EMRAF News and Press, Emera Inc. From 07/27/20

Even as the markets continue to experience the roller coaster-like ups and downs with everything going on we have seen some positive long-term indicators that suggest Jane's portfolio is doing exactly what we wanted it to do during turbulent times. Even the most well-built portfolios have seen...

Investment Thesis Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. ( AQN ) [TSX:AQN] delivered another quarter of positive bottom line growth in Q1 2020 despite warmer than normal weather conditions. The impact of COVID-19 is expected to be mitigated through its cost-saving initiatives. The company rem...

In many ways, it is almost comical to see how quickly the markets have roared back to life (whether or not it's justified is a completely different story) as Jane's account balances for the month of May are almost exactly the same as what she had at the end of May in 2019. The only real differ...

Never has the geographic location of an investor’s utility selection been more important. The changes taking place will greatly impact utility shareholder performance over the next several years. Regulatory oversight will be critical in how utilities deal with the financial impacts of...

The market has an odd combination of pessimism and positivity priced into it over the last week. Ironically, not much has really changed other than Jay Powell reiterating the Federal Reserve's commitment to using as much firepower as necessary to stabilize the markets and what seems like regul...

The following slide deck was published by Emera Incorporated in conjunction with their 2020 Q1 earnings Read more ...

Emera Incorporated (EMRAF) Q1 2020 Earnings Conference Call May 13, 2020 8:30 a.m. ET Company Participants Scott Hastings - Senior Director Scott Balfour - President and CEO Greg Blunden - CFO Nancy Tower - President and CEO of Tampa Electric Company Conference Call Particip...

Utility investors' long-term performance is highly dependent on their service location. Most utility companies' performances are largely dependent on several vital factors including: the amount of regulated profit it can generate; underlying economic and population growth; ability of managemen...

Over the last two months, we have seen one of the most interesting markets on record as we continue to see daily swings of -5%/+5% on a regular basis. Prior to all this craziness, we had avoided the preferred space because many of the shares in John and Jane's accounts were fully valued above ...

The past two months on the stock market have taught us a humbling lesson: we can’t predict the future. In light of such volatility and dividend cuts/suspensions, it is time for all of us to review our investing strategy and make sure it can weather this and future storms. Right now, you...