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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Blue Chip Stocks

Blue chip stocks: TD Bank and Royal Bank both make big cross-border purchases

Adding strength with timely U.S. acquisitions, Royal Bank and TD Bank bolster their status as solid blue chips stocks in a sluggish economy.

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Blue Chip Stocks

Blue chip stocks: Wells Fargo looks to takeovers to deliver more customers, higher dividends

With subprime loans shrinking and a new deal with GE Capital in hand, blue chip stock Wells Fargo should easily keep raising its dividend.

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Dividend Stocks

Dividend stocks: Lower gasoline prices should help Genuine Parts roll on to more dividend hikes

Takeovers help Genuine Parts sustain growth—and dividend hikes—in a cyclical field. Our take on how lower gasoline prices help its outlook.

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Blue Chip Stocks

Blue chip stocks: Coming to grips with Allstream lets Manitoba Telecom move ahead

Our outlook on blue chip stock Manitoba Telecom as its shares begin to recover in the wake of a strategic review and network upgrades.

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Growth Stocks

Growth stocks: Saputo ripe to rise under new trade partnership

At first, the Trans-Pacific trade pact could hinder dairy producer Saputo, a top growth stock for us. But we like its long-term prospects.

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Blue Chip Stocks

Blue chip stocks: BCE aims for faster networks, higher dividends

BCE meets our “buy” criteria for blue chip stocks as it adds new services, speeds up its network and keeps its dividend safe and rising.

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Growth Stocks

Emera emerges as a growth stock as well as a high-yielding utility

Emera is both a high-yielding utility and a growth stock aiming to raise its dividend with the help of new projects: our recommendation.

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Dividend Stocks

Under-the-radar winemaker matures into one of the best Canadian dividend stocks

Many brokers ignore Andrew Peller, but this hidden gem’s steady growth earns it our rating as one of the best Canadian dividend stocks.

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How To Invest

Takeover and new planes have FedEx high among our best stocks to buy in the U.S.

Meta Description: Thanks to a key European acquisition and new fleet of planes, FedEx maintains its position as one of our best stocks to buy in the U.S.

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