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The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, June 6, 2025

CANADIAN TIRE CORP., $177.30, Toronto symbol CTC.A, is a buy.

The company operates 502 Canadian Tire stores, which sell automotive parts and services, and household and sporting goods; franchisees run most of the locations. The company’s other operations also enrich its outlook....

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Spinoffs & Takeovers Hotline – Friday, June 6, 2025

E.L.F. BEAUTY INC., $117.66, symbol ELF on New York, sells cosmetics at below department store prices and those of specialty shops like Sephora. E.L.F. stands for eyes, lips and face.

The company’s products are sold in its own E.L.F. stores, online, and at large retailers such as Target (23% of sales), Walmart (16%), Ulta Beauty (12%) and Amazon (12%).

E.L.F....

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Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, June 6, 2025

RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $17.41, Toronto symbol REI.UN, is a top pick for 2025.

The REIT owns all or part of 177 shopping centres and other properties across Canada, including eight under development. Its occupancy rate is a high 98.0%.

RioCan cut its monthly distribution by 33.3% to $0.96 a unit (on an annual basis) in February 2021 as retailers shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, June 6, 2025

WELLS FARGO & CO., $76.31, New York symbol WFC, is a buy.

The bank had total assets of $1.95 trillion as of March 31, 2025. That makes Wells Fargo the fourth-largest bank in the U.S., after J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, and Citigroup.

Due to the 2016 scandal that saw Wells Fargo employees open bank and credit card accounts for customers without their consent, the U.S....

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Here’s our CWA REIT & Trust Portfolio for June 2025

You Can See Our CWA REIT & Trust Portfolio For June 2025 Here.

We think investors will profit most—and with the least risk—by buying shares of well-established companies with strong business prospects and strong positions in healthy industries....

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Blue Chip Stocks

BCE cuts its dividend

BCE INC., $30.08, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 921.8 million; Market cap: $27.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 5.8%) is cutting its quarterly dividend by 56.1%. That’s due to the current economic uncertainty and the company’s high debt load; long-term debt of $33.9 billion equals 122% of the $27.7 billion market cap.

Starting with the July 2025 payment, investors will receive $0.4375 a share instead of $0.9975....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Our updates for safety-conscious investors

TC ENERGY INC., $70.27, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares o/s: 1.0 billion; Market cap: $73.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.8%; www.tcenergy.com) now plans to spend $900 million U.S. to expand its gas pipeline system supplying natural gas to power plants in the Midwest region of the U.S.

That will let it tap into growing demand for power by datacentres that run energy intensive artificial intelligence programs.

Moreover, long-term contracts cut the risk of these projects....

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Dividend Stocks

RioCan to exit residential

RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $17.19, is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 296.7 million; Market cap: $5.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.7%; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 177 shopping centres and other properties across Canada, including eight under development....

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Blue Chip Stocks

Top Canadian insurers with gains ahead

Both of these Canadian insurance stocks provide investors with high dividend yields. They also offer strong.growth prospects. We see each as a buy.

MANULIFE FINANCIAL, $43.73, is a buy. This safety-conscious stock (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $74.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.0%; www.manulife.ca) represents one of Canada’s largest life insurers....

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Dividend Stocks

Enbridge prepares for growth

ENBRIDGE, $63.89, is a buy. The firm (Toronto symbol ENB; Shares outstanding: 2.2 billion; Market cap: $140.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.9%; www.enbridge.com) has agreed to sell 12.5% of its Westcoast pipeline system, which pumps natural gas from Alberta to Vancouver....

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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.