Trading at $ 40.57 at the time of writing, Emera's shares are down 14 % this year, hurt by the general weakness in utility stocks, as rising interest rates in North America diminish the appeal of
energy infrastructure stocks.
In order to address the growing interest in the infrastructure market, S&P Dow Jones Indices recently launched an index designed to track an additional segment of the preferred market: the S&P U.S.
Preferred Infrastructure Stock Index.
The first reports on the three - year correlation across four index types, while the second shows the returns of the S&P U.S. Preferred
Infrastructure Stock Index.
When Fortune wrote
about infrastructure stocks in March, we had only an inkling of how important the issue would become during the U.S. presidential campaign.
In my opinion Housing Finance, Private banking, Auto Ancillary, Agri Products, Chemicals and
selected infrastructure stocks will lead the upcoming bull market.
Besides,
infrastructure stocks such as TransCanada (TSX: TRP) and Enbridge (TSX: ENB) are already part of the broad Canadian market.
Energy infrastructure stocks, such as pipeline companies Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB) and TransCanada Corp. (TSX: TRP), should continue to see growth no matter the rate environment, says Bushell.
It may yet take time, but
infrastructure stocks are poised to benefit from the Liberals» $ 120 - billion campaign promise
Likewise, defense and
infrastructure stocks have been associated with both Trump and Clinton.
But while he pranced and preened over those «reforms», to flatter himself as the «father of modern Nigeria»,
the infrastructure stock collapsed, signalling the economic collapse now causing mass anguish.
All three of
these infrastructure stocks could be good buys here, especially now that each of them has pulled back a bit after hitting new highs.
Infrastructure stocks have taken off since Donald Trump was elected President.
During recent market run - up almost
all infrastructure stocks are sky rocketing.