TransCanada’s future is bright

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TransCanada is down 10% from its peak of $51 in May 2013. That’s mainly because the likelihood of higher interest rates has made dividend-paying stocks less appealing to income-seeking investors. Uncertainty over TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would pump crude from Alberta to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast, has also weighed on the shares. The U.S. government will likely announce its decision in the fall of 2013. Pipelines have a much better safety record than trains, so the recent train crash in Quebec could help Keystone XL. But even if TransCanada has to cancel this pipeline, its other new projects should generate strong cash flows for years to come. TRANSCANADA CORP. $46 (Toronto symbol TRP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 707.0 million; Market cap: $32.5 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 3.9; Dividend yield: 4.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.transcanada.com) operates a 57,000- kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to Eastern Canada and the U.S….