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Williams vs ONEOK: Two U.S. Pipelines, One Dividend Growth Winner

Most pipelines lost 10% or more from their summer highs. Williams fell 12%. ONEOK fell 9%. Nothing broke inside either company. Both raised their guidance for the year. When a whole sector drops for reasons unrelated to the businesses, I want to know which names deserve a closer look. I covered Enbridge and TC Energy in my free pipelines report. Today I am looking south of the border at two companies a Canadian can hold the same way they hold Enbridge. *Disclosure: I don't own Williams …

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Why Does Stella-Jones Stock Keep Going Down?

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I keep losing money on this one. Stella-Jones went from about $100 to under $70 in the same year. A listener asked me what in the wood is going on. Yes, pun intended. I have three kids, so dad jokes come with the job. I have owned Stella-Jones for a while, so I am biased. I like the company. I like it less when it drops 30% in a year. Two things drive a stock price: the numbers and the narrative. Let's look at both. *Disclosure: I own Stella-Jones (SJ.TO). This is education, not …

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3 Stocks to Get the Best Out of the Trade War

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The trade war is getting worse. There are tariffs everywhere. That is also where the opportunities are. Today I am on the positive side. Here are the sectors that shield you, the sectors taking the hit, and three companies that could do well down the road. *Disclosure: I own Stantec (STN.TO), CGI (GIB.A.TO), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ.TO), National Bank (NA.TO) and Royal Bank (RY.TO). I do not own Adentra (ADEN.TO). This is education, not advice. Do your own due diligence. What …

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BMO and Scotiabank Earnings: Great Results at a 39% Premium

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Scotiabank grew earnings per share 21% last quarter. BMO grew 22%. Both used the word record. Neither was exaggerating. This is the best week of the summer if you own Canadian banks, and it started about as well as it could have. I went through both quarters line by line looking for a problem. In the operations, I could not find one. I found something else instead. It is not in the results. It is in the price. Here is the short version. The growth is real. Most of it came from two …

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Two Quality Stocks Showing an Entry Point: Trane Technologies and AltaGas

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Every building has to stay warm in winter and cool in summer. That never changes. What is changing is how much heating and cooling this economy demands, and who gets paid when that demand shows up. Data centers run hot, and the AI buildout is adding cooling load nobody planned for five years ago. At the same time, older homes and offices keep replacing aging furnaces and air conditioners, and that spending does not wait for a good economy. A furnace that dies in January gets replaced in …

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Economic Moats: The 7 Types and 4 Stocks I Own

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Four companies. Four moats. Four businesses a competitor cannot copy with a bigger budget. Alphabet, Costco, Visa and Microsoft all sit inside my top 10 holdings. None of them earned that spot with a hot quarter. Each one earned it because something protects its profits from the rest of the world. Morningstar calls that protection an economic moat. I call it the reason I can hold a stock through two bad years and still sleep at night. There are seven moats worth knowing. Here they are, …

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