Utility Roundup

Exelon Corp (NYSE: EXC) continues to reward shareholders, topping the Dow Jones Utilities Average (DJUA). We also look at four other DJUA stocks from our Model Portfolios.

Here's my take on what the CUI Portfolio and Utility Report Card MLPs had to say at the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships' MLP Investor Conference last week.

Our Conrad's Utility Investor recommendations are beating the market to date, with our Aggressive Income Portfolio recommendations up an average of 21.6 percent, Conservative Income Portfolio holdings ahead 11.9 percent and Top 10 DRIPs Portfolio up 13.9 percent.

Ten more companies have reported first-quarter earnings. Here's the rundown.

Five more Portfolio holdings have reported earnings. Here's my take.

Few companies attract as much attention when they report quarterly earnings as Telecom’s Big Two: AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) and arch rival Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ). And the past week has been no exception.

Uncle Sam is kicking the can down the road again on the Keystone XL Pipeline. In a non-decision that should have surprised no one, the US State Department delayed a final ruling on the $5.4 billion project.

Energen Corp (NYSE: EGN) will sell its Alabama gas distribution utility to Laclede Gas (NYSE: LG), for $1.28 billion in cash plus $320 million in assumed debt. The company will deploy the estimated $1.1 billion in after tax proceeds to further develop its high potential properties in the Permian Basin.

Every portfolio has winners and losers. The key is knowing when to let the best performers run, and cut the worst loose.

The resulting 99.1 percent boost in fourth quarter revenue wasn’t enough to answer several nagging questions about SolarCity’s long-run sustainability as an enterprise.