Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is getting closer and closer to taking the "quantitative easing" training wheels off the US economy. Read More

The response to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's recent commentary about the future of the central bank's bond-buying program has been overwhelmingly emotional. Read More

Some utilities held their value remarkably well during the recent selloff, but perhaps not for the usual reasons some might assume. Read More

Interest rates have spiked, but from historically low levels. And there's still no real sign of actual inflation. Nevertheless, investors are selling off dividend-paying stocks as if underlying fundamentals had eroded completely. Read More

This month's Income Spotlight is on track to boost its distribution by at least 4 percent per year through fiscal 2016. Read More

This month's Growth Spotlight has an enviable record of dividend increases and corresponding share-price gains. Read More

There were no new dividend cuts announced by How They Rate companies last month, and three members of the coverage universe got closer to moving off the Dividend Watch List. Read More

The US Supreme Court has ruled on a case involving an international tax dispute, and the decision is good for several utilities under How They Rate coverage. And the US Dept of Energy may finally be easing the way toward large-scale exports of liquefied natural gas. Read More

Atlantic Power Corp (TSX: ATP, NYSE: AT) has done enough to justify keeping it in the Growth Portfolio. And first-quarter results for the rest of our Holdings were solid, including several dividend increases and upward guidance revisions. Read More

Relying on Safety Rating criteria and value-based buy-under targets removes concern about short- and medium-term market moves and makes investors of us and not speculators. Read More