LNG - Better Buy: Brookfield Asset Management vs. Cheniere Energy
Infrastructure, like ports and pipelines, is vital to the world and can be highly profitable to own and build. You can get exposure to infrastructure in different ways. Some companies, for example, invest directly in long-lived assets, while others focus on managing companies and collecting fees for the effort. Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) does the latter, and Cheniere Energy (NYSEMKT: LNG) does both. If you are looking for infrastructure exposure, it's worth getting to know these two companies.
The first thing to understand about Brookfield is that it's technically an asset management company -- it makes money by making investments on behalf of others. It has focused on the infrastructure space for roughly 100 years. Notably, it eats its own cooking, investing alongside its customers.
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