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
Investing in stocks: Campbell spends to improve long-term prospects
Campbell Soup Co., New York symbol CPB, is one of the most recognizable brands in the world. It is the world’s largest maker of canned soups. It also makes Prego canned pasta and sauces, Pepperidge Farm cookies and V8 vegetable juices. In the year ended July 31, 2011, Campbell’s earnings fell 4.6%, to $805 million from $844 million a year earlier. Earnings per share were unchanged at $2.42 on fewer shares outstanding. If you exclude one-time charges related to a restructuring plan and charges related to the U.S. health-care law, earnings per share would have risen 2.8%, to $2.54 from $2.47. On this basis, the latest earnings beat the consensus earnings estimate of $2.49 a share.

Investing in stocks: Campbell spends to put new soups and sauces on shelves

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How To Invest
Canadian investing: Strong dollar weighs on Transcontinental’s international earnings
Transcontinental Inc., Toronto symbol TCL.A, is the largest commercial printer in Canada, and the fourth largest in North America. It also publishes newspapers and magazines, and has over 1,000 web sites. In the three months ended July 31, 2011, Transcontinental’s revenue rose 2.3%, to $492.6 million from $481.3 million a year earlier. The company has won a number of new printing contracts, including an expanded deal to print The Globe and Mail. The company recently swapped its printing operations in Mexico for six printing plants in Canada. If you exclude the contributions from the Mexican plants and other unusual items, the company earned $32.8 million or $0.40 a share. That fell short of the consensus estimate of $0.45 a share. The latest earnings are also down 1.8% from $33.4 million, or $0.41 a share, a year earlier. The strong Canadian dollar hurt the contribution from Transcontinental’s international operations; that was the main reason for the lower earnings....
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Blue Chip Stocks
Blue chip stocks: Stake in Chinese bank adds to Scotiabank’s growing overseas assets
Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto symbol BNS, continues to benefit from its growing banking operations in the Caribbean, Latin America, South America and Asia. Last week, Bank of Nova Scotia agreed to buy 19.99% of the Bank of Guangzhou; the Chinese government owns the remaining 80.01%. This bank is the 29th largest in China, with 84 branches. Bank of Nova Scotia will pay $719 million when the deal closes in December 2011. To put that in context, it earned $1.2 billion, or $1.11 a share, in the three months ended July 31, 2011....
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Growth Stocks
U.S. stocks: Pfizer builds up drug pipeline to replace Lipitor
Patent production continues to be a crucial issue for major drug companies. The expiration of a patent and the entry of a key drug into the public domain is a challenge for those U.S. stocks in the pharmaceutical industry hat have prospered thanks to the sales of a popular drug. Pfizer Inc., New York symbol PFE, makes Lipitor, a leading cholesterol drug. However, the U.S. patent for Lipitor expired in June 2011. That will let rival drug makers sell cheaper, generic versions of this drug. Even so, Pfizer has several new promising drugs in its pipeline, including Eliquis, a new anti-stroke drug that Pfizer developed along with another well-known U.S. pharmaceutical firm, Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co. (New York symbol BMY)....
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Growth Stocks
Tech stocks: IBM expands software operations with two acquisitions
International Business Machines Corp., New York symbol IBM, is the world’s biggest computer company. As one of the oldest tech stocks in the industry, IBM has been able to adapt itself to changes over the years. In the past few years, IBM has shifted its focus from making computers to designing computer systems and managing them on behalf of clients. We analyze IBM and other U.S. tech stocks in Wall Street Stock Forecaster, our newsletter that gives you stock trading information and advice on U.S. companies....
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Growth Stocks
U.S.A. stock market: Overseas sales continue to grow for Heinz
H.J. Heinz Co., symbol HNZ on New York, continues to see strong demand for its foods in China, Brazil and other fast-growing markets. The company now gets 70% of its sales from outside the U.S. Heinz is one of the stocks we analyze in Wall Street Stock Forecaster, our newsletter for U.S.A. stock market investing. Strong demand from overseas markets pushed up Heinz’s sales by 14.9% in the three months ended July 27, 2011, to $2.8 billion from $2.5 billion a year earlier. Emerging markets accounted for 23% of sales, up from 18% a year earlier. The company also raised its selling prices to offset rising ingredient costs....
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Growth Stocks
Growth stocks: Acquisitions push up Stantec’s revenue
Stantec, Inc., symbol STN on Toronto, sells a range of consulting, project delivery, design/build and technology services. The company’s clients operate in a number of markets, including industry, environment, transportation and construction. Stantec is one of the growth stocks we analyze in Stock Pickers Digest. The company has over 11,000 employees in 170 locations throughout North America. It also has four international offices....
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Growth Stocks
Technology stocks: Pason profits from resource rebound
Pason Systems, symbol PSI on Toronto, rents equipment that its customers use to monitor and manage land-based oil rigs. Pason is one of the technology stocks we analyze in Stock Pickers Digest, our newsletter that recommends stocks for the part of your portfolio you devote to aggressive investing. It also provides communication systems, such as its satellite system, which companies use to remotely collect data from their drilling operations. Pason serves oil and gas companies and drilling contractors throughout Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Argentina....
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Energy Stocks
Natural gas stocks: Production increase boosts Birchcliff’s cash flow
Birchcliff Energy Inc., symbol BIR on Toronto, develops, produces and explores for natural gas and oil, mainly in the Peace River Arch area near the Alberta/B.C. border. In the three months ended June 30, 2011, the natural gas stock’s production rose 40.2% in the three months ended June 30, 2011, to 17,324 barrels of oil equivalent per day (including natural gas) from 12,357 barrels a year earlier. We analyze Birchcliff in Stock Pickers Digest, our newsletter that recommends stocks for the part of your portfolio you devote to aggressive investing....
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