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In Brief

Good Stocks, Cheaper

Our biggest risk remains the threat of worsening regulation, particularly in the states. Strong balance sheets, low payout ratios and low investor expectations do provide a great deal of protection.
Feature Article

Takeover Treats and Traps

America has more than 100 electric and natural gas companies, two dozen major communications providers and roughly a dozen large, investor-owned water utilities. That adds up to colossal opportunities for consolidation in coming years.
Portfolio Update

Connecting the Numbers

As we go to press we’re still waiting on several Portfolio picks to release numbers. But the underlying business of every favorite to report thus far is in great condition. All are first-rate holdings
Utility Beat

The Budget

A permanently low tax rate on dividend income: That’s by far the biggest positive for income investors in President Obama’s proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2011.
Dividend Watch List

Conversion Plays

Most Canadian income trusts will convert to tax-paying corporations this year. The good news: Most will maintain dividends at the same rate--or else very close to it.
Growth Spotlight

AT&T

AT&T (NYSE: T) reported a 24.4 percent boost in fourth-quarter 2009 earnings, with its extremely profitable alliance with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) activating 3.1 million iPhones.
Income Spotlight

NiSource

No hole has proven too deep for regulated utilities to climb out of--provided they cut operating risk and debt and repair relations with regulators. That’s what NiSource (NYSE: NI) has done since falling from grace during the 2001-02 bear market.

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Nuclear Winter

What if a third of the power supply for an entire US state were suddenly shut off? Would its residents find themselves in the dark, as they do routinely in developing nations?

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Roger Conrad ROGER CONRAD
Editor: Canadian Edge, Utility Forecaster, Maple Leaf Memo, Utility & Income