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• Four High-Yield Investments That Might Fit Well in Your Portfolio

  By Brian Nichols - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: WTR, MSA, NHC, RAI

  With markets at all-time highs, you might be looking for a good place to invest your money. Throughout this rally, defensive names have been key contributors, and even as money shifts, high-yield dividend stocks have remained a favorite in all industries. Thus I am looking at four stocks with recent dividend hikes that look to be cheap investments.

  Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI)

  Reynolds American is one of the major American more »

• The Ultimate Monopoly Industry -- And There Are No Substitutes

  By BA McKenna - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR

  Let's toast to an average 40% total annual return on three stocks with an average price volatility less than one-third the overall stock market's. Our toasting beverage is water -- the product of our winning stocks, American States Water (NYSE: AWR), Aqua America (NYSE: WTR), and American Water Works (NYSE: AWK).  

  First, a look at the returns the water utilities have been pouring out  -- and then why water stocks more »

• Premium Dividends: The Market's Best Kept Secret

  By David Mercer - December 21, 2012 | Tickers: WTR, ENB, ERF

  By now, most of you are probably familiar with dividend reinvestment plans (DRIP's), but did you know the deal gets even better? Yes, it's true. So, what am I talking about? DRIP's with premium dividends. You may be asking, "What's a premium dividend?" It's simply a bonus on the declared dividend, which companies provide to long-term "buy and "hold" investors. Trust me, it's a more »

• Make Money With Life's Necessity

  By Ash Anderson - December 21, 2012 | Tickers: AWK, WTR, SBS

  Have you ever tried to live without water? It’s something that all humans need to survive and there are companies out there that make their money by delivering clean water to homes. Let’s take a look at some of these companies, we can start with the Brazilian firm, Companhia de Saneamento Basico (NYSE: SBS).

  Companhia de Saneamento Basico

  If you want to diversify your portfolio both out of more »

• Blue Gold

  By Ryan Guenette - December 17, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR

  A SWOT analysis is a look at a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company and its future. As the 2012 year draws to a close, I would like to pinpoint on a leader in the water industry, American Water Works (NYSE: AWK).

   

  Strengths:

  • Predictable Business Model: American Water provides drinking water, wastewater, and other more »

• Water and the Negative Free Cash Flow Problem

  By Alvin Gonzales - December 4, 2012 | Tickers: AWK, WTR, SBS |

  The water utility industry is capital intensive. Regulatory agencies help companies cope with high costs by approving rate increases. In its 2011 annual report, American Water Works (NYSE: AWK), the largest investor-owned water and wastewater utility company in the US, states, “...based on certain legal and regulatory principles, utilities are entitled to recover, through rates charged to customers, prudent and reasonable operating costs as well as an opportunity to earn more »

• Water, Water, Everywhere- Ideas In Water Utilities & Beyond

  By Steve Van - November 15, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR, BMI, CWT, ITRI, KEX, LNN, MWA, XYL

  “Water, water, everywhere,
  Nor any drop to drink.”
  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
  by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Seeing the devastation from Hurricane Sandy brought to mind this famous verse, which in turn got me thinking about ways to invest in one of the essentials of human life-water. We drink it, bathe in it, grow & prepare food with it, and even use it for transportation and recreation. I am confident more »

• Sink or Swim With Water Utilities.

  By Michael Mistaleski - November 12, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR

  With this summers drought the importance of a clean abundant water supply is clearly not something that can be taken for granted. Water utilities should be an option for any balanced portfolio. Think about this, water is a commodity that can not be owned. It is held in the public trust. So water utilities take a product they do not own and sell it to consumers at a nice profit more »

• 1 Stock Which Could Benefit From Natural Gas Regulation

  By Tyler Crowe - August 27, 2012 | Tickers: WTR, HAL, SLB, VE

  The boom in US natural gas exploration has become a very hot political topic. To Frack or not to Frack has become a subject of debate ranging from the dining room table to the halls of Congress.  The idea of using hydraulic fracturing of underground shale deposits to extract natural gas has become a polarizing idea that has left some many uncertain of its future.  As investors, this uncertainty does more »

• The Blue Gold Rush

  By Ryan Guenette - August 21, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR, CWT, SJW

  Water is the single most essential thing for the human body. A person can survive only three to five days without water, yet some have been reported to survive 7 days. 75% of the human body is made up of water, so it is of no surprise that providing water is considered a necessity. Water is more important to humans than electricity, cable, and waste collection combined. Companies that provide more »

• You Should be (Real) Long on Water

  By Kevin Gill - August 10, 2012 | Tickers: AWK, WTR, SBS, CWCO, XYL

  People in America take many things for granted. One of the most prominent examples would be having clean water come out every time the tap is turned on. The average US citizen uses 150 gallons of water a day as compared to 20 gallons a day for even middle class folks in China, India and other emerging economies. Water is necessary for sanitation, cleaning and hydration. A lack of water more »

• Watered Down Stocks

  By Chad Henage - August 8, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR, YORW

  When I hear an investor suggest purchasing shares of a water company, I immediately hit the mental snooze button. Water companies are not usually fast-growing and their dividend yields are not significant enough to attract attention as an income investment. However, not wanting to miss an opportunity, I had to do some additional research when Sean Williams of The Motley Fool suggested a water company had a, “great dividend you can buy right now.” What I found unfortunately is, at least in my opinion, most water companies deserve their relatively un-followed status.

• 14 New S&P High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats for Yield Seekers

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - July 23, 2012 | Tickers: WTR, AVP, CAH, CVX, GD

  After announcing the changes to its methodology applicable to the dividend aristocrats index series, Standard and Poor’s is adding 14 new dividend payers to its S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats index, a subset of the S&P 1500 Dividend Aristocrats. The S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats index tracks the performance of the constituents of the S&P Composite 1500 that have raised dividends for at least 20 more »

• Are Irrigation Stocks Raining Profits?

  By BA McKenna - July 20, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR, LNN, VMI |

  Some like it hot. I'm not referring to the classic Marilyn Monroe comedy, but to the weather and companies, such as Valmont Industries (NYSE: VMI) and Lindsay Corp (NYSE: LNN), that produce and sell irrigation systems for the agricultural industry.

  They're not the only ones, as there are a few investment plays on the longer-term US warming trend:

  • Irrigation Systems Manufacturers
  • Water Utilities
  • Fertilizer Companies 

  Of the three more »

• Current & Long-term Trends Favor Water Stocks

  By BA McKenna - July 12, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, WTR, CTWS, YORW

  If you live on the East Coast or in the Midwest, you've likely just lived through a record-breaking heat wave. Now imagine a heat wave, but with no water. Tap is dry. No bottled water. No other fluids as they’re mostly made of water. Resourceful thought, but, no, nobody else has any water either, so looting is out! Your only hope would be for rain, so you could more »

• Digging for Pay Dirt in European Markets: Veolia Environnement

  By Daniel Ferry - July 11, 2012 | Tickers: AWK, WTR, RSG, VE, WM |

  For the past few years, Europe has been embroiled in a financial crisis that never seems to end, always teetering on the brink of collapse without quite falling over. The reluctance of politicians to move decisively to settle the issue in one way or another has introduced so much uncertainty that capital has fled Europe in droves.

  While this is certainly a reasonable response when faced with the potential collapse more »

• Using Water for Defense and Offense

  By Alvin Gonzales - June 29, 2012 | Tickers: AWK, WTR

  When it comes to investing, ignorance is not bliss. Currently, the European Union is facing a debt crisis and investors would be wise to take the necessary precautions to protect themselves from a potential collapse of the Euro. The European Union has the largest GDP in the world and a collapse would be globally catastrophic.

  For protection, investors only need to turn to the water coming out of their faucet more »

• 5 High Yield Water Utilities Beating Treasury Yields By 150%

  By Christopher French - February 15, 2012 | Tickers: AWR, AWK, WTR, MSEX, SJW

  In my opinion, the water utility industry is overlooked by many investors. Water utilities is a narrow industry highlighted by competent companies able to juggle their steady cash flows with their need to invest resources in their aging infrastructures. All of them pay dividend yields of at least 150% of the U.S. Treasury yield. But as in all industries, some water companies are better than others. While most American more »

• To DRIP or Not to DRIP.

  By Kevin Dunn - January 23, 2012 | Tickers: WTR, BRK-B, BRK-A, KO

  About this time last year I was looking into Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) and Direct Stock Purchase Plans (DSPPs). (I'll refer to both as "DRIPs" from here on.) I was intrigued with the thought of compounding my returns by having my dividends automatically reinvested, so in January I decided to jump in and get my feet wet (so to speak).

  I decided to investigate a few DRIPs through companies more »

• 6 Best Water Stocks for 2012

  By Robert Fisher - January 23, 2012 | Tickers: AWK, WTR, DHR, PLL, PHO, TTEK

  Water is the most important natural resource on the planet; without it, life as we know it ceases to exist. Water should also be an asset in most investors’ portfolios, if for no other reason than manufacturers offer a limited source with unlimited demand. These companies tend to be stable, profitable ventures; this is a perfect combination to add to anyone’s holdings. Six of the best water stocks to more »

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