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In Brief

A Healthy Bounce

  • By Roger S. Conrad
Solid second-quarter numbers and the quick recovery after May's Flash Crash are further reminder that weakness in the market is an opportunity to establish positions for long-term wealth building.
Feature Article

Best Buyout Bets

  • By Roger S. Conrad
More than a century of deal-making history reveals that essential-service mergers always result in stronger companies. Here's how to play utility consolidation.
Portfolio Update

Buying the Business

  • By Roger S. Conrad
Second-quarter numbers are all in, and all but one UF Portfolio holding reported results that support long-term dividend sustainability.
Utility Beat

Industrial Strength

  • By Roger S. Conrad
Energy consumption by industry surged during the second quarter, signalling that demand for juice won't contract for a third consecutive year in 2010.
Dividend Watch List

Politics Hits Pepco

  • By Roger S. Conrad
Maryland-based Pepco Holdings (NYSE: POM) is in the crosshairs of a governor struggling to retain his office in November.
Growth Spotlight

Connecticut Water Service

  • By Roger S. Conrad
Connecticut Water Service (NSDQ: CTWS) is a leading player in the consolidation of an essential-service industry in serious need of scale-building deals.
Income Spotlight

Energy Transfer Partners LP

  • By Roger S. Conrad
Energy Transfer Partners LP (NYSE: ETP) reported solid distribution coverage in the second quarter, and new projects should fuel dividend hikes in 2011.
Article Archives

Xcel Energy

  • July 30, 2010

CLP Holdings

  • July 30, 2010

Conversion Watch

  • July 30, 2010

Fixing Returns

  • July 30, 2010

Big Declines Are Bullish

  • July 30, 2010

Regulator Watch

  • July 30, 2010

Buy the Dips

  • July 30, 2010

Frontier Communications

  • July 2, 2010

Exelon Corp

  • July 2, 2010

About That Spill

  • July 2, 2010

Washington Calling

  • July 2, 2010

Being Prepared

  • July 2, 2010

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Take the Deal

  • September 3, 2010
  • By Roger S. Conrad
Income investors who followed my coverage of Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT, NYSE: POT) would be best served by booking their sizable gain.

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