CEM News and Press, ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund Inc. From 10/19/22

Summary Energy infrastructure companies continue to make strides with clean energy initiatives – announcing new partnerships, projects, and acquisitions. From renewable fuels to carbon capture to hydrogen, the provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act support clean energy i...

Summary What's Working is consumer staples and energy. What's Not Working is growth stocks and risk on sectors, including crypto. Our first inflation fighting idea comes in the form of Starwood bonds. Our second inflation fighting idea is to invest in pipelines, either through...

Summary The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies on 5 October announced plans to reduce oil production quotas by 2 million barrels a day (b/d) starting in November. While the oil market has rallied on the OPEC+ announcement, this retracement is rather m...

ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund Inc. (NYSE: CEM) announced today the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities, the net asset value and asset coverage ratio of the Fund as of September 30, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, the Fund’s net assets were $477.9 million, and i...

Summary RICs cannot own more than 25% MLPs, and as a result, these funds tend to have lower yields than C-Corp funds that are 90-100% MLPs. Investors can gain exposure to MLPs through exchange-traded notes, which are unsecured debt obligations of an issuer. Investors can gain ...

Summary What's Working this Week are funds that bet against the market and biotech; What's Not Working is Everything Else. Macroeconomics are Coloring All Financial Markets. When to Sell a Stock: A Case Study in NVDA. Brian Dress, CFA -- Director of Research, Inves...

Summary There are two types of MLP funds – those structured as RICs, which own up to 25% MLPs, and those structured as corporations, which tend to be 90-100% MLPs. Similar to direct MLP investment, return of capital distributions from an MLP fund structured as a corporation...

Summary The energy markets have been volatile for most of 2022, continuing a two-year trend that dates to the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. The rising rig count and share buyback and M&A activity in midstream, especially in the Permian Basin, indicate strength in the...

Summary MLPs are pass-through entities that enjoy special tax treatment. As pass-through entities, MLPs avoid the double-taxation associated with investments in C-Corporations. Typically, 70-100% of MLP distributions have been considered a tax-deferred return of capital, which mea...

Summary Recent U.S. legislation alters the trajectory of GHG emissions and expands the opportunity set for midstream issuers. The bill enhances and expands the incentives for a diverse array of investments, enabling decarbonization across the U.S. economy. The strength of IRA ...