Roger S. Conrad

Roger S. Conrad is editor of Utility Forecaster, the nation’s leading advisory on essential services stocks, bonds and preferred stocks. His proprietary safety rating system evaluates the prospects of every significant electric, natural gas, telecommunications and water company, including utility-based mutual funds and foreign utilities. Roger’s penchant for detailed research and his studied insights into utilities markets have garnered him a wide audience of subscribers—not to mention a bevy of industry awards for his perceptive reporting, commentary and investment advice.

He brings the same enthusiasm and intelligence to Roger Conrad’s Canadian Edge, an Internet-based publication devoted to uncovering lucrative investment opportunities in Canadian royalty trusts. Roger’s exhaustive coverage of how recent changes to Canada’s tax laws will affect these companies has earned him a reputation as one of the leading authorities on Canadian trusts. Subscribers and the national media often contact him for information on the latest economic developments and investment opportunities north of the border.

Roger is also associate editor of Personal Finance and co-editor of MLP Profits, covering high-yielding master limited partnerships and includes sample portfolios for aggressive and conservative investors, advice on the tax treatment of MLPs and proprietary ratings of every name in the Alerian MLP Index.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and a master’s degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). In addition, he is the author of Power Hungry: Strategic Investing in Telecommunications, Utilities and Other Essential Services and coauthor of The Agile Investor and Market Timing for the Nineties with Stephen Leeb. He is also an avid outdoorsman and baseball fan.

Content Posted by Roger S. Conrad

8/23/10: Last But Not Least

Parkland Income Fund (TSX: PKI-U, OTC: PKIUF) provides an exciting coda to second-quarter earnings season for the Canadian Edge Portfolio.

8/13/10: Steady As They Go

Healthy businesses, strong balance sheets, smooth corporate conversions, solid guidance and sustainable growth: These are the hallmarks of second-quarter earnings season for the CE Portfolio.

Consistent Throughput Builds Wealth

Fee-based revenue from one of the industry’s biggest producers separates Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (TSX: PIF-U, OTC: PMBIF) from other Canadian oil sands plays.

8/10/10: A Fistful of Good Numbers

A quintet of Portfolio Holdings reported earnings following Friday's publication of the August Canadian Edge. Numbers for all five bode well for long-term dividend sustainability.

It's Still the Business

The most important factor to consider when evaluating a potential income investment is the strength of the underlying business that’s supporting the dividend.

Rogers Sugar to Cut on Conversion

Rogers Sugar Income Fund (TSX: RSI-U, OTC: RSGUF) is preparing to make the transition to a corporate structure. Once it does it will yield about 7 percent.

Parkland, Yellow and Sustainable Payouts

Parkland Income Fund (TSX: PKI-U, OTC: PKIUF) and Yellow Pages Income Fund (TSX: YLO-U, OTC: YLWPF) pay regular dividends that look as solid as anything on the market.

Buy Some Canadian Property

Canada's real estate market avoided the catastrophic mistakes that brought down US property values, notably subprime mortgages. Top REITs have used weakness in the market to consolidate their own already strong positions.

What to Sell

Canadian trusts and high-yielding corporations are the place to be during this tumultuous period, despite the negative background hum from fearful investors. The patient will be rewarded.

How They Rate

Whether organized as a corporation, income trust or REIT, How They Rate company returns depend mainly on the health of underlying businesses.