Provident Energy Trust (TSX: PVE-U, NYSE: PVX) will convert with the New Year. A modest distribution cut leaves a 7.5 percent yield based on Wednesday’s close.
The name’s a little different, but the dividend remains the same.
Net neutrality legislation is as dead as carbon regulation, at least until after November elections
Chronically underappreciated on Wall Street, Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) continues to evolve along with communications technology–and to build asset value.
A longtime member of the Growth Portfolio, steady MDU Resources (NYSE: MDU) made it through the Great Recession on asset balance and conservative financial policies.
Only one Canadian income trust in the Utility Forecaster coverage universe has yet to announce its post-Jan. 1, 2011, dividend plan.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist, now running for US Senate, has tacked yet again in his quest to use the state public service commission to his personal political advantage.
Record-low interest rates will boost essential-service earnings in the short and long term by reducing interest expenses and enabling much-needed capital investment.
An aging fleet of coal-fired plants and an emerging supply-demand gap means a wave of construction spending for new sources of power.
It’s never been as economic as it is now for essential-service companies to raise money for long-term investment. That means rising earings and dividends and, eventually, higher stock prices.
