When oil prices dropped in late 2014, investors turned their backs on almost every investment tied to the energy sector. Oil and gas stocks fell sharply, making the energy sector the S&P 500’s ...
The first master limited partnership (MLP) was formed by Apache Oil Company in 1981. In 1987 Congress legislated the rules for publicly traded partnerships in Internal Revenue Code Section 7704. MLPs ...
MLPs in IRAs Are Not Recommended. Why Is Not Entirely Clear to Investors. A Real-World Example Clarifies the Risks. My contributions to Seeking Alpha are mostly limited to situations where I feel I ...
One of the smaller, but potentially important, trends in the markets in 2018 so far has been several Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) converting from MLPs to C Corps. In the handful of cases that we ...
Investors have long been attracted to MLPs for their generous yields, but the tax advantages of MLPs are not well understood. MLPs serve as a highly tax-efficient way to own midstream energy ...
Among the hottest corners of the stock market in recent years have been energy focused master limited partnerships. But amid the recent tumult, MLPs have been one of the hardest hit corners of the ...