enterprise (see page 35)....

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Growth Stocks

Visa offsets Russia pullout

VISA INC. $215 is a buy. The company (New York symbol V; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 2.1 billion; Market cap: $451.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 16.8; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.visa.com) has suspended is operations in Russia as a result of that country’s attack on Ukraine....

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Growth Stocks

Stock split adds to Alphabet’s appeal

Alphabet (the parent company of Internet search engine Google) announced that it will split its outstanding shares on a 20-for-1 basis later this year. While the split will have no effect on the total value of the company, the lower share price makes Alphabet more attractive to retail investors.

Meantime, the company continues to profit from the long-term shift by advertisers to the Internet from traditional print and TV platforms....

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How To Invest

Q: Hello. I would appreciate your views on a new company: Anaergia, listed on the Toronto stock exchange. Thanks.

A: Anaergia, $13.74, symbol ANRG on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 24.3 million; Market cap: $777.3 million; www.anaergia.com), engages in equipment design, process engineering, equipment manufacturing, and project integration, financing and execution to handle municipal solid waste (MSW), wastewater and discarded agri-food.

The company converts the organic waste into clean water, fertilizer, and renewable natural gas.

Established in 2007, Anaergia was formed to bring European resource recovery and high solids anaerobic digestion technologies to North America....

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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.

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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.