FEI News and Press, First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 03/03/21

With only a single cut and a few additional names growing their dividends, the overall picture for dividends has continued to improve. For AMNA, a broad midstream composite index containing both MLPs and C-Corps, 37 of 38 dividend-paying names raised or maintained their dividends sequ...

Many probably underappreciate the role that traditional oil and gas companies have in addressing climate problems and providing solutions. For the foreseeable future, natural gas and natural gas liquids are going to have an important role to play in reducing global emissions as a repl...

Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Solactive MLP Infrastructure Index, increased 5.49% last month. The index is down by 27.54% since last January. The current yield on MLPs stands at 11.08%. The Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio (EV-to-EBITDA), which seeks to provide more color on ...

As President Biden took office, the reflation trade that had boosted energy broadly gave way to regulatory concerns, as his administration largely delivered on campaign promises that were well telegraphed in the past. Given TC Energy was the sole midstream company with ownership inter...

Broadly for energy, 2020 was the story of demand destruction for oil from the virus, and while midstream saw weakness, it was more defensive than other sectors of energy. Capturing headlines this week as it related to midstream was the halting of the Keystone XL pipeline. Alerian'...

Rising inflation expectations are becoming a key discussion point in 2021. Rates were already on an upward trajectory in Q4, but recent developments fast-tracked those concerns in the new year. For investors, the key question is whether rising inflation expectations actually materiali...

In its monthly production output meeting, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) agreed to keep the output mostly steady in February. TC Energy announced TC Pipelines agreed to its plan to acquire all outstanding common units of TCP that it does n...

First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FEI) has declared the Fund’s monthly common share distributions for February, March and April of $0.05 per share for each month. The payable, record and expected ex-dividend dates, as well as the distribution per shar...

Recent commodity price improvement has not been limited to oil, as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and natural gas liquids (NGLs) have also seen significant gains. Aside from commodity price improvements, the reflation trade has also provided a boost to energy and supported interest and m...

Low interest rates for much of the last ten years have made it much tougher for investors seeking income from traditional sources such as bonds. Despite a recent improvement in performance, midstream yields remain well above historical averages and are superior to other income-oriente...