Patient investors can build for the future by focusing on a shopping list of high-quality stocks when volatility rears its head.

With oil prices at the same levels that prevailed earlier this year, our favorite integrated oil companies trade at attractive valuations.

Credit worries are again making headlines and scaring investors. Now is a perfect time to invest in a bank--specifically the rock-solid, high-yielding, community-focused variety that not only survived the challenges of 2008 but thrived.

Investors have a golden opportunity to buy high-quality, fast-growing, tax-advantaged master limited partnerships (MLP).

These companies weathered the storms of 2008, and after using low interest rates to boost balance sheets, they’re in better shape than ever to handle whatever the market throws at them.

High yields paid in the inflation-protected Canadian dollar are good reasons to own our recommended Canadian royalty trusts, all of which are backed by strong underlying businesses.

The Personal Finance approach to income investing is to own the best of a wide range of sectors and investment classes. That sometimes means having holdings that face challenges, such as health care stocks do today.

A year into a massive rally in global markets, investors are understandably worried about stocks. Unfortunately, many are pouring funds into a far bigger potential bubble: the bond market.

All but a tiny handful of US real estate investment trusts (REIT) have cut dividends at least once since 2007.