Updating our Aggressive stocks: APA Corp., Restaurant Brands International Inc. and Keysight Technologies Inc.

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APA CORP. $19 (www.apacorp.com) remains a hold, but only for aggressive investors. The company produces oil and natural gas from properties in the U.S., Egypt and the U.K. APA and its partner Total SA recently announced a major offshore discovery near South America’s Suriname. However, offshore drilling is very expensive, and it would take years before they could begin pumping that oil. APA is a hold. RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $64 (www.rbi.com) is a buy. The company’s Popeyes chain aims to capitalize on the huge success of its chicken sandwich by adding Chicken Nuggets to its menu in Canada, the U.S. and Puerto Rico. To ensure it has sufficient supplies of chicken, Popeyes has been building its frozen-chicken inventory for more than six months. That should let it avoid the shortages it experienced in 2019 due to unexpected popularity of its chicken sandwich. Restaurant Brands is a buy. KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC. $160 (www.keysight.com) is a buy. The stock has jumped over 60%…