The price of natural gas is on a steep, steady decline. Here's how to play it.

Here’s the roadmap for the next 12 months for investors building wealth with dividend-paying essential-service stocks.

Dividend-paying stocks supported by high-quality businesses are the best way for income investors to get what they need in this market.

Hydropower is the only renewable that doesn’t depend on federal largesse for its ability to compete in the marketplace. Any policy change won’t impact how they do business.

Thirty-two companies in the Utility Forecaster coverage universe are paying more than 8 percent. Identifying solid companies temporarily undervalued is a great way to build wealth over the long term. Here's how to separate potential winners from falling knives.

Owning a basket of solid, well-funded water utilities is a great way to add safety and reliability to your portfolio of dividend-paying essential-service companies.

Their stock prices fall along with everything else, but my favorite essential-service companies continue to pay--and grow--dividends during market downturns.

Over the last 100 years not a single union between essential-service companies has failed. Here are nine ways to play the latest round of consolidation.

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