In Brief

A Nice Pair

• By Roger S. Conrad

Two key benchmarks are at historically low levels. The combination is generally a positive one for companies in the Utility Forecaster coverage universe.

Feature Article

A 10-Year Portfolio

• By Roger S. Conrad

Dividend reinvestment and direct purchase plans offer you the opportunity to efficiently build wealth in high-quality companies.

Portfolio Update

Dividend Investing: Follow the Numbers

• By Roger S. Conrad

The quality of the underlying business--revealed during earnings season--is the most important factor when determining whether to invest in a dividend-paying stock.

Utility Beat

Kill Coal? Fat Chance

• By Roger S. Conrad

The black mineral is too ingrained, too plentiful and too cheap to abandon now.

Dividend Watch List

Europe, Gas and One Cut

• By Roger S. Conrad

Things are getting a little dicey again across the pond, as credit pressures and austerity-driven economic weakness impacts utility dividends.

Growth Spotlight

MDU Resources

• By Roger S. Conrad

Longtime Growth Portfolio Holding MDU Resources (NYSE: MDU) has generated an average total return of more than 8 percent a year for the past 10 years.

Income Spotlight

Energy Transfer Partners LP

• By Roger S. Conrad

Energy Transfer Partners LP's (NYSE: ETP) generous distribution is supported by ample fee-generating assets focused on natural gas liquids.

Article Archives

Where the Buys Are

• March 31, 2012

Dominion Resources

• March 31, 2012

Utility Mergers: The Beat Goes On

• March 31, 2012

Integrys Energy Group

• March 31, 2012

Eurocuts

• March 31, 2012

Interest Rate Risk: What's Real

• March 31, 2012

When Returns Are at Risk

• March 31, 2012

Consolidated Communications

• March 3, 2012

TransCanada Corp

• March 3, 2012

Telecom's Game of Scale

• March 3, 2012

The Time to Sell

• March 3, 2012

Communications Breakdown

• March 3, 2012