A new report on MLPs from Merrill Lynch noted that due to the extreme pressure on the sector last year, some investors even started to question the sustainability of the MLP business…
Lee Jackson How are investors to react when they see that Warren Buffett is still making bets in the oil and gas sector at a time when the sector has cratered?
In the week ended February 12, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States dropped to 439, according to the Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count.
Paul Ausick The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday include Apple, Freeport-McMoRan, Kinross Gold, Pfizer, Plains All American, Salesforce,com, Tesla and Yelp.
In the week ended February 5, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 467, according to the Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count.
Paul Ausick Needless to say, the stock market can be a very cruel mistress. So what are patient long-term investors to do?
In the week ended January 29, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 498, according to the Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count.
Paul Ausick Needless to say, the stock market can be a very cruel mistress. Companies can report great numbers, but if the guidance is light? Look out!
All these companies make good sense for investors, given the rather cautious outlook coming from Merrill Lynch.
In the week ended January 22, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 510, according to the Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count.
Paul Ausick No one wants to miss the train leaving the station with analysts' lowered oil and gas price forecasts for 2016, and Fitch Ratings is now on board.
Paul Ausick MLPs that continue to maintain substantial IDRs have some room to maneuver with cash distributions, and they are very likely to have to do so in order to keep their limited partners…
As of January 8, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 516, according to the Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count.
Paul Ausick With strong sponsorships, and well thought out capital expenditure plans, these MLPs can fight their way through to better days and come out perhaps even stronger.
At a time when most MLPs are holding distributions to investors flat (at best) or reducing the payouts to conserve cash, two have announced that they will raise distributions in 2016.
