Distributable cash flow--not earnings per share--is the best measure of high-yielders’ ability to maintain their payouts. Government oversight should be so easy to gauge. Read More

Recent volatility in shares of Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) has more to do with technical factors than the fundamental strength of the underlying business. Read More

Frontier Communications' (NYSE: FTR) purchase of rural phone lines from Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) was met with skepticism and a 20 percent decline for its stock. But experienced management is poised to make the deal work for shareholders. Read More

A lot of bad news is priced into the stock of Exelon Corp (NYSE: EXC)--too much, in fact. Now's the time to pick up this high-quality power producer at a steep discount. Read More

BP's (NYSE: BP) spill in the Gulf of Mexico will constrain the Super Oil's ability to pay a dividend at least until 2011. Risk-takers may have something here, but income seekers are better off elsewhere. Read More

A mid-June vote by the FCC sets the regulatory agency on a potential collision course with Internet heavyweights AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Congress and the federal courts. Read More

Plenty of market pundits have declared the death of "buy and hold." Recent experience reminds us that sticking with solid companies for the long haul is the best way to build and maintain wealth. Read More

Fear-driven selling has left this collection of high-quality companies yielding 7, 8 and 9 percent. Here's the secret to chasing yield. Read More

Rising power demand around the world means power utilities are ripe for the picking. Bargains can also be found in communications, water and energy infrastructure. Read More

Southern Company (NYSE: SO) will use federal loan guarantees to finance two nuclear reactors on its site in Waynesboro, Georgia. Read More