Roger S. Conrad is editor of Utility Forecaster (http://www.utilityforecaster.com), the nation’s leading advisory on essential services stocks, bonds and preferred shares. 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 over the past 20 years—not to mention a bevy of industry awards for his perceptive reporting, commentary and investment advice.

Roger brings this same enthusiasm and intelligence to Canadian Edge (http://www.canadianedge.com), an Internet-based publication devoted to uncovering lucrative investment opportunities in Canadian royalty trusts. Roger’s exhaustive coverage of this segment 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 (http://www.pfnewsletter.com), focusing on income investments. His latest endeavor, MLP Profits (www.mlpprofits.com), covers high-yielding master limited partnerships and includes sample portfolios for aggressive and conservative investors, advice on the tax treatment of MLPs and proprietary ratings of every name in the Alerian MLP Index.

Roger 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. Roger is also an avid outdoorsman and baseball fan.