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America’s midstream energy infrastructure, the pipelines that move U.S. energy supplies to market is crucial as we strive for American Energy Independence.
Why Are MLP Payouts So Confusing?
It’s surprisingly difficult to figure out what dividends are doing for midstream energy infrastructure. Just about every company has a free pass on cutting its payout nowadays. Prudent cash management isn’t going to draw much criticism with the size of the economic shock we’re enduring. Given the beating energy stocks suffered during 1Q20, a few […]
Energy Investors See Us Moving Again
The energy sector has been leading the market’s rebound from the lows of March. Demand for crude oil plummeted, and the Saudi decision to simultaneously increase supply caused prices to briefly go negative. No investment sector in energy was safe, including midstream infrastructure. U.S. oil production has already dropped by 1.6 Million Barrels per Day […]
Falling Emissions Are Good For Energy
The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects CO2 emissions to fall 8% this year. This is six times the reduction that followed the 2008 financial crisis, reflecting the far greater drop in economic activity. Transportation has plummeted — peak congestion on roads in March was estimated down 50-60% in major cities around the world including Los […]
Stocks Look Past The Recession and Growing Debt
At Berkshire’s virtual annual meeting recently, Warren Buffett mused that their cash hoard of $135BN didn’t seem that much. Stanley Druckenmiller said, “The risk-reward for equity is maybe as bad as I’ve seen it in my career.” The New Yorker thinks stock investors have lost their minds. To not be bearish is to be insensitive […]
Pipeline Cash Flows Will Still Double This Year
One of the few pleasant surprises of recent weeks is that business for the major pipelines remains solid. Now that 1Q earnings season is complete, we have revised guidance from all the companies in the broad-based American Energy Independence Index. Caution was evident throughout on earnings calls, as one company after another described the impact […]