Master Limited Partnerships

Focus on Fundamentals

no@spam.com (Peter Staas)

Over the past year energy-focused MLPs have become more popular for the very same reasons as in the mid-1980s: high yields and tax advantages. Forget yields--focus on fundamentals when making your investment decisions.

Buy Master Limited Partnerships Now

no@spam.com (Elliott H. Gue)

Many of our favorite master limited partnerships have pulled back to attractive valuations. Now is the time to buy.

Don't Get Carried Away

no@spam.com (Elliott H. Gue)

There's a great deal of misinformation published on the Internet and in print media concerning MLP taxation. Back in 2007 a series of articles published in major media outlets claimed that Congress was working on legislation to end the MLP tax advantage. The same rumors have cropped up again lately.

Reaching for Yields with MLPs

no@spam.com (Elliott H. Gue)

In a market where most income-oriented groups offer near record-low yields, investors are starving for income. All MLPs offer market-beating distributions, as well as attractive tax advantages, but fight the temptation to blindly reach for the highest yields.

EPS and MLPs

no@spam.com (Elliott H. Gue)

In the case of master limited partnerships (MLPs), focusing on earnings per unit--the MLP equivalent of EPS--not only provides an incomplete picture of a company's health but it's also downright misleading.

Strong Parents Make Healthy MLPs

no@spam.com (Elliott H. Gue)

MLPs offer investors a simple value proposition: double-digit, tax-advantaged yields and strong recession-resistant growth potential.

Debt Busters

no@spam.com (Roger S. Conrad)

By late 2008 it was clear even to the man on the street that this country had become chronically over-leveraged. Too many people had taken on too much debt they couldn’t possibly service, and exposure to default was too widespread for the center to hold.

9/4/09 BUY - Conservative MLP

no@spam.com (Roger S. Conrad)

We've added a new recommendation to the Conservative Portfolio.

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Oil Rich

no@spam.com (Roger S. Conrad)

The recommendations in our Conservative Portfolio represent the pinnacle of quality. This week, we’re adding a fee-fueled energy infrastructure MLP that focuses on oil.

MLP Q & A

no@spam.com (Elliott H. Gue)

Last week Roger Conrad and I gave several presentations and participated in a number of panel discussions at the San Francisco Money Show. Not surprisingly, Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and MLP Profits were popular topics of discussion. Here’s a rundown of three of the most commonly posed questions and my answers to each.