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• This ETF Is a Case Study in “De-worsification”

  By Brian Shaw - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: AMRC, FSLR, ITC, PBW, STP

  Recently, I made the argument that PowerShares’ Water Resources ETF is poised to beat the market thanks to inevitable trends in demand for fresh water. However, the benefits of owning a diversified basket of stocks that can take advantage of global trends will only lead to market outperformance if you take time to develop an understanding of the ETF's components, the weighting of specific companies (or particular niches within more »

• Profit From Red Tape and Government Mandated Growth

  By Joshua Bondy - January 29, 2013 | Tickers: AEP, FE, ITC

  It is obvious that America needs to update her energy infrastructure and the government is willing to offer high ROE in order to spur new investment. Still, the approval of new interstate transmission lines can be a very costly and drawn out process. These political barriers benefit current insiders as they raise the barriers to entry. The strongest players in the transmission market are set to grow and profit along more »

• These Heavily Indebted Utilities Offer Risk and Growth

  By Joshua Bondy - November 2, 2012 | Tickers: CMS, ITC, AES, UNS

  The debt to equity ratio is an important metric that every investor needs to watch. Debt allows for the financing of growth, but at the same time it can place a serious drag on earnings. These utilities all have debt to equity ratios over 1.6, but different regulatory environments will make or break these stocks. ITC Holdings (NYSE: ITC) is a special opportunity in the power transmission market which more »

• Analyst Upgrades Lift These Stocks

  By Edgar Ambart - February 27, 2012 | Tickers: CUZ, ITC, SJW

  Profit gains after analysts' upgrades are particularly shown in small-cap stocks, since they are largely impacted when there are less outstanding shares available.  Let us dissect a few names in the small-cap names that have seen improved fundamentals and caught the attention of Stifel Nicolaus, Wunderlich and Brean Murray.  

  Cousins Properties  (NYSE: CUZ) is a $775 million real estate investment trust company that pays a hefty dividend yield of 2 more »

• Stock Upgrades And Downgrades From 2011/12/15

  By DividendYields - December 16, 2011 | Tickers: BPAX, BWA, CTAS, CCNE, FSLR, ITC, KIOR, LRCX, LEAP, LUFK, LAVA, NYCB, NVLS, SWKS, TMUS, TE, VPHM

  Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could hit the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions. Here is a current list of recent company upgrades and downgrades more »