EMO News and Press, ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. From 01/08/21

ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: EMO) announced today the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities, the net asset value and asset coverage ratio of the Fund as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, the Fund’s net assets were $243.2 milli...

MLPs are the cheapest way to obtain a high yield and the prospect of capital appreciation. MLP fundamentals have held up remarkably well while their unit prices have suffered, creating an historic investment opportunity. Recovering U.S. oil and gas supply and demand will increase ...

Midstream was mixed this week, with MLPs closing slightly lower after 4 very strong weeks of positive performance. Even with the pause in performance this week, both the AMZ and the AMNA crossed key technical milestones. PAA was the biggest loser this week, dramatically underperfo...

In the midst of a challenging year, the improvement in midstream equities in November alongside the gains in oil prices and broader energy on positive vaccine developments was encouraging. Energy, including midstream, clearly stands to benefit from a potential improvement in the outlo...

As the year is starting to wind down, I wanted to take an updated look at what distribution changes happened throughout the year. We had previously done this for a more specific time frame; the time frame of the pandemic to shortly after in June. Again, I'm surprised at how resili...

For the first month in three, equity CEFs on average posted positive returns, rising 9.86% on a NAV basis for November. While for the eighth month in a row, fixed income CEFs witnessed returns in the black (+3.51%). Sixteen percent of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, wit...

ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: EMO) announced today the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities, the net asset value and asset coverage ratio of the Fund as of November 30, 2020. As of November 30, 2020, the Fund’s net assets were $237.8 milli...

Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Alerian MLP Index (AMZ), ended November up 21.7% on a price basis and up 23.8% once distributions are considered. MLP yield spreads, as measured by the AMZ yield relative to the 10-year US Treasury bond, narrowed by 278 basis points (bps) over the mo...

Midstream and MLPs had a different kind of Movember, riding surging momentum in value stocks and energy stocks to a big rally throughout most of November. MLPs have now put up consecutive positive months for the first time since the initial April and May recovery. The broader AMNA...

Lost in election season and pandemic news flow has been the relative stabilization in energy macro and midstream fundamentals since March. Adding to COVID-19 related anxiety in our view is an increase in concern that rapid adoption of electric vehicles and renewable energy may severel...