AMNA News and Press, ETRACS Alerian Midstream Energy Index ETN From 04/06/22

Midstream companies can use their existing assets and expertise to participate in opportunities related to responsibly sourced gas and carbon capture and sequestration. Midstream’s expertise makes it an ideal partner for transporting captured carbon dioxide. As demand for r...

Elevated energy prices are a significant driver of higher consumer prices. Equity income presents numerous solutions that are well-suited to generate yield in the current environment. In this environment, traditional fixed income will be tricky to navigate from yield and total ret...

During the fourth quarter, energy infrastructure companies repurchased $650 million of their equity in aggregate, with MLPs accounting for the bulk of activity. For Alerian’s broad midstream benchmark (AMNA), companies with buyback authorizations account for 75.1% of the index ...

For the second consecutive quarter, there were no dividend cuts across Alerian’s midstream indexes for 4Q21. Multiple names that cut payouts in the past are growing or expect to grow their dividends by significant percentages off a lowered base. Comparing dividends on a yea...

Brent crude oil prices hit a 13-year high of $130 per barrel as the US and its allies consider a ban on Russian oil and natural gas, intending to isolate Russia from the global economy amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. OPEC+ decided to stick to its plan of raising oil output by 400...

Triple-digit oil prices and inflation concerns have supported strong performance and a greater weighting to energy in broad market indexes, making energy relevant again for generalist investors. The significant rise in oil prices and the potential need to replace Russian barrels on th...

Non-dividend distributions or return of capital can have mixed connotations for investors. For MLPs, the return of capital distributions is often seen as an attractive tax benefit. ROC distributions are tax-deferred, meaning they are not immediately taxable during the year they ar...

Real assets, which include commodities, precious metals, real estate, and infrastructure, tend to perform better in inflationary periods. REITs are well positioned for inflation given that real estate rental prices are typically tied to inflation. Energy infrastructure companies a...

Despite the significant pullback in oil prices lately and uncertainty posed by the Omicron variant, midstream performance has been largely resilient. Multiple factors arguably exacerbated the recent downward move in oil prices, and oil market fundamentals have likely changed less than...

Strong free cash flow generation has made the mainstream adoption of buyback programs possible for energy infrastructure companies. Buyback activity ramped in 3Q21 as midstream companies purchased more than $804 million of their equity during the quarter, representing a more than two-...