Roger 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, an online newsletter that takes the guesswork out of identifying high-growth, high-yield partnerships through studied advice and sound market intelligence.
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.
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Content Posted by Roger Conrad
When More Is Better
- By Roger Conrad
- August 31, 2010
- Articles
New equity offerings by MLPs provide opportunities to establish or add to positions on the cheap. And they typically point to rising distributions, too.
Betting to Buy Low
- By Roger Conrad
- August 16, 2010
- Articles
The average return for MLP Profits Portfolio Holdings is beating the S&P 500 and the Alerian MLP Index. Do not chase recommendations that trade above our buy targets.
Recent Pricing of MLPs
- By Roger Conrad
- August 4, 2010
- Audio / Video
Upward and Onward
- By Roger Conrad
- July 30, 2010
- Articles
Three Aggressive Holdings reported second-quarter results. Their numbers, and a distribution increase from a Conservative Holding, confirm that this earnings season is shaping up well for the MLP Profits Portfolio.
MLP Profits
- By Roger Conrad
- July 12, 2010
- Articles
Master limited partnerships are usually considered stable, income-focused investments. But our favorites have been strongly outperforming the typical S&P 500 stock on price as well.
Impact of Oil Spill and Onshore Drilling Regulations
- By Roger Conrad
- July 7, 2010
- Audio / Video
Questions, Answers and a New Addition
- By Roger Conrad
- June 28, 2010
- Articles
Our new Aggressive Portfolio recommendation is a leveraged play on a midstream natural gas business with extensive coal interests.
MLP Audio Conference
- By Roger Conrad, Elliott H Gue
- June 16, 2010
- Audio / Video
Emerging Trend
- By Roger Conrad
- June 16, 2010
- Audio / Video
The Gulf, UBTI and Carried Interest
- By Roger Conrad
- June 10, 2010
- Articles
Conservative Holding Enterprise Products Partners LP’s (NYSE: EPD) exposure to the Gulf of Mexico will have little impact on results. The inevitable trend toward onshore exploration and production will actually help the company.
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