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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Daily Advice

Rise above stock market cycles with a sound portfolio approach

Stock market cycles occur repeatedly—but instead of trying to time them, focus on building a portfolio of high-quality stocks

Stock market cycles occur repeatedly—and there are any number of theories as to which sectors will outperform at any given short term stage of the cycle....

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Wealth Management

Wealth Management Planning: The best way to buy stocks profitably throughout your lifetime

The long view: how good wealth management planning can help Canadian investors buy stocks profitably from their working years to retirement.

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Blue Chip Stocks

Blue Chip Stocks: Efficiency puts CN on the fast track to higher profits

As CN uses its deep resources to increase efficiency and expand its network, we view it as a leading blue chip stock for Canadian investors

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Energy Stocks

Energy stocks: Encana cuts its dividend and sells assets to invest in key projects

With energy prices down, Encana has cut its dividend and sold assets, but we still view it as an energy stock with great long-term potential.

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Blue Chip Stocks

Blue chip stocks: Canadian Tire targets in-store and online growth to make its brand even stronger

Canadian Tire, one of Canada’s most iconic retailers, aims to strengthen its hold on the market with a new growth plan

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Blue Chip Stocks

Blue chip stocks: Thomson Reuters reinvents itself as a seller of information products with restructuring and a big acquisition

After selling its struggling newspaper business, Thomson Reuters thrives as a purveyor of financial, legal and tax information products.

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Wealth Management

The Shiller P/E ratio is an example of a novel investment idea that seems to hit a popularity peak just when it can do the most harm to its believers.

The Shiller P/E ratio is an example of a single idea that is in fashion with investors, but out of tune with the current investment situation.

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Wealth Management

This short-term investing strategy may benefit your broker more than your portfolio

With this short-term investing strategy, you may be missing out on long-term profits in favour of giving short term profits to your broker

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Dividend Stocks

Dividend stocks: United Technologies aims to boost earnings with innovation, acquisitions and share buybacks

United Technologies keeps its dividends rising with smart acquisitions and innovation in the aviation and building systems industries.

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