High-quality businesses that pay high dividends can be found all over the world, including the Land Down Under. Read More

Strength of the underlying business is the key to recovery from short-term, emotion-driven selloffs. Remember, our picks have come back quite nicely from the damage of 2008. Read More

AmeriGas Partners LP (NYSE: APU) recently boosted its payout, pushing its yield to 7 percent. The MLP, returning to the Income Portfolio, has also become a more valuable business. Read More

A combination of factors has held Exelon Corp's (NYSE: EXC) share price down in recent months. It's poised to bounce with authority, on the strength of solid second-quarter earnings. Read More

Two How They Rate companies eliminated their dividends last month. Read More

Fears of higher borrowing costs for everyone did not come to fruition in the wake of S&P's downgrade of US government debt. Read More

The businesses backing Utility Forecaster Portfolio Holdings continue to put numbers that indicate their dividends will endure whether we re-enter recession or not. Read More

Owning a basket of solid, well-funded water utilities is a great way to add safety and reliability to your portfolio of dividend-paying essential-service companies. Read More