An article about the appeal of investing in infrastructure companies:

http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/15/investing/stocks-boring-real-estate-infrastructure/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

It starts out with this:

Stop me if you've heard this before. Investors are scared. But instead of running for the hills, one fund manager is suggesting that people flock to shares of stable, mundane infrastructure companies. Stuff like office building owners, water utilities, cell phone tower operators and airports.

They may not be the most exciting companies in the world. But exciting isn't in right now. The Nasdaq is down 13% this year. "When there is fear in the market, boring is very comfortable," said Todd Briddell, the CEO and chief investment officer of CenterSquare Investment Management. "There are all these amazing global assets that people don't appreciate."