TRANSCANADA CORP. $50

TRANSCANADA CORP. $50 (Toronto symbol TRP; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 702.3 million; Market cap: $35.1 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 3.1; Dividend yield: 4.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.transcanada.com) operates a 67,300- kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta… Read More

New buy to fuel TRP earnings

TransCanada recently had to write off its investment in its Keystone XL oil pipeline project after the U.S. government rejected the plan. Political pressure in Canada could also force it to cancel its huge Energy East pipeline.

Despite these setbacks, TransCanada’s future looks bright. The… Read More

Pat: Any advice about Innergex Renewable Energy and its underperformance compared to other companies in its sector? Thanks.

Innergex Renewable Energy, $11.03, symbol INE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 100.9 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; www.innergex.com), is a recommendation of our Canadian Wealth Advisor newsletter.

We place Innergex in the Utilities sector, a broad area that includes telecoms, pipelines, power generators and so on.

The company… Read More

Steady growth trumps high p/e

Enbridge has jumped 175% in the past five years, largely because low interest rates have prompted income-seeking investors to buy high-yielding utility stocks. The company is also aggressively adding pipelines to profit from rising oil sands production and new fields like the Bakken shale oil… Read More