Alerts
03/21/18: Don’t Dump Dominion Energy
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Mar. 21, 2018
Dominion Energy's share price has come under pressure amid concerns about its ability to meet leverage targets by dropping down assets to Dominion Energy Midstream Partners LP.
03/21/18: New Addition to Conservative Income Portfolio
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Mar. 20, 2018
The recent pullback finally sent this telecom titan's stock price below our buy target.
03/16/18: Master Limited Partnerships and the Wrath of FERC
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Mar. 16, 2018
The Alerian MLP Index has shed 16 percent of its value since Jan. 29, more than wiping out the gains over the prior month and a half. This selling has pulled this basket of 40 prominent master limited partnerships (MLP) to its lowest point in more than two years.
Yesterday’s sharp selloff stemmed from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) ruling that MLPs can no longer recover an income tax allowance on regulated interstate pipelines that operate under cost-of-service agreements.
02/06/18: Stay Disciplined
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Feb. 6, 2018
From peak to trough, the Dow Jones Utility Average has give up more than 16 percent of its value during the recent selloff. Many of our Portfolio holdings trade below our buy targets, but none of our picks have dipped below the dream prices highlighted in the February issue of Conrad’s Utility Investor.
01/09/18: New Addition to Aggressive Income Portfolio
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jan. 9, 2018
We added a stock to the Aggressive Income Portfolio in the January issue of Conrad's Utility Investor.
01/03/18: A Buying Opportunity
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jan. 3, 2018
This high-quality utility stock is on sale after announcing an opportunistic acquisition.
12/28/17: Endangered Dividends List — Fertile Ground for Tax-Loss Selling
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Dec. 28, 2017
One thing we can say with certainty: Investors’ tax losses will be worth less in 2018 than in 2017, especially for those in the highest tax brackets.
11/06/17: Moving Day
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Nov. 6, 2017
This midstream operator's third-quarter results surprised to the upside, but bigger-picture trends in the MLP space have prompted us to relocate this name to the Aggressive Income Portfolio.
10/13/17: Selloff Creates Opportunity
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Oct. 13, 2017
The price is right after the recent selloff in big telecoms.
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Endangered Dividends List
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