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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Dividend Stocks

Sun Life and Manulife Each Offers an Impressive Yield of 3.4% and 3.7%

Sun Life Financial Inc. and Manulife Financial Corp. each offers a combination of solid earnings growth, ongoing share repurchases, and impressive dividend yields.

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Growth Stocks

Yum Brands is a Good Bet on Steady Unit Growth and Rising Profits

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Mining Stocks

Nutrien Leans on Record Fertilizer Volumes

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Mining Stocks

Mining Stocks: Newmont Mining Corp. to benefit from price increases

Newmont Mining Corp. is positioned to capitalize on higher gold prices with its purchase of key mining sites and its move to cut costs.

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Dividend Stocks

Dividend Stocks: Deal gives State Street Corp. an edge

State Street Corp. is streamlining its operation to cut $100 million from its annual costs and has also acquired General Electric’s asset management business.

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Energy Stocks

Energy stocks: Acquisition to cut Shawcor’s risk

Shawcor Ltd. has $2.6 billion out in contract bids, something that could expand its 2017 profits by 15 times the 2016 for earnings per share.

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Growth Stocks

Growth Stocks: Flight simulation company ready to soar higher

CAE Inc. continues benefit from air industry trends as it lifts earnings, cuts costs and diversifies its revenue beyond airline simulators.

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Growth Stocks

Growth Stocks: Aluminum car parts boost Linamar sales, earnings

Linamar Corp. is now ready to capitalize on a shift to lighter-weight cars with the purchase of aluminum-parts maker Montupet for $1.2 billion.

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Mining Stocks

Mining Stocks: Cut your risk with this market leader

Finning International Inc. saw sales of its used heavy equipment jump 46.3% in the last quarter as miners, oil producers cut costs in the down market.

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Dividend Stocks

Dividend Stocks: Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund offers high yield

The low Canadian dollar boosted revenue for Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund in the last quarter and should help to keep cash flow and shareholder distributions steady.

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Blue Chip Stocks

Blue Chip Stocks: Earnings jump to fuel buybacks for McDonald’s Corp.

McDonald’s Corp. will improve its menu and cut its operating costs to lift earnings—and increase dividends and share buybacks by 2017.

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Energy Stocks

Energy stocks: Buckeye Partners L.P. lifts earnings, shareholder distributions

Buckeye Partners L.P. saw demand for its storage terminals rise in the latest quarter as oil producers held on to their crude & waited for prices to rebound

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