MIE News and Press, Cohen & Steers MLP Income and Energy Opportunity Fund Inc. From 06/07/20

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist There is no doubt, this has been a wild year. The COVID-19 panic had induced quite a volatile market heading into March. This was after such a strong start to a year with the broader markets hitting all-time highs on February 19th...

With interest rates near historic lows and energy equities also depressed after oil's rout, financial advisors and investors looking for income and value may be taking a fresh look at the MLP and energy infrastructure space. While the potential for generous, tax-advantaged income from MLPs is ...

After historic one-day declines of 24.6% for West Texas Intermediate ((WTI)) crude and 27.7% for the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (AMZI) on March 9 following the beginning of a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, the correlation between oil prices and energy infrastructure has com...

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The May MLP Monthly Report can be found here offering insights on MLP industry news, the asset class's performance, yields, valuations, and fundamental drivers. Summary News: 1) Certain midstream companies were forced to cut distributions this quarter due to the challenging macro env...

With oil's collapse, a lot of investor attention has been given to the financial health of midstream's customers that produce oil and gas. However, several midstream MLPs have refiner customers and/or refiner parents as shown in the table below. Notably, refiners have distinct profitability dr...

Amid recent volatility, one looming question for midstream has been whether the space will be able to efficiently tap debt markets to address impending debt maturities and ensure ample liquidity to finance corporate activities. For context, an analysis from March showed that eleven MLPs in the...

“If everybody indexed, the only word you could use is chaos, catastrophe…The markets would fail.” – John Bogle, May 2017 "I will go to my grave... believing that really loose monetary policy greatly contributed to the Financial Crisis. There were obviously pr...

By Brian Watson, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager The midstream sector finds a way to offset the impact of the coronavirus and oil glut April MLP performance appeared to reflect improving sentiment as COVID-19 containment efforts are set to ease in many locations. Furthermore, mids...

Expanding on the theme of yesterday's note discussing midstream defensiveness, today's piece examines the resilience of forward estimates for the midstream space despite oil's price collapse. In contrast with other segments of energy, 2020 and 2021 midstream EBITDA estimates have seen only m...