Ever since the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates artificially low.
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February 13 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZBH): reported earnings of $1.79 which was in-line with expectations.
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October 31 - Earnings Report, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Recently, I have been engaged in rather intense discussions regarding the validity of P/E ratios versus PEG ratios as proper or appropriate valuation metrics. I generally find...
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October 28 - News, Stock Analysis - Comments
With three weeks of October in the books, I felt it was time for me to pull the trigger on at least one monthly buy as I have been doing for many, many years during all market...
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October 23 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
The markets opened higher today before sliding slightly into the red as investors await June’s data on import and export prices, the Treasury's budget report, and the latest...
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July 13 - Market Movers, News - Comments
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 headline.
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May 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
These stocks may make good investments for younger investors.
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March 14 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Yield-starved investors should familiarize themselves with Southern Co (NYSE:SO), a highly dependable business that has paid dividends every quarter for more than 65 consecutive...
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March 14 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Studies reveal that hedge funds' ownership of stocks has increased at a high pace over the last decade or so, especially before the outbreak of the financial crisis of 2008.
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December 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Southern Co (NYSE:SO) and AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE:GAS) have joined hands to form one of the leading U.S. electric and gas utility companies.
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August 24 - Hedge Funds, Market Movers, News - Comments
What stands out about Southern Company is its stability and consistency. The company has paid dividends every quarter since 1948.
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August 14 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The press is making hay over the proposed rules the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to release later this month regarding carbon emissions at newly built electric...
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September 17 - Commodities, News - Comments
The day after I laid out my case for why the canary in the coal mine isn't dead yet, The Wall Street Journal published a story indicating the Obama administration is still actively...
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September 16 - News - Comments
Utilities were busy last week, making moves to maximize profit potential.
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September 16 - News - Comments
According to the EPA, carbon dioxide accounted for 84% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.
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September 16 - News - Comments
All power plants are not created equal. It takes energy to make energy, and some corporations are nothing more than carbon clunkers.
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September 16 - News - Comments
This was supposed to be a time for a nuclear revival in the U.S. The U.S.
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September 15 - Commodities, News - Comments
The threat of rising interest rates has not been kind to the share prices of many of America's biggest utilities.
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September 10 - News - Comments
Nuclear energy has the advantage of being produced anywhere. Build a plant, ship in some uranium, and it's "lights on" for the local municipality, state, or even region.
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August 29 - News - Comments
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 the entire year, U.S.
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August 26 - News - Comments
Utilities are highly valued by investors for their reliable, if unspectacular, growth.
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August 21 - News - Comments
The electrical grid is notoriously slow to change.
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August 16 - News - Comments
Generally, utilities companies are considered to be some of the most stable, high-yielding investments in the market.
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August 5 - News - Comments
One of the biggest critiques of nuclear energy is that it produces radioactive waste in the form of used nuclear fuel, or UNF.
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July 27 - News - Comments
Utilities are your classic slow-and-steady stocks.
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July 18 - News - Comments
Coal, one of this country's most abundant fuels, is increasingly being targeted as a dirty fuel.
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July 16 - News - Comments
In less than a year, three utilities have made the tough call to close down four nuclear reactors totaling 3,600 MW of combined capacity.
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July 15 - News - Comments
It is always a good idea to include some companies in your portfolio that provide a steady stream of income.
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July 10 - News - Comments
Among stock markets around the world, the S&P 500 has given investors great performance, with double-digit percentage gains even as many international markets have struggled ...
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July 9 - News - Comments
Coal gets a bad rap. Environmentalists call it a dirty fuel, while Santa Claus uses it to punish naughty little boys and girls.
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July 8 - News - Comments
Nuclear power has been a hot-button issue over the past few years due to safety concerns and energy security concerns in the U.S. and abroad.
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July 5 - News - Comments
The past year hasn't been too kind to owners of The Southern Company (NYSE:SO) stock. It's down about 7% while the market, as measured by the S&P 500, is up more than 18%.
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June 26 - News - Comments
Utilities are the classic “widow-and-orphan” stocks.
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June 26 - News - Comments
The utilities sector has often been considered a "widows & orphans" group of stocks, with a long history of paying healthy and reliable dividends that makes these stocks safe ...
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June 24 - News - Comments
The demand for electricity rises as global economies continue to improve. However, there has been a migration toward cleaner production methods.
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June 24 - News - Comments
We at The Motley Fool do not get too worked up over short-term stock movements, but sometimes they can forewarn investors about larger, fundamental problems.
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June 20 - News - Comments
This year's market rally, with the S&P up about 15% during 2013, has rendered it more difficult to find above-average dividend yield investments.
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June 19 - News - Comments
The deep market sell offs after the tech and housing bubbles have left a generation of investors with a changed view of the stock market.
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June 18 - News - Comments
According to the Energy Information Administration, electricity consumption in the U.S.
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June 17 - News - Comments
The largest electric power holding company in the United States, Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK), has only risen 4.91% YTD, a far cry from the 15.34% return provided by the Dow ...
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June 17 - News - Comments
Investors can look to utilities for solid profits.
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June 13 - News - Comments
At times nuclear energy is hard sell.
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June 13 - News - Comments
“Every one of the most popular class of US mutual funds investing in bonds lost money in May, highlighting the risks for investors as interest rates rise,” according to The...
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June 13 - News - Comments
The 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan has left virtually all of the country's nuclear facilities closed.
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June 12 - News - Comments
I know it sounds like an oxymoron to suggest that investors need to look for the safest utility stock.
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June 12 - News - Comments
Today’s low interest rate environment is causing some stocks to rise because they offer investors a superior yield to what they can get elsewhere.
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June 12 - News - Comments
I know that collecting an over 4% yield in this environment seems tempting. I know that CDs don’t pay much of anything, and savings and money market accounts pay even less.
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June 12 - News - Comments
This is not a drill; please proceed in an orderly fashion away from this stock.
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June 11 - News - Comments
When investors hear about a merger of two powerful companies, they usually expect that there will be some short term pain, but long-term gain.
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June 11 - News - Comments
If you have been struggling to generate enough income from your investment portfolio lately, then dividend stocks have been just about the best way to get the cold, hard cash ...
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June 10 - News - Comments