Stocks 2015

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t has been a challenging year for investors. Stocks rallied from February

through July, then fell in August. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones

Industrial Average bounced to new peaks in September—2,018 and 17,390 respectively—before October’s exciting plunge and climb that eclipsed September highs. The Fed ended its bond purchasing program known as quantitative easing, and interest rates remain low. Headwinds include slowing growth in China, Ebola, ISIS fears, and a looming recession in Europe. Trying to outguess the market can make a fool of anyone. Instead of trying to move in and out of the market, a better strategy is to buy quality stocks that you can ideally hold for the longer term. With that in mind, we asked some of our favorite investment advisors for their best ideas for 2015. You’ll find their recommendations in this special report.

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John Dobosz, Forbes Dividend Investor Rogers Communications (RCI)

Yield: 4.8% Market cap: $19.6 billion P/E (forward): 12.4

The U.S. dollar has been on a tear since July, gaining ground in the past six months against all rival world currencies as economic growth and interest rates in the U.S. are among the world’s highest. Just as the dollar was universally scorned not long ago, it seems that everybody these days is a dollar bull. That kind of widespread sentiment suggests opportunity by taking the other side of the trade. All foreign stocks lose a bit of their luster for U.S. investors during periods of dollar strength but sometimes the value can be too compelling to ignore, even with the currency drag. Here is one from Canada sporting a yield of 4.8% and major discounts to historical valuations. Toronto-based Rogers Communications is Canada’s largest cable television provider with 2.25 million TV subscribers and almost 1 million Internet subscribers, mostly in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador. Rogers is also Canada’s largest provider of...