11 Highest Paid Female CEOs in America in 2017
Finding the 11 highest paid female CEOs in America in 2017 might seem an odd task, as many of us are programmed to think that women aren’t given a chance...
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Insiders at Money-Losing Genetic Testing Company, Large U.S. Power Company, and Transforming REIT Are Buying Shares, Plus Some Noteworthy Insider Selling
Are a company’s corporate insiders buying or selling? That represents a relevant question for various types of investors in the stock market. One of...
Here’s Why These Five Stocks Are In the Spotlight: Duke Energy, Inotek, Twilio, and More
Although WTI futures fell by 1.7% on Friday, it was still a good week for many energy investors, as the price of the commodity moved up by another 3...
Luminus Management Trying to Light the Way to Big Returns With These Utilities Stocks
Luminus Management is a long/short hedge fund that focuses mainly on power and utility stocks. Established in 2002, the fund is currently run by Jonathan...
Duquesne Family Office Goes On a Buying Spree
Now that all hedge funds have released their latest 13F filings, Warren Buffett‘s $1 billion bet on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been the main...
Duke Energy Corp (DUK): A Reliable High-Yield Dividend Stock
Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) is a favorite high-yield dividend stock for income investors, and it’s no wonder why. The company has paid uninterrupted...
Billionaire Jim Simons’ Top High-Dividend Stock Picks
Most individual investors invest in dividend-paying stocks to benefit from the steady streams of dividend checks, but can also take advantage of stock...
Why Are These Hot Stocks Surging?
Shares of Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Skechers USA Inc (NYSE:SKX), Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (NYSE:PNY), and Eros...
Exelon Corporation (EXC), Calpine Corporation (CPN), Duke Energy Corp (DUK): Luminus Management Loves These Stocks
Luminus Management, a fund run by Jonathan Barrett and Paul Segal, recently filed its 13F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund revealed...
What Tesla Wants and Renewables Need
Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) is developing a not-so-secret technology — and it’s not the only one. If Mr. Market decides its innovation is...
Should the U.S. Go Nuclear-Free?
For the second time since the Fukushima disaster and the third time in over 40 years, Japan is entirely nuclear-free. With proponents and opponents battling...
Duke Energy Corp (DUK), American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP), Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (ANR): Reliability Ensures Coal’s Future
With the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set to announce rules governing new electric power plants later this month and rules for existing plants...
Utilities SPDR (ETF) (XLU), The Coca-Cola Company (KO), RTI Biologics Inc. (RTIX): 3 Stocks Near 52-Week Lows Worth Buying
Just as we examine companies each week that may be rising past their fair value, we can also find companies potentially trading at bargain prices. While...
Dominion Resources, Inc. (D), Exelon Corporation (EXC), Duke Energy Corp (DUK) – This Week in Utilities: New Natural Gas and America’s Dirtiest Power Plant
Utilities were busy last week, making moves to maximize profit potential. With new natural gas exports, America’s dirtiest power plant, and more...
Duke Energy Corp (DUK), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), Joy Global Inc. (JOY): Utilities Are Using More Coal
Coal miners are Wall Street pariahs right now, but that could change quickly once coal supply and demand start to stabilize. Utilities, mining equipment...
FirstEnergy Corp. (FE), Duke Energy Corp (DUK): America’s 10 Dirtiest Power Plants
All power plants are not created equal. It takes energy to make energy, and some corporations are nothing more than carbon clunkers. Here are America&#...
Duke Energy Corp (DUK), Dominion Resources, Inc. (D), SunPower Corporation (SPWR): The U.S. Army is Going Green to Save Money and Lives
Photo credit: Flickr/U.S. Army. The U.S. Army is going green. No, it’s not getting new uniforms again. Instead, it has now awarded the third of...
Raytheon Company (RTN), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC), Lockheed Martin Corporation(LMT) – Defense News Roundup: Air Force Dodges Fake Rockets, Army Tilts at Windmills
The U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect at least, the Pentagon is one of the most “open”...
Duke Energy Corp (DUK), NRG Energy Inc (NRG), Exelon Corporation (EXC): Nuclear Power is on Life Support in U.S.
This was supposed to be a time for a nuclear revival in the U.S. The U.S. Department of Energy has a loan guarantee program with tens of billions of dollars...
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), Dominion Resources, Inc. (D): Friday’s Top Upgrades (and Downgrades)
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines...
Exelon Corporation (EXC), Duke Energy Corp (DUK), TECO Energy, Inc. (TE): 1 Big Change in This Dividend Stock’s Strategy
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) presented at the Barclays CEO Energy Conference earlier this week, giving investors a sneak peek into this company’...
Entergy Corporation (ETR), Exelon Corporation (EXC), Duke Energy Corp (DUK): One Great Dividend You Can Buy Right Now
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn’...
Duke Energy Corp (DUK), FirstEnergy Corp. (FE): Is Atlantic Power Corp (AT) Destined for Greatness?
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable...
AGL Resources Inc. (GAS), Westar Energy Inc (WR), Duke Energy Corp (DUK): Mission For Transmission
Utilities have been busy this past week, making moves to maximize profit potential. With nuclear and coal closures accompanying expanded transmission...
Hedge Funds Are Betting On The Southern Company (SO)
To many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are viewed as overrated, old financial tools of an era lost to time. Although there are In excess of 8,000...
Here is What Hedge Funds Think About NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE)
Is NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) a good investment? In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are dozens of gauges shareholders can use to monitor...
The Southern Company (SO), Exelon Corporation (EXC), Duke Energy Corp (DUK): Got Uranium?
Nuclear has often been touted as the holy grail of U.S. energy independence. But the fuel may not be as different from Arab oil as we like to think –...
Hedge Funds Are Betting On Duke Energy Corp (DUK)
Is Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) a buy? To many investors, hedge funds are perceived as bloated, outdated investment vehicles of an era lost to time. Although...
Duke Energy Corp (DUK), Arch Coal Inc (ACI), Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU): New Gas Plants
Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) recently decided to stop development on a nuclear facility in Florida and to retire some coal assets. It’s looking...
The Southern Company (SO), Duke Energy Corp (DUK), American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP): Here’s Why You Should Watch Out for Coal-Reliant Utilities
Despite July’s heat wave in the Northeast, summer temperatures in the majority of the United States have been cooler than last year’s. For...
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (TEG), NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE): 1 More Dividend Stock Heads Away From Hydro
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:TEG) announced this week that it’s selling off one of its hydro dams, marking yet another utility’s unease...
The Southern Company (SO), Duke Energy Corp (DUK), Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED): Will Higher Interest Rates Doom Utilities?
Utilities are highly valued by investors for their reliable, if unspectacular, growth. Utilities are routinely called ‘widow-and-orphan’ stocks...
Entergy Corporation (ETR), NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE), Edison International (EIX), Duke Energy Corp (DUK): 4 Dividend Stocks Divided on Nuclear
Utilities have been switching up their energy portfolios at breakneck speeds, and nuclear is no exception. The investment costs can be crippling, but...
Dominion Resources, Inc. (D), Atlantic Power Corp (AT), DTE Energy Co (DTE) – This Week in Utilities: Steady Dividends, New Solar, and Big Bad Bonds
Utilities have been busy this week, making moves to maximize profit potential. With dividend updates, new solar projects, and a tough macro week for utilities...
NRG Energy Inc (NRG), Duke Energy Corp (DUK), Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA): The Future of Electric Energy
The electrical grid is notoriously slow to change. Since the days when Thomas Edison debated the merits of A/C versus D/C power transmission, the biggest...
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE), Duke Energy Corp (DUK), Spectra Energy Corp. (SE): Can This Dividend Stock Grow Another 22%?
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) reported earnings yesterday, just missing top-line estimates but pulling through on the bottom. Mr. Market didn’...
The AES Corporation (AES), Duke Energy Corp (DUK): Is the Problem With Renewable Energy Solved?
Wind and solar power are great, but they don’t generate electricity all the time. That’s why natural gas, coal, and nuclear power are still...
American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP), Duke Energy Corp (DUK)- Five Utilities Making Moves: New Natural Gas and Neglected Nuclear
Earnings announcements aside, utilities have been busy this week. From asset expansion and rejection to ditched nuclear plans, here’s what you need...
Exelon Corporation (EXC): Can You Still Trust This Dividend Stock?
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) reported earnings yesterday, beating top-line estimates, but just missing the mark on profit. With plummeting power prices...
Exelon Corporation (EXC): Should Investors Buy This Utility Company?
Investors pick utility stocks for one main reason; how much dividend they yield. In the beginning of 2013, when Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) slashed...
How Long Will Exelon Corporation (EXC) Earnings Keep Falling?
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) will release its quarterly report on Wednesday, and investors are bracing themselves for what could be another disappointing...
Duke Energy Corp (DUK), American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP): Which Utilities Company Can Make You Rich?
For many years, utility stocks have been considered solid and reliable investments. Customer electricity demand grows, and utilities benefit while investors...
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE), Dominion Resources, Inc. (D) – This Week in Utilities: 3 Dividend Stocks You Need to Watch
Utilities stayed busy this week with nuclear scandals, solar sales, and everything in between. Here’s what you need to know to stay on top of your...
Exelon Corporation (EXC), Duke Energy Corp (DUK): How Much Nuclear Waste Does Your State Hold?
One of the biggest critiques of nuclear energy is that it produces radioactive waste in the form of used nuclear fuel, or UNF. While the amounts are relatively...
Have Arch Coal Inc (ACI) Earnings Reached a Turning Point?
Arch Coal Inc (NYSE:ACI) will release its quarterly report on Tuesday, and shareholders expect the struggles for the coal company to continue not only...
SolarCity Corp (SCTY), NV Energy, Inc. (NVE), Duke Energy Corp (DUK) – Disruptive Technology: The Sun
The price per watt for photo voltaic panels fell from $3.80/watt in 2008 to $.86/watt in 2012. This tremendous reduction in price has spurred consumers...
PPL Corporation (PPL), Duke Energy Corp (DUK), FirstEnergy Corp. (FE): Energy Companies Energizing Revenue
The rising population has led to an increase in demand for utility supplies. The utilities business is monopolistic in nature and thus requires regulation...
Aqua America Inc (WTR), Duke Energy Corp (DUK), AT&T Inc. (T): Consolidating Utility Industries
There are two types of industries: mature and growing. Growing industries require more capital and typically use the cash generated by the business to...
General Electric Company (GE), Siemens AG (ADR) (SI): The Future of Coal Today
Coal, one of this country’s most abundant fuels, is increasingly being targeted as a dirty fuel. That doesn’t have to be the case because...
FirstEnergy Corp. (FE): Coal Power Generation Is Being Cut. Will Natural Gas Be Next?
The old saying used to be: “If you can’t beat them, join them.” It turns out that it doesn’t quite work out that way all the time...
