MLP ETFs

Oil is one of this year's worst-performing commodities, but master limited partnerships have been somewhat sturdy in the face of falling crude prices. For example, the Global X MLP ETF (NYSE: MLPA) is lower by just 0.35 percent compared to a year-to-date loss of 5 percent for the United States...

Investors well-versed in the world of master-limited partnerships (MLPs) probably know about general partners, a sub-set of the MLP space with its own potent income-generating potential. While there is no shortage of exchange traded funds income investors can tap for MLP exposure, not all of those...

Over the past 90 days, 20 (or 80 percent) of the 25 worst performing exchange-traded products are ETFs or exchange-traded notes (ETNs) related to oil and natural gas. And of those 20 offenders, including the worst performer, nine of those products are dedicated master limited partnership ETFs or...

During the go-go days of the Federal Reserve's various incarnations of quantitative easing and prior to the current bear market for oil prices, master limited partnerships (MLPs) and the corresponding exchange-traded products were prized by income investors searching for yield in low-yield...

With their high-dividend yields and perceived lack of correlation of to oil prices, master limited partnerships (MLPs) and their corresponding exchange-traded products have been favored destinations for income investors for several years of historically low interest rates. However, MLP exchange-...