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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Growth Stocks
RTX Keeps Adding to Its Strong Backlog
RTX Corp. (formerly Raytheon Technologies Corp.) hits new all-time highs on unprecedented global demand.
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Value Stocks
Finning International Has a Surging Backlog Amid Mining and Infrastructure Boom
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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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How To Invest
Stock market research: Adobe reports record revenue in latest quarter
Adobe Systems Inc. (Nasdaq symbol ADBE) makes software that lets computer users create, edit and share documents in the popular PDF format. As well, graphic designers use Adobe’s software to create print publications and web pages. The company also makes Adobe Flash, which lets web site developers make web pages more interactive by adding animation and video. Computer users can download Adobe’s Flash Player viewer for free. We analyze Adobe in our Stock Pickers Digest and Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletters....
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Dividend Stocks
High dividend stocks: This wireless carrier is looking beyond the iPhone
Demand for wireless services is rising sharply in North America. That’s partly because device makers continue to release new cellphones and wireless devices, such as Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader. As well, more customers are switching from traditional phones (or land lines) to wireless services. Smartphones, in particular, have become increasingly popular. Aside from functioning as mobile phones, these devices have many computer-like functions, including Internet access and email. Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s Blackberry are today’s top-selling smartphones. However, other firms, such as Motorola and Samsung, have introduced new smartphones in recent months, as well....
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Wealth Management
Stock investing advice: Fedex earnings decline 18% in latest quarter
FedEx Corp. (New York symbol FDX) delivers packages and documents in the U.S. and over 220 other countries. The Memphis-based courier company reported earnings that fell short of consensus estimates on Thursday. However, it noted that shipments for the holiday season are much stronger than 2009 and 2008. (FedEx is one of the stocks we analyze in our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter.) In its 2011 second quarter, which ended November 30, 2010, the company earned $283 million, or $0.89 a share. That’s down 18.0% from $345 million, or $1.10 a share, a year earlier....
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How To Invest
Canadian stock picks: Saputo reports higher results
Saputo Inc. (Symbol SAP on Toronto) is Canada’s largest producer of dairy products, including milk, butter and cheese. The company also makes snack cakes and tarts. Aside from Saputo, the Canadian stock pick’s main brands include Neilson, Stella and Dairyland. The company also has operations in the U.S., Argentina and Europe. In its second quarter, which ended September 30, 2010, Saputo earned $125.5 million, or $0.60 a share. That’s up 32.8% from $94.5 million, or $0.45 a share, a year earlier. The company reported revenue of $1.56 billion in the latest quarter, up 5.3% from $1.48 billion....
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Energy Stocks
Canadian oil stocks: This driller is looking to profit from shale gas
A rebounding global economy continues to push up resource prices. That has helped raise the prices of Canadian oil stocks and companies that serve them, including Precision Drilling Corp. (symbol PD on Toronto). Precision provides contract-drilling services to oil and natural gas producers, mainly in western Canada. Precision recently converted from an income trust to a conventional corporation. The Canadian oil stock’s investors received one common share for each trust unit they held. In light of that and other changes at the company, we’ve updated our buy/sell/hold advice on Precision in the current issue of The Successful Investor. (Read on to find out how you can get a free copy of this issue. Along with our latest buy/sell/hold advice on Precision, the issue contains our full analysis of 19 other investments that could be suitable for your portfolio.)...
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How To Invest
Stock market picks: Transcontinental earnings rise sharply
Transcontinental Inc. (symbol TCL.A on Toronto) is the largest commercial printer in Canada and Mexico, and the fourth-largest in North America. This business provides 65% of its revenue and earnings. The company also publishes newspapers and magazines (30% of revenue and earnings). The remaining 5% comes from its marketing-communications division, which designs advertising campaigns, including direct mail, and analyzes customer-purchasing data. Transcontinental is one of the stock market picks we analyze in our Successful Investor newsletter. Transcontinental also has over 150 web sites. Business from the Internet accounts for just 1% of the company’s overall revenue. Still, these web sites will become more important to Transcontinental’s growth in the next few years, as advertisers spend more on the Internet than print products....
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Daily Advice
Stock market investments: Royal Bank of Canada reports higher earnings in fiscal 2010
Royal Bank of Canada (Toronto symbol RY), is Canada’s largest bank, with total assets of $726.2 billion. The bank is one of the stock market investments we analyze in our Successful Investor newsletter. The bank has about 79,000 employees, and serves close to 18 million personal, business, public-sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 50 other countries around the world. In its 2010 fiscal year, which ended October 31, 2010, Royal earned $5.2 billion, or $3.46 a share. That’s up 35.4% from $3.9 billion, or $2.57 a share, in fiscal 2009....
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Wealth Management
How our TSINetwork ratings can help you make great stock picks
We display our TSINetwork ratings (Highest Quality, Above Average, Average, Extra Risk, Speculative and Start-up) next to every stock we recommend in our newsletters — including our flagship publication, The Successful Investor. We designed our TSINetwork ratings to help you quickly and easily identify great stock picks for long-term profits. These stocks have the asset size and investment quality to weather market downturns and changing industry conditions. Here are three factors we consider when we assign a rating to a stock....
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How To Invest
Stock investing: Aeropostale sales rise in latest quarter
Aéropostale, Inc. (symbol ARO in New York) is a specialty retailer of clothing and accessories. The company mainly targets 14- to 17-year-old women and men. Aeropostale also has 46 “P.S. from Aeropostale” stores, which are aimed at seven-to-12-year-old elementary-school students. The company is one of the aggressive stock investing picks we cover in our Stock Pickers Digest newsletter. Aéropostale has nearly 900 stores located in 49 U.S. states, and 36 in Canada. The company also sells its clothing through its web site, www.aeropostale.com. The company’s low prices are one of the main reasons why it has attracted a devoted customer base in an industry where fashion trends change quickly. In the three months ended October 30, 2010, the company’s overall sales rose 6.1% to $602.8 million from $567.8 million in the same period last year. Same-store sales for the period were essentially flat. Aeropostale earned $58.5 million, or $0.64 a share, down 6.5% from $62.6 million, or $0.62 a share, a year earlier....
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