The National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships has posted an excellent presentation which covers the basics of MLPs.  I encourage everyone to read this document, as it contains updated, important information related to investing in master limited partnerships.  You’ll find it an easy read and a fairly comprehensive piece of work (including good examples regarding [...]

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There are many things which make energy Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) attractive investments.  However, some of the advantages of these investments are overlooked.  Of course, the most prominent is that MLPs aren’t plagued by the same double taxation that afflicts dividend paying stocks (tax is not paid at the entity / “corporation” level).
However, here are [...]

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