Thinkstock About a month ago, analysts at Credit Suisse AG (NYSE: CS) touted several master limited partnerships (MLPs) with Overweight ratings and raised price targets. The companies in that list included Targa…
ThinkstockIf your investment objective relies heavily on income-paying assets and dividends, chances are good that you have either ventured into the realm of master limited partnerships (MLPs). If you haven’t, chances are…
ThinkstockDespite a reasonably consistent year for oil and gas prices, master limited partnerships (MLPs), which exist predominantly in the energy space, had a difficult year in 2012. Some have attributed the move…
ThinkstockThere is a new exchange-traded product in the world of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). We would caution investors that this is an exchange traded note rather than an exchange traded fund. Today’s…
ThinkstockTechnically, the payouts from Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are distributions which include a substantial portion being a return of capital rather than just income. If these payouts are not dividends they should…
Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (NYSE: KYN) is a closed-end investment fund that invests exclusively in the realm of Master Limited Partnerships with the focus almost being entirely in various aspects of…
Investors cannot make any money in the bond market right now merely by buying and holding Treasury bonds forever. The problem is that Treasury yields are at record lows. In some parts…
Pipeline partnership Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (NYSE: ETP) this morning priced a secondary offering of 13.5 million common units at $44.57/common unit, about -3% below last night’s closing price of $45.98. The…
The world of the high-payout Master Limited Partnerships, or MLPs, has help up rather well against the drop in oil prices. That should be somewhat expected since these are generally not directly…
JP Morgan Alerian MLP Index ETN (AMEX: AMJ) is one of the most liquid instruments out there in the world of MLP investing, but another competing interest is a closed-end fund that…
Oil is down about $3.00 to under $88.00 per barrel and the fresh move to a record low in yields in the 10-year Treasury Note is meeting a growing concern about ‘risk…
The world of master limited partnerships (MLPs) has brought great reward to investors in recent years. 24/7 Wall St. wants to know if the enthusiasm can stay in this sector this summer…
Jon OggSo, just two weeks ago it looked as though “Sell in May and go away!” was not going to be as strong of a theme in 2012 compared to 2011 and…
It was just a couple of days ago that oil was trading around $105 per barrel for West Texas Intermediate crude. Now the talk has migrated away from geopolitical risks associated with Iran. …
It seems that most investors have started adding income or dividend reinvestment plans to their portfolios by using dividend stocks. With the yields of the 10-Year Treasury close to 2% and the…
