White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett holds an estimated $56.5 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock — the most valuable stock holdings of any active chief executive officer. Oracle CEO Larry…
ThinkstockThe impact of a rising interest rate environment on the performance of energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) has become a growing topic of interest among investors, given the 137 basis point (bps)…
July 18, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the report on new jobless claims in the U.S. came in better than expected. In Europe, Greece agreed to fire another…
July 17, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and managed to hold onto a decent gain following a day of ups and downs as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before…
ThinkstockThis week will be interesting for the world of master limited partnerships (MLPs) as Credit Suisse is hosting its first MLP Conference. The firm remains positive on the sector in light of…
ThinkstockThe move to 2.53% in the 10-year Treasury is still near the lower end of the range of 1.5% to 5.1% since 2003. Of significance to the master limited partnership (MLP) analysts…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning following the report on U.S. jobless numbers (more coverage here). In Europe, the only data out today showed that U.K. retail sales fell 0.7%,…
ThinkstockBoth Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: KMP) and Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) reported first quarter results after markets closed today. KMP will pay a distribution of $1.30 per common unit,…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a downturn in Europe and mixed markets in Asia. Data releases were limited everywhere today as well. In Asia, a weaker yen boosted the…
ThinkstockThe looming risk (or likely fact) that interest rates will rise has been on the mind of investors and Wall St. analysts and pundits for quite some time. Most will concede that…
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…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI); BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 15 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockMany areas of the stock market suffered near the end of 2012 during the fiscal cliff and tax debate arguments in Washington, D.C. Concern over regulations and changes in the tax code…
