FEI News and Press, First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 03/26/21

Midstream companies were devastated by the events of 2020, although their cash flows held up reasonably well. The inherent stability is due to their business model that is based around long-term fee-based contracts that are dependent on volumes and not resource prices. The long-te...

KYN is an energy infrastructure fund that shifted its focus in 2020 to include renewable energy companies. Renewables outperformed midstream fairly substantially in 2020 so this could give investors the best of both worlds. The fundamentals for both renewables and midstream are ve...

One of the potential tailwinds for midstream in 2021 relative to past recoveries is the proliferation of buyback programs supported by expectations for robust free cash flow generation this year. Since Alerian's last buyback note in November, Pembina Pipeline (PPL CN) formally announc...

Crude oil prices reached a nearly 14-month high as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) agreed not to increase oil output in April. Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Solactive MLP Infrastructure Index, increased 8.02% last month. The curren...

Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund had a fall from grace in 2020. The fund has the worst one-year total return in the sector. We tell you why that happened and what investors should watch for going forward. For further details see: CEN: Why This...

Many macro and political overhangs lifted by the end of Q4, with optimism about the re-opening economy driving Energy sector gains. Value sectors like Energy shined as the economy rebounded, and small cap and cyclical sectors became market leaders. With rising inflation, midstream...

Oil prices have likely recovered more quickly than anticipated thanks to the disciplined cooperation of OPEC+. While midstream is unique from other energy sectors given its more defensive, fee-based business model, midstream MLPs and C-Corps have participated in energy’s rally....

Pipelines are undergoing a renaissance of cash generation today. The pandemic and low commodity prices increased uncertainty in the industry, and pipeline companies stopped investing in new projects and have thus been generating enormous cash flows. This trend did not start in 2020, b...

The reflation trade remains in focus given positive expectations for economic growth and ongoing inflation concerns with bond yields rising. For income-seeking investors, MLPs and midstream offer attractive income and stand to benefit from a continuation of the reflation trade given t...

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...