DSE News and Press, Duff & Phelps Select MLP and Midstream Energy Fund Inc. From 06/22/22

The strength in LNG markets has spurred a resurgence in long-term offtake agreements, which are key to advancing LNG export projects towards Final Investment Decision (FID). The strong macro environment for LNG and improved outlook for projects has translated into strong equity perfor...

The length of midstream contracts can vary from a few years to 20+ years, but importantly, contracts help support stable cash flows used to pay the attractive dividends offered by many energy infrastructure companies. Contract tenures vary by company and asset type. At the longer end ...

Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Solactive MLP Infrastructure Index, increased 7.64% last month. The index increased by 25.39% since last May. The current yield on MLPs stands at 6.93%. MLP yields remained higher than the broad market benchmarks for Emerging Market Bonds (6.32%), Fi...

Several companies across the energy infrastructure landscape were active with their repurchase programs in 1Q22, albeit at mostly modest amounts. Energy infrastructure companies repurchased $370 million of their equity in aggregate during the first quarter of 2022. Combining the l...

For the energy sector, several years of underperformance over the last decade left many investors on the sidelines. In a survey of financial advisors in December 2021, more than half of the respondents were underweight energy. Investors that have been underweight energy may be looking...

Midstream dividend trends remained positive for 1Q22 with no cuts across Alerian’s midstream indexes for the third straight quarter and several examples of growth, including a handful of names raising their quarterly payouts by double-digit percentages. On a year-over-year basi...

Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Solactive MLP Infrastructure Index, increased 0.29% last month. The Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio (EV-to-EBITDA), which seeks to provide more color on the valuations of MLPs, decreased by 1.11% last month. The Baker Hughes Rig Count increased ...

Macro tailwinds from higher commodity prices and solid operational execution contributed to a strong 1Q22 earnings season for energy infrastructure companies. Many names raised their financial guidance for 2022 or indicated that they see results trending above their forecasts, thanks ...

Year-to-date returns from typical income investments have been mixed. That said, income investments have generally outperformed the -12.9% decline in the S&P 500 on a total return basis through April. Income investors may be taking a closer look at their portfolio positioning ...

This report seeks to provide macro-level data and insights across several income-oriented asset classes and strategies. The Fed was forced to play catch up after leaving loose monetary policies in place, despite inflationary pressures spreading across the global economy. Volatilit...