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If Aqua America (NYSE:WTR) isn’t the ultimate water play in the U.S. and isn’t the ultimate sort of ‘defensive stock for a crummy market," then it is hard to imagine what is.  The problem is...
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer reviewed another one of his "European Stock Picks" series with tonight’s pick coming from Switzerland: ABB Ltd. (NYSE:ABB) as the best pure-play in...
Stock Tickers: USU, CCJ, EMU, URZ, USEG, TXU, URRE, URME The recent performance of Uranium stocks has just been too powerful to overlook, even if the mere mention of it is probably a jinx.  Spot...
Cramer on tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC said he got stumped on a question about water holdings when he was at UT in Texas.  He has a stock now called Pico Holdings (PICO-NASDAQ) that could be a...
Stock Tickers: TXU, DUK, FPL, ETR, FE, AEP, EIX, AES, PPL, CEG, PGN, XEL, DTE, NRG. We ran a list of other power generation competitors to TXU (TXU) and this new list has been expanded to show more...
Stock Tickers: TXU, DUK, FPL, ETR, FE, AEP, EIX, AES, PPL, CEG, PGN, XEL, DTE, NRG. On the Friday of February 23 that CNBC’s David Faber broke the TXU (TXU-NYSE) merger in the largest private...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Large Cap Watch List member PG&E CORP (PCG) filed a Form: 8-K detailing changes to its credit facilities: The Restated Utility Credit Agreement...
Cramer on today’s WALL STREET CONFIDENTIAL video on TheStreet.com has said that this TXU (TXU) buyout is going to run-up the other power companies.  It was $5.00 4-years ago and it would have been...
CNBC’s merger star watch dog and scoop artist David Faber just announced that TXU Corp. (TXU) will be acquired by KKR over the weekend.  TXU is the Texas power plant that controls much of the...
By Chad Brand of Peridot Capitalist The hardest thing for value investors oftentimes is to stand by one’s convictions, even when Wall Street doesn’t seem to take notice of what you see. Shares of...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Most advisors recommend some exposure to utilities for the dividend and earnings stability they tend to offer in a portfolio. However, the earnings report...
Consolidated Edison (ED) or Southern Co. (SO) are examples of these.  The 4.7% income on the treasury looks good, but you pay more tax on treasury income that is only abopuit 3.1% net after taxes. ...
We have been monitoring uranium production and acquisitions since our piece last month pointing to higher expected uranium prices for 2007 and beyond.  After today’s close there was another...
This weekend there were reports that Merrill Lynch had boosted their Uranium forecasts by some 78% for 2008.  While this isn’t a normal equity upgrade at all, it serves to offer a better potential...