CEM News and Press, ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund Inc. From 11/10/22

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the month of November 2022. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: The distributions may be treated as dividend income, return of capi...

Summary Midstream dividend trends remained positive for 3Q22, with multiple examples of growth and no cuts. Comparing 3Q22 payouts with 3Q21, approximately 90% of the Alerian Midstream Energy Index (AMNA) and Alerian MLP Index (AMZ) by weighting have grown their payouts. Midst...

Summary For the first month in three, equity CEFs (+4.49%) on average witnessed plus-side returns, while their fixed income CEF cohorts (-5.07%) suffered a third month of declines in October. Only 17% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV at month end, with 24% of equity CE...

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 October 31, 2022. As of October 31, 2022, the Fund’s net assets were $562.1 million, and its n...

Summary US producers have demonstrated that they are capable of significant growth at a lower oil price level, so it can be baffling that production is not growing more at higher prices. Despite ample reserves, significant industry expertise in shale production, and financial ince...

Summary The market is greatly overestimating the effect of higher rates and inflation on durable goods, materials and financial companies, while underestimating the impact on speculative assets. Rather than driven by positive growth catalysts, the reversal in value leadership duri...

Summary Global growth stocks held up better than value, snapping a two-quarter losing streak, as global recession fears weighed more heavily on companies tied to the broader economy. The Strategy outperformed for the second quarter in a row, thanks in large part to positioning adj...

Summary Having suffered through a sharp decline in earnings multiples, SMID cap growth stocks held up well in a volatile quarter marked by a sharp upward ratcheting of interest rates. The Strategy underperformed its benchmark, primarily due to weakness among health care holdings t...

Summary Against a background of rising rates and recession risks, the Strategy outperformed its benchmark driven by our selections in the IT, industrials and health care sectors. We were active in repositioning the portfolio in the quarter as market crosswinds opened idiosyncratic...

Summary While U.S. utilities dominated top contributors in the quarter, utilities in Europe suffered from growing fear of sector intervention amid several economic and political uncertainties. The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act was announced in August and has become a major tailwind...