SRF News and Press, Cushing Energy Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 12/28/20

It is important to remember that not all return of capital is necessarily destructive to a fund. Return of capital is a tax term and not a term for evaluating performance. Some investors look for return of capital to defer tax obligations, potentially indefinitely. For furth...

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...

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...

DTE Energy Co. plans to spin off its gas pipeline business, DTE Midstream, into a publicly traded company by mid-2021 through awarding ownership to DTE Energy shareholders in dividends. ConocoPhillips has agreed to buy U.S. shale oil producer Concho Resources for $9.7 billion, or $49....

Out of the 39 dividend-paying constituents in Alerian's broadest midstream index, AMNA, 33 companies maintained payouts, 3 cut, and 3 grew sequentially. Multiple names have provided 2021 dividend/distribution guidance and are anticipating flat or increasing payouts. Although some ...