While Wall Street celebrated the fact that we avoided a recession in 2023, that doesn’t necessarily mean fortune will favor us again this year, thus warranting a look at utility stocks to buy. Fundamentally, the biggest bullish case for utilities centers on the natural monopoly concept.Think of all the regulations that the enterprises undergirding various utility stocks must abide by. Not just anyone can set up shop as a key resource and services provider. Beyond that point, few companies have the ability t ...

Investors hope 2024 will treat the utility sector better than 2023 did, so it is a good idea to look at the best high-yield dividend utilities stocks. By now, it’s no secret that utility stocks made up the worst-performing sector in 2023. That which goes down tends to swing back up regarding overall Market investment. Thus, investors continue to look to the utility sector as full of rebound potential in 2024.These stocks are doubly interesting for the fact that their dividend yields are particularly high at ...

In October of 2023, American Electric Power (AEP 1.36%), also known as AEP, increased its quarterly dividend by $0.05 a share, taking it from $0.83 to $0.88. That's a roughly 6% hike. What's important about that dividend move is that it lives up to a key management promise to dividend investors.Here's what you need to know.AEP is an attractive yield storyAlthough a 4.1% dividend yield may not stack up against a virtual no-risk certificate of deposit (CD) offering as much as 5%, that doesn't mean investors s ...

Electric power lines during sunset. mdworschak The utility sector is well known for its ability to pay reliably growing, above-average dividends to shareholders. On its face, it isn't hard to understand why. For one, water, electricity, and natural gas are likely never going to face the risk of becoming technologically obsolete. Second, basic utility services are a prerequisite to living a high quality of life. Thus, the demand for these services is steady no matter what is going on with the economy. Thir ...

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