This is an interesting point in time for the sector of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). The oil and gas business could greatly unlock much of the domestic unemployment woes (and the trade…
With many Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) trading at or even above some of their expected target prices, we wanted to take a year-end look into the sector to see where there is…
The announcement from Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) that it would acquire the 50% stake in the Seaway pipeline system owned by ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) and reverse the pipeline’s flow direction, pushed…
Each morning 24/7 Wall St. issues a summary list of key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations issued by Wall Street research firms. We review these calls and other calls made throughout the…
Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) is winning in part from an analyst research call and mostly on its own merits. While the MLP has stalled out in the last couple of weeks,…
These are some of Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts. Inc. (NYSE: AAP) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Over the weekend, pipeline company Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) announced that it would pay approximately $21.1 billion in cash and stock for El Paso Corp. (NYSE: EP) and El Paso Pipeline…
When the summer selling was reaching a first climax in August, 24/7 Wall St. released “The Great Dividend Portfolio” for dividend investors who search for both high-yield and some degree of safety…
What on earth are investors supposed to do when T-Bonds offer almost zero income? Interest rates are now so low that the price-risk in long-term Treasury bonds is too great. Ben Bernanke…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has bounced after Jamie Dimon and Societe Generale have defended the system and after Brian Moynihan defended his bank. The DJIA is still down 210 points, but…
Master Limited Partnerships have been under pressure of late, in part because of oil. The major concern for this sector is not as much oil and energy prices, but Washington D.C. policymakers…
Today’s commodities news highlights an SEC filing for a new agricultural ETF, a proposed pipeline that would send crude oil to the US Gulf coast, and a $500 million shelf registration from…
Master limited partnerships are a unique investment class for the dividend-oriented and for the income-oriented investor alike. As they are MLP’s, they generally pass cash down to investors at higher rates than…
Acquisitions, joint ventures, and ratings news in the oil patch have made for a busy day or two, and have also pointed out a handful of reasons pointing to a reasonable reason…
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) has created a 50/50 midstream joint venture with Global Infrastructure Partners that includes a significant portion of Chesapeake’s midstream assets in exchange for $588 million in cash. The…
