A 64-year-old retiree with $475,000 who wants to generate $2,800 per month, or $33,600 annually, from dividends alone needs a portfolio yield of roughly 7%. That is simply the arithmetic. With the…
An 8% yield sits in a sweet spot: high enough to generate real income on a realistic capital base, low enough that underlying holdings can run legitimate businesses without financial engineering propping…
$400,000 invested at an 8% yield produces $32,000 a year from pipeline and midstream partnerships, roughly matching what the average American household spends on housing alone. Whether that is achievable depends entirely…
Owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure, Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES | WES Price Prediction) just handed investors a distribution hike to $0.93 per unit for Q1 2026, lifting the annualized payout to…
Energy stocks have been strong over the last six months because the sector is benefiting from a powerful mix of tightening global supply, disciplined capital spending, and surprisingly resilient demand. Crude prices…
For most people, bonds are viewed as the safe income play, but right now, with inflation hovering around 2.7% in December 2025 and the average bond rate hovering somewhere in the mid…
The Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:AMLP) offers an 8.29% dividend yield when traditional dividend stocks struggle to reach 4% and the S&P 500 barely tops 1%. For income-focused investors, AMLP provides access to…
The Global X MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:MLPA) offers exposure to energy infrastructure through master limited partnerships and delivers an extremely high 7.2% dividend yield today. The The Global X MLP ETF generates this…
These four master limited partnerships pay high-yield distributions every 90 days and are perfect for investors seeking to diversify their portfolios.
The highest-yielding midstream energy companies make sense for growth and income investors seeking to generate dependable passive income.
The highest-yielding companies make sense for growth and income investors seeking to generate dependable passive income.
Midstream companies can be looked upon as the oil and gas industry equivalent of UPS, or more accurately, Amazon Prime Delivery. In the same way Amazon Prime imports, sorts and separately packages…
Market uncertainty and volatility have knocked down most growth bets. Investors are now looking for dividend stocks in anticipation of escalating trade wars. Treasury yields have peaked out and have retreated a…
William Hunt “Bill” Gross is among the most prominent American investors. Best known for co-founding Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) in 1971, Bill Gross became among the top bond investors of all…
Films and books like There Will Be Blood, Oklahoma! and Syriana have often romanticized oil drilling and production. However, the refining, processing, storage, and transportation functions of the energy supply chain in…
