AmeriGas Partners LP (NYSE: APU) is well positioned to raise quarterly distributions 5 percent a year on a consistent basis. Read More

Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE) felt the sting of falling NGLs prices in the second quarter, but it's long-term growth plan remains intact. Read More

Telefónica SA (Spain: TEF, NYSE: TEF) won't pay a dividend for 2012. But it won't have to sell assets, and it's pledged to restore its payout in the second half of 2013. Read More

Federal regulators have approved Verizon Communications Inc’s (NYSE: VZ) $3.6 billion purchase of unused wireless spectrum. Read More

There was no excitement from Portfolio Holdings this earnings season, and that's a good thing. Read More

Fixed income is generally unexciting. But it helps you and your portfolio to understand the basics. Read More

A return to the "risk-on" trade has pulled dividend-paying utility stocks into a late-summer swoon. Read More

Investors who depend on dividends for retirement income are anxious about the election’s impact on dividend stocks. However, fears that dividend-paying stocks could suffer a massive selloff are overblown. Read More

Although an appeals court ruling granted coal companies a slight reprieve this week, the power industry’s inexorable shift toward cheap natural gas is likely to continue at least until the end of the decade, as the US lacks the necessary infrastructure to export its abundance of natural gas overseas. Read More