DRUA News and Press, Dominion Energy Inc. 2016 Series A 5.25% Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes due 2076 From 07/31/20

The following slide deck was published by Dominion Energy, Inc. in conjunction with their 2020 Q2 earnings Read more ...

ETF Overview Vanguard Utilities ETF ( VPU ) owns a portfolio of U.S. utility stocks. The fund seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI US Investable Market Utilities 25/50 Index. Despite near-term headwind caused by COVID-19, most stocks in VPU’s portfolio will continue to in...

An uptick in U.S. jobless claims this week is a reminder there's still a real risk of permanent job loss that could spike credit defaults and weigh down economic activity. The expiration of the $600 weekly unemployment bonus and the potential for large employers to use COVID-19 uncertain...

On Monday morning I sold my Dominion Energy ( D ) stake at $80.60, locking in 26% profits (including dividends, my total returns on that investment were nearly 42%). I wrote about that trade in great detail here , in case you missed it. Those returns are great; however, anytime I sell a divid...

We are truly living in unprecedented times. Millions have been exclusively working from home around for many months (myself included - since end of February, actually), tens of millions are unemployed, cyclical stocks are at decade lows, whereas the tech mega-caps, tech in general and the whol...

I've been looking at what is happening to natural gas/LPG and seeing the beginnings of acknowledgement that gas is not much different to coal in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Given the climate emergency and with coal under threat, the focus is coming on to gas, especially as it is facing ...

This time, we will present our readers with the John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund ( HTD ), which was incorporated in February 2004. It is a closed-ended fund that is primarily focused on preferred and common stocks of companies in the utility industry. It pays a regular monthly ...

Despite Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B) already having some solid exposure in energy infrastructure (Kern River, Northern Natural Gas), many generalist investors have often cited "Buffett-isms" as reasons for not investing in midstream. I've heard it all before, whether it be critiques of k...

Despite the coronavirus pandemic disrupting much of the global economy for over two months now, Brookfield Renewable Partners ( BEP ) is still a retiree's dream stock due to its: Recession, pandemic, and disruption-resistant business model Global diversification Strong BBB+ balance s...

Summary June saw me continuing to invest sizeable amounts of savings and cash - around $10,300 in total, slowly cutting away at my still-sizeable cash position. My target remains to have spent the majority of my savings during 2020 and to be above 98% stocks, if not 99.3%, by December...