The Obama budget would not only extend preferential tax rates for dividends and capital gains. It would basically make them permanent, firmly establishing the principle that savings and investment be rewarded, not just for buying and selling stocks, but for holding on and collection income. Read More

The economy is still crawling back from the near-meltdown of late 2008. But there’s a long way to go, and there are plenty of challenges ahead that may prolong a full recovery. Read More

With the Philadelphia Utility Index still nearly 30 percent off its December 2007 high, utility stocks aren’t expensive. However, the yield differential between the strong and weak has narrowed sharply. Read More

The highest yield isn’t always the best buy. In fact, reaching for a bigger dividend is an easy way to get burned. Read More

The biggest mistake investors made in 2009 was being out of the market and missing the historic rally. The biggest many will make this year is overpaying for yield. Read More

Seven years ago the power industry was on a precipice. Pushed by a credit squeeze, regulatory uncertainty and weak market conditions, two dozen companies were one false step from bankruptcy or had already fallen in. Read More

Last year British regulators took an axe to water utilities’ customer rates and capital spending plans.Last month Severn Trent (OTC: SVTRF) responded, announcing a package of cost cuts and a reduction in its distribution. Read More

The secrets to Enterprise Products Partners LP's (NYSE: EPD) success are a well-managed balance sheet and a core business that’s never failed to produce a rising stream of fee-based income. Read More

Over the next five years new Growth Portfolio Core Holding Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) will spend $12 billion adding to its collection of low-risk power and gas distribution, pipeline and energy storage assets. Read More