Rising Water Stocks = Flowing Profit (at CNBC)

STOCKS, STOCK MARKET, CNBC, CNBC.COM, STOCK BLOG, CNBC STOCK BLOG, INVESTMENT, PORTFOLIO It may be difficult, but it is possible to live without oil. But that cannot be said for water. Senior analyst Debra Coy of Janney Montgomery Scott has been paying a lot of attention to water, and to ways to make it flow into investors' portfolios. "We like water, even though it hasn't been quite that liquid of an asset," she told CNBC. "It's still a relatively small sector, but we particularly like the water utilities right now." She says they have been hit particularly hard in the market downturn, and are cheaper than they've been for years. Recommendations: Coy likes American Water Works , which went public earlier this year. "There's been a lot of concern about the regulatory risk they face," she said. "That concern is a bit... [read full story]