First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund is a balanced mutual fund focusing on the energy and utilities sectors in the United States. Managed by First Trust Advisors and co-managed by Energy Income Partners, it invests in both equity and fixed income markets. The fund targets investments in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs), related entities, and dividend-paying energy companies, aiming to generate income and growth. It compares its performance against major indexes like the S&P 500 and Alerian MLP Total Return Index. Established in 2013, it offers investors exposure to the evolving energy sector.
Generating electricity from wind is growing fast enough that as more wind farms are brought online, more are being built. Depending on your point of view, that is either a good or…
Investors love dividends, and big stable utility stocks often have some of the highest dividends of any class of stocks. There has just been one problem… Dividends or not, utilities are sucking…
These are this Wednesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) Cut to…
We are seeing at least some significant moves from the company’s who have announced that they are grant recipients under part of the $3.4 billion Smart Grid pledge from the Obama administration…
These are this Friday’s top analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street firms: athenahealth (ATHN) Cut to Sell at Auriga. Charles Schwab (SCHW) Cut to Sell at…
These are this Monday’s top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls from Wall Street with more than two hours until the market opens: Citrix Systems (CTXS) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.…
Oppenheimer is making a new call in the utility sector. It looks a bit mixed between positive and somewhat cautious calls this morning, but it is important to note that many of…
These are most of the top early bird pre-market downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning: Arbitron (ARB) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Deutsche…
Solar PV maker SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) has won a two-year supply agreement with FPL Group (NYSE: FPL) for solar panels and tracking technology. The contract begins next year. SunPower has also…
Douglas A. McIntyre General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and FPL Group Inc. (NYSE: FPL) are all over the media today about an event with the Miami, Florida, mayor for energy…
So far there are very few analyst calls seen, but that may be the norm for this week. Here are today’s early bird analyst callls: Standard Pacific (SPF) Raised to Buy at…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street analysts this Thursday morning: Anadarko Petroleum (APC) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. ATP Oil & Gas…
These are not all of the analyst upgrades or positive calls, but these are some of the calls we are seeing with a possible impact on shares early Monday morning: Beacon Roofing…
These are the top ten analyst calls we are looking at this Monday morning in pre-market trading: CIGNA (NYSE: CI) raised to Buy at UBS. FPL Group (NYSE: FPL) raised to Overweight…
LDK Solar Co. (NYSE:LDK) stock fell 7% to $30.05 in the last hour of trading today after yesterday’s earnings, but it was mainly a lackluster guidance. This was actually up in after-hours…
