The price of natural gas is on a steep, steady decline. Here's how to play it. Read More

The electoral calendar could play havoc with US markets this year, but investors already invested--and those poised to establish positions--in high-quality essential-service stocks will profit in the long run. Read More

Portfolio Rules helped us to a double-digit overall return for 2011. The same discipline seems destined to support similar results in 2012. Read More

Politics will play a seemingly outsized role in this presidential election year. Read More

Alaska Communications (NSDQ: ALSK) has reduced its dividend by about 77 percent. Read More

Its attempt to rescue Deutsche Telekom AG's (Germany: DTE, OTC: DTEGY) languishing T-Mobile USA business was not successful, but this company will remain one of two key players in what is perhaps America's most dynamic industry. Read More

Buckeye Partners LP (NYSE: BPL) boosted its distribution 5.1 percent in 2011, but the unit price declined about 4 percent over the same 12 months. Better distribution coverage and decent growth potential suggest this inefficiency will be reconciled in 2012. Read More

“Momentum” and “dividends” are two words seldom seen together in the same rational sentence. Read More

Growth and income, reliable and long-term: That’s what MLPs offer investors. Read More