With the advent of tax-favored treatment for qualified dividend income, investment and withdrawal strategies for retirees with both taxable accounts and IRAs have become more complex. This article discusses the reduced-rate structure that now applies to qualified dividend income, and provides...

Publicly-traded energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) are a specialized investment class that possess favorable investment characteristics. They currently provide high yields coupled with the potential for growing these yields in the future. MLPs are less volatile than stocks and are...