Enerplus is Canada’s oldest income trust, and management fought as hard as anyone to keep the sector’s favorable tax laws in place. The affirmation of its dividend in the face of new taxes is further proof that, although the laws have changed, Enerplus’ pro-investor policies will endure. Read More
Best Buys
Beating expectations is the key for growing, healthy trusts converting to corporations as they set their future dividends.The good news is expectations have basically been abysmal since Halloween night 2006. Read More
Both of the January 2010 High Yield of the Month selections are longtime Canadian Edge Portfolio holdings. Both have also recently undergone transformations that have made them very attractive going into 2010. Read More
December's High Yield of the Month picks are cheap, dish out high yields, and sell at steep discounts to the value of their assets. With both trusts backed by healthy, growing businesses and solid balance sheets, there’s a lot of room for upside surprises. Read More
It’s still a golden opportunity to buy healthy, growing companies that have weathered the worst recession in decades, and at low prices we’re unlikely to see again. Read More
Dividend cuts are always best avoided. But as experienced income investors have learned, they can also be compelling buying opportunities, provided they mark a true bottom for the underlying business. Read More
What September's High Yield of the Month picks have in common: high yields well protected by strong cash flows, solid balance sheets and skilled management teams. Read More
Over the past several months I’ve focused the High Yield of the Month column almost exclusively on trusts and corporations operating in recession-resistant industries. One of this month's picks takes us a little further out on the risk spectrum for the first time in a while. Read More
Generous dividends backed by strong and growing underlying business: That’s what I look for in every Canadian Edge Conservative Holding. This month’s High Yield of the Month duo have both strengths in plenty. Read More
Double-digit yields paid monthly by companies in recession-resistant industries: That’s the hallmark of the Canadian Edge Conservative Holdings. And it’s what June’s High Yield of the Month selections boast in spades. Read More