As millions of barrels of oil continue to spill into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. is beginning to look at viable alternatives to offshore drilling.  This is a good thing for infrastructure MLPs, because  the logical choice is to increase the use of natural gas as an energy source.  More gas demand means more [...]

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As investors become increasingly aware of the higher yields offered by MLPs, financial institutions are pushing to offer more in the way of investment options.  Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are the latest investment vehicle to be offered in this space.  As reported by ETFtrends.com, two funds filed with the SEC in June to offer MLP [...]

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From time to time I like to post links to MLP investor information which I have found useful.  One site that seems to have a good deal of current info is the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships website.  In particular, the investor conference slides that they publish are a good way to stay updated [...]

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Everyone knows that the last several years have been rough for Wall Street.  The stock market weathered one of the worst recessions in U.S. history, leaving many investors discouraged and confused.  We witnessed the cataclysmic failure of longstanding financial institutions and the subsequent bailout of the banking system by the federal government.  What a nightmare. [...]

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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 [...]

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In the wake of one of the toughest recessions in US history, many believe the market has undergone a  long-term paradigm shift (and there is much in the way of data to support this).  While this may be true for stocks, the underlying fundamentals which make investing in midstream Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) attractive continue [...]

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It’s no secret that the US economy and Wall Street are in the throes of a major recession.  As a write this, the S&P 500 is down 37% in the last year, unemployment has skyrocketed above 8%, and the government continues to struggle with the fallout from the subprime lending nightmare.  The Master Limited Partnership [...]

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Ken Fisher is one of my favorite columnists and a well respected writer for Forbes magazine.  His personal investing mantra, while deceptively simple, goes something like “the key to being a successful investor is to know something that others don’t know”.  Well, ok – that seems pretty basic, right?  We’d all like to know what [...]

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As investors prepare for president elect Obama to take office, many are anticipating any policy changes or modifications he may implement.  Unfortunately, this period of uncertainty has spawned a few rumors that have misled the investing public.  One of these rumors is the idea that Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) will be taxed in the same [...]

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