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Dividend Stock Deep Dive: Utilities

Are dividends safe in light of rising interest rates and hot inflation for utilities?

David Harrell, Travis Miller

Mar 29, 2022

Mentioned: Dominion Energy Inc (D) , WEC Energy Group Inc (WEC) , Eversource Energy (ES) , NiSource Inc (NI) , Entergy Corp (ETR)

David Harrell: I'm David Harrell, editor of Morningstar DividendInvestor newsletter. And I'm here today with Travis Miller from Morningstar equity research.

You are a utility strategist for Morningstar equity research. Can you talk a little bit about your role and Morningstar's coverage of utility stocks?

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