ThinkstockThe biggest concern to investors in master limited partnerships (MLPs) has been rising interest rates. The MLP analysts at Oppenheimer point out that in four out of the past five times interest…
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…
ThinkstockAfter underperforming the market last year, investors have received a catch-up trade with master limited partnerships (MLPs) delivering 31.11% in total returns over the past year, as measured by the market-cap weighted…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on relatively little economic data. In Europe, Germany reported that industrial production rose 1.2%, while a house price index in the U.K.rose 1.1% month-over-month. In…
Jon OggInvestors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street, but they often do not get to see when analyst downgrade stocks to when they say to…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following an unexpected 0.25% cut in Australia’s key interest rate to a new level of 2.75%. Japan’s Nikkei reopened today after a two-day holiday and…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning after most of the day’s economic data was delivered in Europe. Eurozone PMI rose slightly more than expected (more coverage here) and Spain reported that…
ThinkstockCrestwood Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: CMLP), Inergy L.P. (NYSE: NRGY) and Inergy Midstream L.P. (NYSE: NRGM) today announced that the companies have agreed to merge in a deal that will create a…
ThinkstockOver the course of this year we have written at great length on master limited partnerships (MLPs) and the potential for investors to receive solid total returns from these stocks. Year to…
ThinkstockOnce given up for dead as an overproduced and underutilized commodity, natural gas has risen from the ashes with a vengeance. A combination of a much colder winter than last year, less…
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…
ThinkstockThere was a time on Wall St., back in the dot-com bubble era, when the big firms and their hot stock analysts would go to great lengths to sell their stock research…
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…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.…
