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Roger S. Conrad
Roger S. Conrad needs no introduction to individual and professional investors, many of whom have profited from his decades of experience uncovering the best dividend-paying stocks for accumulating sustainable wealth.
Roger built his reputation with Utility Forecaster, a publication he founded more than 20 years ago that The Hulbert Financial Digest routinely ranked as one of the best investment newsletters. He’s also a sought-after expert on master limited partnerships (MLP) and former Canadian royalty trusts.
In April 2013, Roger reunited with his long-time friend and colleague, Elliott Gue, becoming co-editor of Energy & Income Advisor, a semimonthly online newsletter that’s dedicated to uncovering the most profitable opportunities in the energy sector.
Although the masthead may have changed, readers can count on Roger to deliver the same high-quality analysis and rational assessment of the best dividend-paying utilities, MLPs and dividend-paying Canadian energy names.
Articles
Beating the Averages and Positioned for Big Gains
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Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 5, 2021
America’s electric utilities are on track for a 10th consecutive year of record capital spending in 2021, according to numbers compiled by the Edison Electric Institute.
That’s closely followed by the $70 billion plus the country’s five largest communications companies plan to spend this year, rolling out 5G wireless and expanding fiber broadband connections. And while pipeline construction remains highly contentious in many places, spending on gas and water systems also remains at elevated levels.
Southwest Gas: More than the Sum of its Parts
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Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 3, 2021
The history of utilities is packed with examples of management getting badly burned by investing outside regulated operations. That tends to keep stocks of companies that do at big discounts to their peers, as Southwest Gas Holdings (NYSE: SWX) is at 15.7 times expected next 12 months earnings.
Sempra Energy Restructured and Ready to Grow
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Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 3, 2021
Conservative Holding Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) this week raised the mid-point of its 2021 earnings guidance range to $8.05 per share, a significant leap from the previous $7.80. That’s just one of the highlights from its June 29 Strategic Update and Financial Outlook.
Leveraging Lessons from the First Half
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Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 3, 2021
The Aggressive Holdings returned an average of 7.95 percent in the first half of the 2021. Conservative Holdings came in at 5.28 percent, while Top 10 DRIPs did the best at 12.34 percent. The average return for all 41 stocks across the portfolios was 8.1 percent.
Picks and Pans for Second Half 2021
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Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 3, 2021
A defensive reputation at a time when most investors are reaching for growth rather than income, concern about interest rates and inflation, heavy indexing to “green” stock indexes that faltered this spring and an unexpectedly severe winter storm that triggered a natural gas price spike.
An Unconventional Cut
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Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 3, 2021
DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) has declared a dividend of 82.5 cents for payment in October. That’s -24 percent lower than what it’s paying this month. But it’s hardly a payout cut in the conventional sense.
Bidding War! Midstream M&A’s Train Picks Up Steam
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Roger S. Conrad on
Jun. 4, 2021
Too many small owners lacking critical scale, and unprecedented roadblocks to new energy pipeline infrastructure was at the core of the wave of US oil and gas midstream dividend cuts and bankruptcies of the past few years. But now those same forces are spawning something considerably more positive for investors.
High Quality Renewable Energy on Sale
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Roger S. Conrad on
Jun. 1, 2021
Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports 5.8 gigawatts of operating US solar generation is now co-located with energy storage as of May 2021. And there’s another 28 GW combined with 39 GW hours of battery storage in some stage of permitting and securing financing for start up in the next couple years. Including storage capacity at facilities is the biggest step yet tackling what’s still solar energy’s biggest hurdle to growth, intermittency. And as battery technology develops, the industry will near its ultimate goal of making solar plus storage actually dispatchable to grid operators.
America Movil: Recession-Resistant Franchise Ready to Ride the Recovery
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Roger S. Conrad on
May. 31, 2021
Economic turmoil, political disruption, tough competition, an historic pandemic still wreaking havoc in its core Latin American markets and an environment where investors are largely shunning emerging market risk: Despite all that, America Movil reports a 1.2 percent increase in Q1 revenue, 5.2 percent higher EBITDA and positive stock returns since the beginning of tumultuous 2020.
Algonquin Power & Utilities: Rapid Renewable Energy Growth on the Bargain Counter
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Roger S. Conrad on
May. 31, 2021
I first became acquainted with Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE: AQN) back in the early ‘00s. Then it was a small power plant developer growing rapidly by taking advantage of the Canadian income trust investment boom.
MODEL PORTFOLIOS & RATINGS
Aggressive Income Portfolio
Roger's favorite utilities for investors seeking superior price appreciation by taking calculated risks.
Conservative Income Portfolio
Harness the tried and true wealth-building power of rising dividends.
Top 10 DRIPs
Nothing compounds wealth like reinvesting a rising stream of dividends.
Endangered Dividends List
Warning: Falling Dividends.
Utility Report Card
Roger's current take and vital statistics on more than 200 essential-services stocks.
Conrad's Utility Investor
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