By Brian Watson, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager
Private equity has continued to invest in midstream as earnings season concludes better than expected.MLP market overview
Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Alerian MLP Index (AMZ), ended August down 6.7% on a price basis and down 5.5% once distributions were considered. The AMZ results underperformed the S&P 500 Index's 1.6% total return loss for the month. The best-performing midstream subsector for August was the Petroleum Pipeline group, while the compression subsector underperformed, on average.
For the year through August, the AMZ is up 3.8% on a