Use these 3 to spur your Aggressive returns

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Stocks from our Aggressive Portfolio tend to produce outsized gains for investors—like your 21% return from the first stock just below. Still, aggressive investments can also lose you money. That’s why we recommend limiting these holdings to no more than 30% of your portfolio. Here are three aggressive stocks that we see as particularly attractive buys right now. All of them are market leaders, which gives them a strong advantage over competitors. Their shares are also attractive in relation to earnings, and you should see dividend increases over the next few years. RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $88 is a buy. With your shares, you gain exposure to the world’s third-largest fast-food operator (Toronto symbol QSR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 463.6 million; Market cap: $40.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.7; Dividend yield: 3.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.rbi.com). That’s after McDonald’s (No. 1) and Yum Brands (No. 2). The company has 27,086 outlets in over 100 countries: 18,838 Burger King, 4,932 Tim Hortons (coffee…