MLPs

With MLPs increasing their dividends on a quarterly basis of late, America’s push for energy independence has been good news for income investors.

I have an offer to make you. You have a chance to partner with one of the greatest businessmen to ever live. This may sound like a phony offer,… Read more

Give former President Ronald Reagan credit for the American energy boom we’re currently living through.

In 1986, President Reagan took a decisive step toward advancing America’s energy independence. 27 years… Read more

Investing and speculating are two very disparate things. The difference between them could be crucial to your portfolio.

If it weren’t for the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve governors and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, there would be no fiscal cliff. Of that I'm convinced.  

The secret is out on blue-chip dividend companies — driving yields down among some of the big boys. Here are three under-the-radar dividend payers whose yields are on the… Read more

High yields are hard to come by these days, so it's best for income investors not to reach for it.

At this point, BP has lost around $100 billion in market capitalization. Yet even the wildest estimates for the cost of the Gulf of Mexico spill are far below… Read more