Reaves Asset Management

The fluctuation of water stocks was briefly discussed on PreMarket Prep with John Bartlett from Reaves Asset Management. Bartlett is an analyst and portfolio manager at Reaves Asset Management, a research-based investment management company founded in 1961. Reaves is known for its expert...

Jay Rhame, electric utility and natural gas analyst at Reaves Asset Management was on Benzinga’s PreMarket Prep show Monday talking about the utilities sector – among other subjects. The expert said his firm’s favorite utility right now is NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE: NEE), which he...

Leading up to the Federal Reserve raising interest rates last month, the first such move by the U.S. central bank in nearly a decade, utilities stocks and exchange-traded funds were widely seen as vulnerable to higher U.S. borrowing costs. Historical data confirms that utilities stocks are the most...

Utilities stocks and exchange-traded funds faced plenty of challenges last year as the Federal Reserve set the stage for its first interest rate increase in nearly a decade. With the central bank poised to raise borrowing costs several times this year, investors should approach the utilities sector...

Really, it is a simple story. Speculation increases about the Federal Reserve raising interest rates and utilities stocks and the relevant exchange-traded funds suffer. September rolls around, and the Fed eschews a rate hike, leaving bond traders to surmise that the central bank could delay higher...