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In Brief

The Cheap and the Dear

  • By Roger S. Conrad
Chasing dividend-paying stocks makes no more sense than chasing a typical growth stock. The best way to build wealth is to buy high-quality businesses below value-based targets and hold these stocks for the long term.
Feature Article

The Great Gas Crash: Winners and Losers

  • By Roger S. Conrad
The price of natural gas is plumbing new depths, a deep dive that's taken down some oil and gas producers but left others on the bargain rack. Here's how to separate wheat from chaff in the energy patch.
High Yield of the Month

Yin and Yang

  • By Roger S. Conrad
One is Aggressive, the other Conservativ. Both, however, have largely escaped notice during this strange period of momentm-based dividend investing.
Portfolio Update

The Two Portfolios

  • By Roger S. Conrad
Conservative Holdings will build wealth over the long term without regard to the vicissitudes of economies. Aggressive Holdings, on the other hand, are subject to much more supply-demand volatility.
Canadian Currents

Demographics, Disease and Dividends

  • By David Dittman
The trend in health care spending all over the world is "up," whether growth is based on rising living standards or pure inefficiency. Several Australia-based dividend-payers stand to benefit.
Tips on Trusts

A Single Slice

  • By Roger S. Conrad and David Dittman
One company in the Canadian Edge coverage universe cut its dividend last month.
A Thousand Words
Article Archives

A Twin Cutting

  • April 6, 2012

The New Iluka and the New China

  • April 6, 2012

Swap Two, Hold the Rest

  • April 6, 2012

Let's Play Two

  • April 6, 2012

The Case for Canada Is Still Strong

  • April 6, 2012

The Black Swans of 2012

  • April 6, 2012

One More One-Cut Month

  • March 9, 2012

More on Payments Exacted by Legislative Authorities, Here and Abroad

  • March 9, 2012

Back to Dividend Growth

  • March 9, 2012

Canada's Southern Exposure

  • March 9, 2012

Chasing Performance

  • March 9, 2012

How They (We) Fared

  • March 9, 2012

How They Rate

How They Rate - Get the facts and advice on 150+ High-Yielding Trusts and Corporations.
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Alerts

- 5/17/12: All Earnings In: What We Learned

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- 5/8/12: Six Solid Stories

Maple Leaf Memo

The Oil Sands and the Big Picture

  • May 10, 2012
  • By David Dittman
The bottom line is, like it or not, the global competition for resources means we have to secure access to as much of Canada's crude as we can.

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Roger Conrad ROGER CONRAD
Editor: Australian Edge, Big Yield Hunting, Canadian Edge, Global Investment Strategist, MLP Profits, Personal Finance, Utility Forecaster
Elliott Gue DAVID DITTMAN
Editor: Australian Edge, Canadian Edge, Personal Finance, Big Yield Hunting, Maple Leaf Memo