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The Best Value High-Yield and High-Return Utilities (XLU, EXC, ETR, AEP, PEG)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:35 am

The utility sector has been a rather poor performer so far in 2012, as investors have sought growth and less dependence on high payouts, and higher dividend taxes could be ...
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Chasing High Dividends: Utilities Approaching Bargain Territory (AEP, EXC, CEG, PEG, XLU)

Posted: February 27, 2012 at 3:33 pm

2011 was the year of the utility stocks offering investors high dividend yields of well over 4.0%.  2012 has not gone so well for the sector, with 25 of the 34 ...
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Solar Tries For Significant 2012 Comeback (FSLR, WFR, TAN, KWT, SPWR, STP, YGE, LDK, ENER, XLU)

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 1:12 pm

So far we are seeing a continued rotation. What worked great in 2011 is being sold and the worst performing groups are being bought.  No sector with as many names ...
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The 2012 Trade: Dump Utilities, Buy Banks… So Far (XLU, XLF, BAC, JPM, AEP, DUK)

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 9:22 am

The trade in 2011 was to go out and turn utility stocks into the new investment for retirees seeking income.  They couldn't exactly get any big yield in certificates of ...
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AEP Joins 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio (AEP, XLU, NEE, PPL)

Posted: December 16, 2011 at 9:01 am

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE: AEP) refuses to falter in the current market despite many headwinds of uncertainty. This is a very defensive play that has very little to ...
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Utilities Replacing CDs and Bonds as the Best Retirement Investments (XLU, IDU, UTG, AEP, FE, PPL, AWK)

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 1:12 pm

The government bond market pays investors nothing now. The 5-Year Treasury Note, a staple for retail investors historically, pays a dismal 0.86%. The appeal of this duration would also appeal to ...
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Trend Watch After EPA Rules: Time to Rethink Utilities? (AEP, XLU, IDU, RYU, UPW, ETR, ITRI)

Posted: June 9, 2011 at 11:22 am

The utilities sector had been performing incredibly.  We recently highlighted the strong performance seen this year and over the last year with many of these names up 20% to 30% ...
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Why Fund & Income Investors Are Drawn to Utilities (XLU, SO, EXC, D, IDU, RYU, CEG, NRG, NI, PCS, VZ, UPW, NEE, UTF, UTG, DNP, FSTUX, CMS, POR, RYAUX, FE, FKUTX, SRE)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 10:15 am

When the going gets tough, the tough often play defense -- out of risky assets and into those assets that offer more security and some dividend upside. One choice is ...
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Dividend Watch: Making American Utilities Pay For Your Retirement (AEP, DUK, PGN, FE, XLU)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 11:38 am

It would be easy to worry about the share prices of utility companies after the recession and after the most recent rise in commodity prices, and that brings up the ...
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Are U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Operators Really at Business Risk? (CCJ, USU, XLU, AEE, CEG, ETR, EXC, FE, PGN, SO)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 4:35 pm

It goes without saying that nuclear power has hit skid row.  The damage to the industry that has been caused by the earthquake and the tsunami which followed in Japan ...
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Utility M&A Wave Goes Into Overdrive (DUK, PGN, DYN, IEP, NU, NST, XLU, AEP)

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 8:44 am

Another deal has been confirmed in the land grab for utilities.  Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) has confirmed fresh reports that it was acquiring Progress Energy Inc. (NYSE: PGN).  Duke's ...
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PG&E: Fire, Death, Losses, and ETF Impact (PCG, XLU)

Posted: September 10, 2010 at 4:14 pm

PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG), the owner of Pacific Gas & Electric, often has to deal with unpleasant situations as it is a utility in the troubled West.  There are some ...
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Dividends or Not, Utilities Need To Perform (XLU, SO, D, DUK, FPL, AEP, ETR, FE, EIX, PGN, PPL, XEL, DTE, AES, CEG, NRG, CPN, AYE, NU, PNW, POM, NST, OGE, TE)

Posted: April 1, 2010 at 9:54 am

Investors love dividends, and big stable utility stocks often have some of the highest dividends of any class of stocks.  There has just been one problem... Dividends or not, utilities ...
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ETF Winners & Losers (June 25, 2007)

Posted: June 25, 2007 at 3:19 pm

DJIA                                  13,352.05; (-8.21; -0.06%)S&P500                            1,497.74 (-4.82; -0.32%)NASDAQ           ...
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