David Dittman

David Dittman is managing editor of KCI Communications, overseeing a world-class team of editors and analysts who share a common goal: providing individual investors with sound advice and market intelligence across a wide range of sectors. Whether the focus is on opportunities in emerging markets or energy and utilities markets, David makes sure that all of our publications fulfill this goal and meet our readers’ high expectations.

David is also associate editor of Roger Conrad’s Canadian Edge, where his valuable contributions on economic, regulatory and legislative changes north of the border help subscribers make informed decisions about investing in high dividend-paying Canadian royalty trusts. He also serves as co-editor of Maple Leaf Memo, a free e-zine that provides regular updates on Canadian market conditions.

David earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego, and a juris doctor from Villanova University.

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Alberta Wants to Compete

The new royalty regime itself is an acknowledgement that front-end investment--particularly where innovative extraction techniques are absolutely critical to success, as in the long-lived Pembina field--in conventional production often demands new technology.

Canada's Real Gold Medal

Canada's prudence obscures what could be an explosive upside in coming years--particularly for US-based investors who will get the added benefit of putting greenbacks to work in loonie terms.

Cross-Border Tax Update III

Annex B to the Fifth Protocol--the Canadian explanatory notes--provides that distributions from “income trusts and royalty trusts” that are treated as dividends under Canadian tax law will be treated as dividends under the Treaty.

Yellow, Davis + Henderson and 2011

For the first time in quite a while, no How They Rate companies were forced to cut distributions due to weakening businesses.

A Tale of Two Indicators

China is the undisputed leader of this still-toddling recovery; we’ll wait for further confirmation before we ring the double-dip alarm.

How Dirty Is Dirty?

No other industrial democracy in the world has an asset similar to Canada's oil sands. Resource constraints brought on by new demand from China, in particular, and India will be far easier to navigate if we take an open-minded approach to it.

Time to Renew

Hydroelectric power is ubiquitous in many Canadian provinces, so much so that the word “hydro” has come to stand for electricity generally; the names of the government-run companies that provide such power reflect this significant presence.

CIC Goes Public

China Investment Corp's first 13-F filing is a positive from a public relations perspective and makes for good geopolitical optics. The real significance is what it suggests China can do with its USD2.7 trillion of foreign currency reserves.

Canada's Eastern Edge

In less than a decade, China has increased its share of global consumption of metals to 25 percent from 10 percent. That’s two-thirds of the growth in the globe’s base metals consumption and half the demand growth for steel, copper and aluminum.

Good Cut, Bad Cut

Two How They Rate entries announced distribution cuts in the last month. One was part and parcel of a conversion to a corporation and is actually a positive development; the other was not as encouraging.

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