Natural gas prices continue to slide, dipping to a low not seen since the 1990s. Here’s an update from a UF Portfolio perspective. Read More

Last year I forecasted “another wave” of essential-service company mergers, driven by low capital costs and a need to gain scale. Both are still catalysts for utility deals, but a major obstacle to M&A has since emerged: Obama administration regulators increasingly mindful of approaching November elections and anxious for low-risk… Read More

Last year I forecasted “another wave” of essential-service company mergers, driven by low capital costs and a need to gain scale. Both are still catalysts for utility deals, but a major obstacle to M&A has since emerged: Obama administration regulators increasingly mindful of approaching November elections and anxious for low-risk… Read More

Comparisons to the Great Depression earn eager eyeballs and generate counterproductive emotions. Those of recent vintage, usually founded in faulty premises, are designed specifically to effect the latter. Read More

Turmoil in Europe, uneven US economic growth and unprecedented market volatility led many investors to reject stocks this year. Bad move. Stocks outperformed other asset classes in 2011 and will continue to do so in 2012. Yields on traditional savings vehicles are virtually nonexistent. Capturing respectable bond returns requires investors… Read More

If AT&T (NYSE: T) is the Rome of the "Telecom Moneyball" game, Income Spotlight Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is the Sparta. Read More

California's requirement that regulated utilities double their renewable energy use by 2020 is good news for Growth Spotlight Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE). Read More

A couple of Europe-based companies are adjusting their dividend plans. Read More

Companies with the wherewithal to invest in their networks will succeed. Those that don't won't. Read More