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In a new research report, while RBC remains cautiously optimistic for the long term, it is clear that the analysts don't have a big appetite for the lower quality companies, and with good reason.
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Apple, Express Scripts, Facebook, Gap, Intel and Schlumberger.
Merrill Lynch said that the continued rebound in oil prices and the strength in fixed income markets both contributed to the recent MLP outperformance against the market.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday, February 25, include Bank of America, Encana, Energy Transfer Partners, Restoration Hardware, Salesforce.com and Transocean.
A new report on MLPs from Merrill Lynch noted that due to the extreme pressure on the sector last year, some investors even started to question the sustainability of the MLP business model.
With crude oil prices diving below $30 a barrel again Monday morning, announcing a change in top management at an already-weakened MLP is having a huge negative impact on its stock price.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Monday, February 8 include Athenahealth, Baker Hughes, Cisco, LinkedIn, Orbital-ATK and Tableau Software.
American Midstream Partners and Williams Partners said Monday morning that they will maintain distributions at previous levels for the fourth quarter of 2015.
MLPs that continue to maintain substantial IDRs have some room to maneuver with cash distributions, and they are very likely to have to do so in order to keep their limited partners happy.
Should prices start to stabilize in the current trading area, these companies may provide investors some of the best entry points in the past 20 years.
The Kinder Morgan dividend cut is a huge event and may very well mark a bottom in the energy MLP arena.
Kinder Morgan is no longer classified as a master limited partnership. That does not mean that its relevance to MLPs has vanished, and many closed-end MLP funds still own Kinder Morgan as a result.
Phillips 66 announced Monday morning that it has set its capital spending budget for 2016 at $3.6 billion. Phillips 66 will also add $2 billion to its share repurchase plan.
For patient long-term investors, these two MLPs may provide solid distributions during the wait for a rebound in energy pricing.
Williams Companies and Energy Transfer Equity have announced a merger transaction valued at more than $37 billion in cash and stock, including debt.