The financial crisis created a lucrative niche for Ares Capital, a lender yielding 8.5%. Read More

Down Is the New Up It’s a strange feeling to watch normally steady utilities swing wildly while non-utility stocks head mostly higher. A graph of their performance since the middle of February shows the S&P 500 as mostly an upward ski slope, whereas the Dow Jones Utility Average has more… Read More

Honeywell will clean up from ramped-up spending on defense, energy and infrastructure. Read More

It controls essential electronics, hasn’t been bid sky-high, and is a small cap in a year when small is big.  Read More

The best investments may be those that the president’s spending plan ignores. Read More

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Interest rate-hedged bond ETFs are hot, but their skimpy history calls for playing it safe. Read More

This white knight of high finance is ready to capitalize on the world’s largest corporate deals.  Read More

California’s environmental regulations give this utility an earnings runway. Read More