AE Portfolio Holdings posted solid total return numbers last year, helped by a stronger Australian dollar and a fourth-quarter rally driven by a reviving China. Read More

Negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff have concluded, successfully, though talks over sequestered spending cuts have been put off for two months. Fasten your seat belts: These discussions will overlap those about raising the federal debt ceiling. Read More

Oil and gas exploration and production is a volatile business. Focusing on MLPs with active hedging programs that stabilize cash flow and ensure distributions qualifies as an educated gamble. Read More

Major trends for the New Year will look a little like those that drove MLP performance in 2012. Our favorites continue to build businesses capable of surviving--and thriving--for the long term. Read More

AE Portfolio Aggressive Holding Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG, OTC: OGFGF, ADR: OGFGY) has contracted to sell gas at a rate more than double the current market price and well above the previous high for a long-term supply contract. Read More

Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX: BNS, NYSE: BNS), Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY, NYSE: RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX: TD, NYSE: TD), Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO, NYSE: BMO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX: CM, NYSE: CM) and National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA, OTC: NTIOF) have posted solid returns on consistent dividend growth since the end of the Great Recession. Read More

This Canada-based oil and gas producer with a solid pipeline of promising projects looks to be well positioned to boost output and support its dividend for the long term. Read More

The International Energy Agency's second coal-focused report reaches similar conclustions to those in the inaugural 2011 study. Despite the fact that nobody seems to like it, coal's usage around the world will continue to rise. Read More