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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Value Stocks

Finning International Has a Surging Backlog Amid Mining and Infrastructure Boom

Finning Int’l Inc. has a bright outlook spurred by mining and infrastructure growth.

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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

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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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How To Invest

Income stocks: Inter Pipeline diversifies with an overseas acquisition

Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on specific stocks and other investing topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on a selection of the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And every Friday, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. This week, one Inner Circle member asked for an update on a pipeline firm that sometimes appears to be overshadowed by the most prominent names in the industry like TransCanada and Enbridge. Here is Pat’s reply. ...

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Stock market investments: Carnival Cruises image

How To Invest

Stock market investments: Carnival strives to keep its cruise ships full

Carnival Corp. operate as a single business but have separate exchange listings. Stock market investments: Carnival increases earnings despite jump in fuel costs.

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Growth Stocks

Growth stocks: Outsourcing specialist Cognizant gains from India

Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on a selection of the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And every Friday, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. A question this week touched on the well-established trend of overseas outsourcing. Specifically, an Inner Circle member asked about a leading specialist in the field with rising sales and profits and a large store of cash. ...

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Energy Stocks

Energy stocks: SeaDrill bets on high oil prices to spur more offshore drilling

SeaDrill Ltd. is a leading offshore drilling company. Norway-based SeaDrill has a fleet of 60 drilling rigs that can operate in shallow to very deep water.

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Growth Stocks

Drug stocks: Teva Pharmaceuticals is the world leader in generic drugs

This week, there was a question about the world’s largest maker of generic drugs. While an aging population is good for drug stocks, there are still a number of thorny issues to consider

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Technology stocks: Cisco data center image

Growth Stocks

Technology stocks: Cisco Systems strives to maintain its leadership in cutting-edge technology

Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on a selection of the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And every Friday, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. An intriguing question this week concerned one of the world’s best-known technology stocks. Cisco Systems offers leading-edge products in a highly competitive industry. Pat examined just how it plans to maintain its position in the face of rapid change and overseas competition....

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Energy Stocks

Commodity investments: Acquisitions help Ag Growth expand in grain-handling equipment

Commodity investments: Acquisitions help offset weakness in other operations. Ag Growth International Inc. (symbol AFN on Toronto;)), is a

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Mining Stocks

Mining stocks: Labrador Iron Ore Royalty ships to the world’s steelmakers

Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on a selection of the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And every Friday, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. This week, an Inner Circle member asked Pat about one of Canada’s major mining stocks. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has quietly built a position as a world leader in iron ore. Now it faces several challenges in today’s volatile commodity markets....

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Growth Stocks

This renewable energy stock is staking its future on wave power

Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on a selection of the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And every Friday, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. An interesting question came up this week about Ocean Power Technologies, a company that is generating electricity from ocean waves. This raised the issue of the risks and rewards associated with a renewable energy stock. In particular, Pat drew the comparison between the long-term prospects of wave power and wind power....

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