EMO News and Press, ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. From 04/22/22

The US and the EU have announced the formation of a joint task force to reduce its dependency on Russian gas by two-thirds this year and end imports of all Russian oil by 2027. Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Solactive MLP Infrastructure Index, increased 2.11% last month. The E...

EMO is benefiting from the strong energy sector momentum through its exposure to MLPs and midstream infrastructure names. The fund's concentrated portfolio and relatively aggressive use of leverage have been a winning strategy this year helping it outperform CEF peers. We are bull...

One of the key themes for the midstream and MLP space in 2022 has been the meaningful return of dividend growth. Today’s dividend growth is stemming from improved financial flexibility as companies have made progress with strengthening their balance sheets and continue to gener...

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 March 31, 2022. As of March 31, 2022, the Fund’s net assets were $455.5 million, an...

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...

Warren Buffett once listed the only 3 ways that a smart person can go broke. We zero in on one of those reasons to explain why it is so dangerous for investors. We then make the connection to why we don't buy CEFs. For further details see: Buffett Warns Of How Smart Peop...

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...