Why pay fund managers hefty fees when you can lock in big, growing yields with a little help from Utility Forecaster? That’s the question I’ve posed to UF readers since the first issue in 1989. Read More

Even the best-positioned company can be run into the ground by management incompetence. In contrast, a sound corporate strategy doesn’t guarantee success, but it’s about as close as you’ll come. Read More

In the “carbon constrained world” of the future, nuclear power “becomes your first choice for baseload” power: That’s the opinion of Duke Energy Chief Executive Officer Jim Rogers. Read More

Credit concerns still grip the markets. But dividend risk in the utility sector is in rapid decline. Read More

You won’t read about it in the papers, but Central and Eastern Europe are growing as fast as China. And few companies are better balanced to ride the wave than Italy’s leading power utility, ENEL. Read More

Keeping it simple is the surest way to win in investing, provided you have the patience to collect. Read More

Good businesses are what I like to buy. That means stocks, bonds, preferred shares and other securities backed by healthy, growing companies, which are becoming more valuable over time. Read More

You can throw out your economic models, quantitative analysis and research reports. It really just boils down to economics 101: The Federal Reserve is prepared to do whatever it takes to head off a credit collapse and potential recession. Read More

I was born in one river city famous for music, Memphis, Tenn. This week, I had the opportunity to visit a far older place renowned for a somewhat different brand of sound—Vienna, Austria. Read More

I know a few people who know when to double down in Blackjack. A lot more, however, lose their shirts in an emotional attempt to make back losses. Read More