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XEL: Bull or Bear?
Utility Trio: Income Experts' Power Plays
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Filed under: Newsletters, Commodities, Oil, Stocks to Buy, Southern Company (SO)  "Rising demand for electricity has been among the surest trends on which you could bet for the past 100 years;" says utility sector and income expert Roger Conrad.
The contributing editor to Personal Finance explains, "That's money in the bank for the companies that produce and distribute power, including these three Income Portfolio power plays: Dominion Resources (D), Southern Company (SO), and Xcel Energy (XEL). <>"After a dip in 2008-09, Americans' power use is climbing again, as more and more electricity-using ...
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Serious Money: Powerful Dividends Powering the Nation
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Filed under: Indices, Money and Finance Today, Consolidated Edison (ED), Duke Energy (DUK), Serious Money, S and P 500, DJIA, Stocks to Buy, Southern Company (SO), NASDAQ, Xcel Energy (XEL), Northeast Utilities (NU)  We can make this short and sweet: buying utilities pays off in many ways that other investments do not. Utilities pay regular dividend distributions that are higher than most stocks, bonds, Treasuries, and certificates of deposit. In these volatile times, utility stocks add stability to your portfolio and moderate the wild swings. And, here is the kicker that everyone but day tra...
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Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth
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(closed on 05/27/10)
<>Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Wal-Mart (WMT), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Altria Group (MO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), AutoZone Inc (AZO), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), General Mills (GIS), Verizon Communications (VZ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Merck and Co (MRK), Lockheed Martin (LMT)...
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Serious Money: 5 more stocks better than CDs -- NUE, PDS, SO, WFC, XEL
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(closed on 02/01/10)
Filed under: Nucor Corp (NUE), Wells Fargo (WFC), Serious Money, Stocks to Buy, Southern Company (SO), Precision Drilling TR (PDS), Xcel Energy (XEL)  This is a continuation of Serious Money: Choose these 5 stocks over CDs -- DEO, GE, HNP, JPM, MRK, which listed the first five stock ideas. Below are the other picks rounding out the ten.
<>Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) - This is one of the world leaders in the idea of mini-mills. This smallish steel producer prides itself on running a tight ship, pays a dividend and has a P/E under 9. The steel industry has been volatile in recent years with many...
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Serious Money: 'Stable stocks' update - CB, DIS, JNJ, TEVA & XEL
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(closed on 08/25/08)
Filed under: Rants and raves, Market matters, Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Chubb Corp (CB), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Serious Money, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2008, Xcel Energy (XEL)  Well, the market was in the dumps yesterday and is even worse today. So this may be a good time to check on my list of stocks for those looking for equities that are stable enough to ride out this bearish storm.
<>This update is a spot-check of my earlier post Serious Money: Five stable stocks for troubled times, to see how my picks are holding up so far. Closing prices are for August 12, ...
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Serious Money: Spot-checking "stable stocks"
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(closed on 08/13/08)
Filed under: Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Chubb Corp (CB), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Serious Money, S and P 500, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2008, Xcel Energy (XEL)  The market is looking sad again today, so I thought I would spot-check Serious Money: Five stable stocks for troubled times, to see if my picks were holding up...so far so good, sort of...
The standard for comparison will be the Standard & Poors 500 Index, which closed on June 30, 2008 at 1,280.00. The following are the five stocks with closing prices from July 1.
<>1) Johnson and Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) closed at...
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Serious Money: Tracking five stable stocks
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(closed on 07/11/08)
Filed under: Getting started, Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Chubb Corp (CB), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Comfort Zone Investing, Serious Money, Stock screen, S and P 500, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2008, Xcel Energy (XEL) <>After seeing the interest in yesterday's Serious Money: Five stable stocks for troubled times, I decided to track the stocks on a quarterly basis to see how they hold up over time (otherwise, what would be the purpose of discussing them in the first place?).
I said that all five have shrewd, conservative management teams and have been in the right place,...
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