Long-time readers know that I like to cover midstream energy corporations, funds, and MLPs, as these investments generally offer high dividend yields, competitive valuations, and strong growth prospects. I tend to prefer lower-risk higher-quality names in this space, as these have tended to perform reasonably well in the past and will, I believe, continue to do so in the future.
One such lower-risk fund is the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (NYSE: MLPX), a low-cost index fund tracking the broader midstream energy industry, and one of my top picks in the said