It seems like a rock and a hard place, but a sharper focus reveals that companies’ ability to maintain and grow dividends is what builds wealth for individual investors over the long term. Read More

Nothing influences the price of a dividend-paying stock more than changes to the regular payout. Dividend growth is inevitably followed by share-price growth. And dividend cuts usually coincide with market declines. Read More

Global oil and gas giant Petronas’ plan to acquire a Canadian oil and gas company makes better-positioned peers in the Great White North look even more attractive. Read More

It’s impossible to maintain and increase dividends without solid growth in the underlying operations supporting these payouts. Read More

Understand your portfolio holdings' exposure to commodity prices before you decide to change horses in the midstream segment. Read More

Copper supply remains tight but demand is strengthening in key end-markets. This portfolio holding stands to benefit from rises in the red metal’s price. Read More

Despite slowing global growth and heightened worries about the euro zone, stimulus spending in top metals consumer China should be sufficient to lift its economy and boost demand for copper. These undervalued copper producers are poised to benefit from rising prices for the red metal. Read More