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Technology stocks have come down from their 2021 highs, as it looks increasing likely that the U.S. Federal Reserve will soon raise interest rates in response to rising inflation. That could slow the global economic recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic eases.

Even so, we feel top-quality technology stocks like these three will quickly rebound....

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Value Stocks

Intel bets big on its future

INTEL CORP. $52 is still a buy. The computer chipmaker (Nasdaq symbol INTC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 4.1 billion; Market cap: $213.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.7; Dividend yield: 2.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.intel.com) announced a new strategic plan in 2021, which mainly involves improving its technical expertise and expanding its ability to make chips for other companies.

Intel now plans to build two chipmaking plants in Ohio at a cost of $20 billion....

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Dividend Stocks

Let these three fuel your 2022 gains

Here are your three top U.S. stock picks for 2022—one each from our Conservative, Aggressive and Income portfolios.

In light of ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty, this year we are zeroing in on resilient stocks that have successfully adapted to the pandemic to thrive....

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How To Invest

Q: I think you wrote a while back about how Scotts Miracle-Gro was a way to invest in marijuana without the risk of buying an actual producer or retailer. What do you think about the stock now? Thanks for all the good advice!

A: Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, $148.95, symbol SMG on New York (Shares outstanding: 55.0 million; Market cap: $8.4 billion; www.scottsmiraclegro.com), manufactures, markets, and sells consumer lawn and garden products worldwide....

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What is Pat’s commentary for the week of January 25, 2022

Oil stocks continue to rebound from their 2020 lows as the re-opening of the global economy pushes oil and gas prices to multi-year highs. In view of new caps on greenhouse gas emissions, global oil producers are likely to focus on cutting costs and improving their efficiency, rather than spending more money on exploration....

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Spinoffs & Takeovers Hotline – Friday, January 21, 2022

SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP INC., $5.07, symbol SLS on Nasdaq, is a clinical biopharmaceutical company aiming to develop novel cancer immunotherapies.

Sellas went public in January 2018 through a merger with Galena Biopharma.

The company’s shares briefly shot up to as high as $15.08 in June 2021....

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Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, January 21, 2022

CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD. (class A non-voting) is a buy.

The company (Toronto symbols CU [class A non-voting] $35.70 and CU.X [class B voting] $35.82) distributes electricity and natural gas in Alberta and Australia. It also has 5 power plants—1 in Canada, 2 in Australia and 2 in Mexico....

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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, January 21, 2022

MICROSOFT CORP., $296.03, Nasdaq symbol MSFT, is a buy.

The company is the world’s largest software provider. Its Windows operating system powers about 85% of the world’s personal computers.

Microsoft has now agreed to buy Activision Blizzard Inc....

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Power Growth Investor Hotline – Friday, January 21, 2022

SHOPIFY INC., $1,110.40, is still a buy. The company (symbol SHOP on Toronto) offers merchants of all sizes Internet-based software to design, set up and manage e-commerce stores across multiple sales channels. The company also partners with others to handle digital payments and shipping.

Shopify announced this week a strategic cooperation agreement with JD.com Inc., China’s biggest online retailer....

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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, January 21, 2022

SUNCOR ENERGY INC., $34.08, Toronto symbol SU, remains a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest integrated oil firm, with major projects in the Alberta oil sands. Suncor also operates four refineries (three in Canada and one in Colorado), along with 1,875 Petro-Canada gas stations.

Recent accidents at the Syncrude and Firebag oil sands projects cut the company’s oil production by 195,000 barrels per day in December 2021....

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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.