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)…
ThinkstockEconomic numbers, the strength of the U.S dollar and geopolitical events all drive the price of oil. This summer all three have combined to not only move the price of West Texas…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. They include Intuitive Surgical, Palo Alto Networks and T-Mobile US.
ThinkstockMaster limited partnerships (MLPs) have provided investors with some of the best market returns so far in 2013. The Alerian MLP Index has gained 20% through June 7, versus 16.3% for the…
ThinkstockOver the past month, interest rates have bounced off of their 2013 lows, with the U.S. 10-year yield quickly rising from 1.66% to more than 2.20%. This has been a negative for…
ThinkstockA strong stock market has the oil and gas master limited partnerships (MLPs) on fire in 2013, which already offer high dividends or distributions as income and return of capital. MLPs underperformed…
Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB), a large operator of midstream natural gas facilities, this morning lowered its profit outlook for 2012 and 2013 and raised it for 2014. The company also affirmed…
Paul Ausick 24/7 Wall St. has partnered with The Chart Lab to bring exclusive technical analysis which is identifying what are currently the weakest and strongest stock charts of the energy sector from the…
Williams Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ), a pipeline master limited partnership, announced a secondary offering of 10 million common units this morning at a price of $54.56/unit. The company’s common units closed…
Paul Ausick After the markets closed last night, Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB) announced a secondary stock offering of 26 million shares, some of the proceeds of which would be used to buy additional…
Paul Ausick Natural gas and crude oil pipeline partnership Williams Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ) announced late yesterday that it would acquire a natural gas gathering subsidiary of privately held Caiman Energy for $2.5 billion.…
Paul Ausick The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning on the better-than-expected news on US GDP growth (our coverage here). The buying mood turning sour as the Nasdaq neared the 3,000…
Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) have made a number of changes to the firm’s rating of oil & gas pipeline companies. The major changes were the addition of Williams…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) cut to Underperform and named the Bear of the…
Argus has made quite a few changes to its model portfolio for 2012 after the first week of trading this year. The company has broken these out in equity income, growth and…
