Jim Bates

Jim is an associate editor at TSI Network. He is the lead reporter and analyst for The Successful Investor and Wall Street Stock Forecaster and a member of the Investment Planning Committee. Jim has held the Chartered Financial Analyst designation since 1992 and spent more than a decade at the Financial Post DataGroup before joining TSI Network. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.

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McDonald's Corp. plans to keep aggressively opening locations to continue to power its sales.
Blue Chip Stocks
McDonald’s Reports Higher Sales Despite Economic Headwinds
McDonald’s Corp. plans to keep aggressively opening locations to continue to power its sales.
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Dividend Stocks
T. Rowe Price Group Offers a High 4.8% Yield Enhanced by a Key New Strategic Alliance
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Mattr Corp. (formerly ShawCor Ltd.) has a strong position in an expanding infrastructure materials market.
Growth Stocks
Mattr Is a High-Growth Infrastructure Materials Play, Trading Cheaply Right Now
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Value Stocks
Campbell Offers a Healthy 5.8% Yield
Campbell’s Co. trades cheaply while offering a high 5.8% yield as it looks to diversify its product lines into high-growth premium brands.
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Value Stocks
Conagra Brands Gets You An Exceptional 8.0% Yield
Conagra Brands Inc. offers you an 8.0% yield while you wait for company’s turnaround efforts to pay off
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Leon's Furniture Ltd. presents a rare convergence of value, income, and growth with a pending real estate REIT spinoff offering a transformational value unlock.
Value Stocks
Leon’s Furniture Catalyst A Hidden Value Realization Opportunity
Leon’s Furniture Ltd. presents a rare convergence of value, income, and growth with a pending real estate REIT spinoff offering a transformational value unlock.
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Dividend Stocks
RioCan Offers a 5.8% Yield Backed by High‑Demand Canadian Properties
RioCan REIT offers a compelling 5.8% yield for investors seeking exposure to Canadian retail real estate income backed by durable operational momentum.
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Jim Bates
Dividend Stocks
Algonquin Power & Utilities’ Cash Flow Surges Nearly 25% on Improved Cost Discipline
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. offers a high 4.1% yield as recent moves have divested assets and cut debt to facilitate higher cash flow.
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Growth Stocks
Processing $15 Trillion Daily in Trades Creates a Dominant Competitive Moat for Broadridge
Top pick Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. represents a best-in-class financial technology platform benefiting from accelerating growth trends.
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Value Stocks
Molson Coors Faces Structural Headwinds as Volumes Decline Globally
Molson Coors Canada Inc. offers an impressive 4.1% yield while trading at just 8.3 times its forecast 2026 earnings—but we see it as a hold for now.
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Jim Bates
Growth Stocks
Agilent’s Accelerating Diagnostics Demand Captures Premium Valuation
Long-term favourite Agilent Technologies Inc. combines strong multiple secular growth drivers with a transformation program delivering margin expansion.
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AT&T Inc. offers a 4.5% yield at an attractive valuation as it generates over $16 billion in free cash flow while continuing to build ultrafast wireless and fibre-optic networks.
Value Stocks
AT&T’s Cashflow Machine Offers an Attractive 4.5% Yield
AT&T Inc. offers a 4.5% yield at an attractive valuation as it generates over $16 billion in free cash flow while continuing to build ultrafast wireless and fibre-optic networks.
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