JHMU News and Press, John Hancock Multifactor Utilities From 01/25/20

Power generation facilities (NYSEARCA: XLU ) will be increasingly at risk of weather-related disruptions related to climate change in the coming decades, according to a recent analysis from Moody's. More news on: Ameren Corporation, Xcel Energy Inc., The AES Corporation, Energy stocks n...

U.S. coal-fired power plants (NYSEARCA: KOL ) last year shut down at the second fastest pace on record , despite Pres. Trump's efforts to prop up the industry, Reuters reports. More news on: VanEck Vectors Coal ETF, Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Energy stoc...

Morgan Stanley forecasts 70K-190K MW of coal-fired generation is " economically at risk " from the deployment of a "second wave of renewables" in the U.S. More news on: American Electric Power Company, Inc., Dominion Energy, Inc., The Southern Company, Energy stocks news, News on ETFs, ...

U.S. uranium producers Energy Fuels ( UUUU +12.4% ) and Ur-Energy ( URG +11.9% ) are surging following a Bloomberg report that a White House task force is recommending Pres. Trump direct the U.S. government buy more uranium from domestic producers . More news on: Energy Fuels Inc., Ur...

More than just a beaten-down corner of the market, the utilities sector (NYSEARCA: XLU ) offers "the best risk-adjusted return opportunities of any sector over the long term," says T. Rowe Price head of investment strategy David Giroux. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Ame...

Entergy Texas ( ETR +0.5% ) is the highest scoring utility in J.D. Power's annual customer satisfaction rankings in the electric utility industry, which finds a widening gap between the highest and lowest individual names. More news on: Entergy Corporation, The Southern Compa...

Fitch Ratings outlines a stable outlook for the U.S. power and gas utility sector in 2020, citing a constructive regulatory environment and low natural gas prices which are likely to hover ~$2.75/MMBtu. More news on: Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Vanguard ...

By Jeff Weniger, CFA The stock market is having a moment of truth. Frequent readers of our blog may note that figure 1 looks like the chart I presented in my August post, which discussed U.S. large-cap growth stocks' 13-year bout of outperformance . Many growth stocks populate so-called...

Pres. Trump has granted a 30-day extension to the deadline for the U.S. Nuclear Fuel Working Group to make recommendations on how to support domestic nuclear fuel production, the U.S. Department of Commerce says. More news on: Energy Fuels Inc., Ur-Energy Inc., Cameco Corporation, Commod...

By Jean-Hugues de Lamaze, Senior Portfolio Manager at the Ecofin Platform of Tortoise in the UK, in London Today, we would like to talk about utilities worldwide. A key day to speak about utilities actually as we just heard this morning additional negative news about California’s PG...