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  • Small-Cap Utilities: Rockets or Bombs?

    By Chris Hodge - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AVA, MGEE, PNM

    What's more likely to happen: a $50 billion behemoth growing by 50% or a $2 billion upstart doubling or tripling? Theoretically, any company can expand with almost no limit. But in practice, investors are more likely to buy a $20 stock that was $10 last year than a $500 stock that used to be $400. If you remember the Panic of 2008 and particularly the Dot-Com bubble bursting in more »

  • Utility Companies to Watch, Or Watch Out For

    By Chris Hodge - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: AVA, CNP, EXC

    Utility stocks come from companies where there's a lot of room to upgrade and two solid moats. For one thing, people in the modern world love their utilities. For another, most of these companies are protected by being among the few legal monopolies going. But are the following companies reasonable deals with security and value, or are they value traps? Let's take a look.

    Exelon (NYSE: EXC) is more »

  • Safe High Yielding Stocks To Hold Forever

    By Karen Rogers - September 9, 2012 | Tickers: AVA, ED, WGL

    These are the stocks your father wanted you to buy.  They’re not glamorous techs or flashy metals and the mere mention of their names starts a yawn festival.  But while Silicon Valley’s dot.coms were flashing then crashing followed by the housing market’s nosedive, these old-fashioned utilities kept right on paying boring dividends and making their investors richer. 

    WGL Holdings (NYSE: WGL) has been paying dividends for more »

  • Income Investors: An Overview Of 4 Key Utilities

    By Christopher French - February 21, 2012 | Tickers: AVA, PCG, SO, VVC

    Utility companies can present excellent opportunities for income investors. But that does not mean that they make poor choices for other investors. Some utilities are investing wisely in unregulated businesses, while others are undertaking measures to position themselves for growth. The four companies below are all facing similar headwinds such as stiff competition, climate change, and government regulation. However, they are also benefiting from positive drivers such as new construction more »