All too often, investors focus on a master limited partnership’s yield rather than its underlying business. This shortsightedness is hardly a new problem.
Peter Staas
Peter Staas earned a BA from the State University of New York at Binghamton and attended graduate programs at the University of Delaware and the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also coauthored a textbook about real estate valuation models that's used by federal bank examiners. Peter is managing editor of Personal Finance and The Energy Strategist.
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Investor psychology and demographics will also contribute to master limited partnerships’ long-term growth prospects.
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Although the group has been out of favor, some offshore contract drillers offer an attractive combination of defensive qualities and exposure to long-term growth trends. The key is identifying names that have exposure to the business lines that offer the most upside.
