Emera Inc. $20 – Toronto symbol EMA

EMERA INC. $20 (Toronto symbol EMA; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; SI Rating: Average) is the main supplier of electrical power in Nova Scotia, and Bangor, Maine.

Emera’s high market share and largely regulated operations give it plenty of steady cash flow to increase dividends (its current… Read More

Low-risk Utilities for Income-seekers

Bonds provide investors with steady income, and preservation of capital. While there’s not as much room for interest rates to fall, higher rates could lead to major losses on fixed-income investments.

In our opinion, most income-seeking investors are better off in high-quality, well-managed utility stocks, such… Read More

Dow Jones $ Co. $34 – New York symbol DJ

DOW JONES & CO. $34 (New York symbol DJ; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; WSSF Rating: Above average) publishes The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s magazine. It also owns several smaller publications, and provides newswire and specialized information services.

The company has suffered in this decade,… Read More

Investors See Value In Data Providers

Demand for financial and business information is ballooning. A great deal of this information is available for free on the Internet, but users have doubts about its accuracy. So they are willing to pay for data they can trust from reputable sources, such as these… Read More