Most of the top private-equity firms are set up as partnerships, and many have delivered outsize capital gains alongside regular distributions. Read More

Refining logistics MLPs are all the rage despite rock-bottom yields, while high-yielding refining partnerships have blown a gasket. Read More

Exchange traded funds diversify the risk of owning specific MLPs, but only at the cost of squandering a tax break. ETNs are a better bet, unless trading at a premium to net asset value. Read More

General partners endowed with lucrative incentive distribution rights have strongly outperformed the limited partnerships paying such incentives in recent years. We’re adding the two biggest and safest publicly traded GPs to our Growth Portfolio. Read More

The burgeoning global demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) should be a boon for MLP investors. We survey current plays on that theme. Read More

The last six months has seen a surge in master limited partnership initial public offerings. Here are 10 new issues we're adding to the MLP Profits How They Rate coverage universe. Read More

Although conditions aren’t exactly ideal, weather and commodity-price trends are working in retail propane distributors’ favor. Read More

It's not yet a done deal that a change is coming to the federal tax treatment of carried interest. Whether it does, and however it's shaped, risk-averse investors are best off avoiding financial MLPs. Read More

Oil and gas exploration and production is a volatile business. Focusing on MLPs with active hedging programs that stabilize cash flow and ensure distributions qualifies as an educated gamble. Read More

The key to playing in the European-style variable-dividend MLP space is to know exactly what you're getting with the business and to know how and when you're getting paid. Read More