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  • Master Limited Partnerships With Upside Potential

    By Wes Patoka - June 7, 2013 | Tickers: KMP, MWE, WPZ

    Energy partnerships are great ways to gain exposure to America’s energy boom. These newly unlocked sources of energy are helping many sectors of the economy, none more so than the companies that transport and move natural gas and oil. There are three small Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) that are benefiting greatly from downstream applications of natural gas and processing.

    Small but steady

    MarkWest Energy Partners (NYSE: MWE) has a more »

  • Chuck Akre Is Bullish on Three New Businesses

    By Anh HOANG - May 24, 2013 | Tickers: AMX, MWE, NS

    Chuck Akre is one of the most outstanding and successful value investors in the world. In the past 20 years, he has managed to deliver an annualized return of 13.3%, beating the S&P 500’s annualized return of only 7.9%. In the first quarter 2013, he has initiated several new buys including NuStar Energy, L.P (NYSE: NS), America Movil SAB (NYSE: AMX) and MarkWest Energy Partners more »

  • LPs Benefiting From No GPs

    By Reuben Brewer - May 2, 2013 | Tickers: EROC, EPD, MWE

    Limited partnerships (LPs) can be complicated to understand. One important feature is the payments that an LP must make to its general partner (GP). Some LPs, however, don't have those payments to make, and that can mean more money in your pocket.

    What is a Limited Partnership?

    Keeping things simple, a limited partnership is a special corporate structure that allows for the pass through of income to shareholders without more »

  • A Pipeline to Solid Returns

    By Ryan Guenette - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: ENB, EPD, KMP, MWE, OKS

    A SWOT analysis is a look at a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company and its future. As 2013 begins, I would like to look at a stable master limited partnership that has trounced the overall market over the past decade: Markwest Energy Partners LP (NYSE: MWE).

    The Business:

    Warren Buffett once said, “Never more »

  • Should You Invest in Shale Gas in Appalachia?

    By Nate Wooley - February 20, 2013 | Tickers: CHK, GPOR, HES, MWE, WPZ

    Unless you, as an investor, have been willfully blind, America is undergoing somewhat of an energy renaissance lately. The growth of the natural gas sector has made for a better forward-looking energy outlook for the country and that should make it easier for people to get ahead. Possibly, even in some areas of the country where most boom times just pass right on by.

    In this case I'm discussing more »

  • A Deeper Look Into Cramer's Nov. 12th Lightning Round.

    By Dr. Osman Gulseven - November 19, 2012 | Tickers: AA, MWE, MRVL, SSYS, TTC

    Do-it-yourself investors get investment ideas just by watching CNBC's Mad Money. Jim Cramer, the host and former hedge fund manager, presents market insights and offers all manner of investing advice. I think the “Lightning Round” is the most enjoyable part of the show. During this segment, Cramer accepts viewers' challenges and comments on several stocks. It takes him just a few seconds to decide on a “buy” or a more »

  • The ATEX Express Picks up Another Rider

    By Matthew DiLallo - November 15, 2012 | Tickers: CHK, EPD, MWE, RRC, REXX

    What?

    Rex Energy (NASDAQ: REXX) has entered into a 15-year transportation agreement with Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) to become an anchor shipper of ethane on their ATEX Express pipeline.  The Appalachian-to-Texas Express pipeline will connect MarkWest’s (NYSE: MWE) Houston fractionation facility just outside of Pittsburgh to Enterprise’s Mount Belvieu NGL storage facility.  Under the terms of the contract, Rex will send 3,000 barrels of ethane per more »

  • Enterprise Demands More Growth

    By Matthew DiLallo - November 5, 2012 | Tickers: EPD, MWE, RRC, SSL, SXL

    In Enterprise Product Partners’ (NYSE: EPD) latest quarterly earnings conference call COO A. James Teague said several things of note that are beginning to signal a slight shift in their growth outlook.  He said that,

     “The industry continues to present opportunities in both the supply and the demand side of the equation. It's an exciting time to be part of this industry and exciting to be working for Enterprise more »

  • Does This Energy Underdog Have the Strength to Deliver Market Smashing Returns?

    By Matthew DiLallo - November 2, 2012 | Tickers: MWE, RRC, REXX, TLM, WMB

    (This article is part 2 in a series drilling down into Rex Energy through a SWOT analyis)

    Let’s face it, if you’re reading this article you’re here to make money in the stock market.  You want to buy a winner before it makes everyone else rich beyond their wildest dreams.  Odds are you think our domestic energy industry is where those dreams can come true and you more »

  • Can this Energy Underdog Grow into a Top Dog?

    By Matthew DiLallo - November 2, 2012 | Tickers: APC, CHK, GPOR, MWE, REXX

    “Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance.” - George Steinbrenner

    Much like sports fans, investors want to win.  Those wins are not seen in a column or in championship rings, but by consistently and handily beating the market. However, just like championships more »

  • Should This Energy Underdog Take These Threats Seriously?

    By Matthew DiLallo - November 2, 2012 | Tickers: APC, CHK, LINE, MWE, REXX

    (This article is part 5 in a series drilling down into Rex Energy through a SWOT analyis)

    Rex Energy (NASDAQ: REXX) is not without its detractors.  No company ever is--that’s what makes a market.  However, investors can’t just gloss over the threats that a company is facing.  In the continuation of this in depth look at Rex Energy we’ll drill deeper into the treats the company is more »

  • Range Finds a Home on the Mariner East

    By Matthew DiLallo - October 2, 2012 | Tickers: CHK, EPD, MWE, RRC, SXL

     “You might be a redneck if…the blue book value of your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it.” - Jeff Foxworthy

    While it’s not a direct correlation, but an energy pipeline has no real value until you start piping a liquid product through it.  That’s one reason Sunoco Logistics Partners (NYSE: SXL) can rest a little easier knowing that their Mariner more »

  • This MLP is Going Back for Seconds

    By Matthew DiLallo - September 26, 2012 | Tickers: EPD, LINE, MWE, REXX, WPZ

    Sometimes I wonder why companies don’t just make our lives as investors easier by just getting all their news done in one press release.  Less than a week after announcing a series of distribution increases to their unit holders, now Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) is announcing a secondary offering of 8 million shares. 

    You might be wondering if they needed the money why did they announce a distribution more »

  • This Stock Wants to Give You More Money

    By Matthew DiLallo - September 22, 2012 | Tickers: CVX, EPD, MWE, PSX, DOW

    “Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.” – John D. Rockefeller.

    The above quote by John D. Rockefeller is one of my favorites from the famous industrialist.  Unfortunately for me the dividend payments I collect aren’t big enough to get too excited about.  Still it is pretty exciting to get paid money you didn’t have to work hard more »

  • Will This Project Transmit More Dividends?

    By Matthew DiLallo - September 10, 2012 | Tickers: D, EPD, KMI, MWE, SE

    We know that we’re investing in companies and not ticker symbols.  As shareholders we’ve entrusted the management teams of these companies with our hard earned capital.  We don’t ask a lot in return, other than don’t squander it, at least try and earn us a decent return.  So of course it goes without saying that when a company decides to invest capital on our behalf it more »

  • Is the Utica Shale For Real?

    By Matthew DiLallo - September 4, 2012 | Tickers: APC, CHK, GPOR, MWE, REXX

    Gulfport Energy (NASDAQ: GPOR) seems to think so.  The small oil and liquids focused E&P company has devoted about 33% of their 2012 capital budget toward the play, which doesn’t include another 10% of additional capital to be spent on infrastructure and vertical integration projects.   They and their peers are working to recover the potential 1.3 to 5.5 billion barrels of oil and 3.8 to more »

  • Do MLPs Offer a Safe way to Invest In Energy?

    By Joshua Bondy - August 21, 2012 | Tickers: ACMP, APL, EPB, ETP, MWE

    Master limited partnerships offer strong yields and a relatively stable way to invest in the oil and gas sector. They provide pipelines and processing services which are less vulnerable to price fluctuations in the underlying commodities. By not holding land and reserves on their balance sheets they are not forced to take large write downs when the price of natural gas enters a bear market.  In the midst of negative more »

  • This Energy Underdog Keeps Growing

    By Matthew DiLallo - August 10, 2012 | Tickers: CHK, D, GPOR, MWE, REXX

    Energy prices are volatile enough without adding the words small cap to the mix, but that’s exactly what we have with Rex Energy (NASDAQ: REXX).  That volatility can go both ways of course and lately it has been in favor of long term investors.  Shares of the tiny oil and gas exploration company are up nearly 30% since the beginning of May, nearly a third of that gain coming more »

  • This Stranded Commodity is About to be Rescued

    By Matthew DiLallo - June 29, 2012 | Tickers: EPD, MWE, RDS-A, SXL, DOW | Editor's Choice

    I recently attended a conference that focused on how shale gas has the potential to lead to a renaissance in manufacturing here in the United States.  One of the speakers made a comment that really stuck out, saying that, “Ethane is a stranded commodity in” the Marcellus and Utica shale areas.  He pointed to transportation costs being one problem that needs to be addressed. While the commodity may currently be more »

  • There is No Mess when Buying this Energy Underdog

    By Matthew DiLallo - June 11, 2012 | Tickers: EPD, LINE, MWE, REXX, RDS-A

    I didn’t see that one coming!  If you are like most investors you’ve seen your hard earned money come crashing down with some high flying stock that you were sure was going to be the next big thing.  Whether it was accidental investing cleverly portrayed in commercials or just plain greedy over allocation, it’s hard to watch a stock just fall apart and put a ding in more »

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