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By Brian Watson, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager In January, the master limited partnership ((MLP)) sector saw two more companies eliminate incentive distribution rights (IDRs) and the beginning of Q4 earnings season. In our Chart of the Month, we look back at oil demand during the SARS ...
With many investors using energy infrastructure in income portfolios, the outlook for dividends (or distributions for MLPs) comes up in almost every investor conversation. For quite some time, we have characterized MLP distribution growth as moderating from the old days of 6-8% growth. This ca...
First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FEI) has declared the Fund’s monthly common share distributions for February, March and April of $0.10 per share for each month. The payable, record and expected ex-dividend dates, as well as the distribution per share amou...
The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information h...
Introduction Happy New Year to everyone! This is our first review for the year. Today, we are going to take a brief look around the closed-end funds which caught our attention during the past week. Currently, I see several closed-end funds which are a little bit overvalued here, and we c...
You might remember last year when I wrote a few mid-week posts on global listed infrastructure topics. I explained back then: in exchange for the weekly posts that we publish free of charge, you might have to endure some posts about listed infrastructure, a topic you likely did not come to "ML...
In recent years, Q4 has not been kind to midstream energy, and 2019, so far, has not been an exception. Yet despite shorter-term headwinds, like tax-loss selling pressure, we remain optimistic for the asset class over a longer time frame as fundamentals and valuations continue to contradict re...
Author's note : This report was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 23, 2019. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlig...
One of the strategies that we employ at CEF/ETF Income Laboratory is something that we have termed " compounding income on steroids ," which is a method that involves exploiting valuation inefficiencies in closed-end funds. Our CEF rotation strategy allows an investor to increase their sha...
In a challenging macro environment for the energy space, the broad midstream universe has performed defensively this year. MLPs may finish down for the third consecutive year on a price-return basis given performance through December 10, with MLP performance substantially diverging from midstr...
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First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the mergers of First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund (NYSE American: FEN), First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund (NYSE: FEI), First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund (NYSE: FPL), and First Trust Energy Infrastru...
First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the mergers of First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund (NYSE American: FEN), First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund (NYSE: FEI), First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund (NYSE: FPL) and First Trust Energy Infrastruc...
2024-03-12 10:18:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...