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• A Quick Rundown of Master Limited Partnerships

  By Rupert Hargreaves - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: EPD, KMP, STON 130622C00025000.DL, TNH

  A Master Limited Partnership is a publicly traded partnership. In reality this means that the company is a partnership in a legal sense, with several partners pooling their money together to start a company, which is then overseen by a person or entity that is called the general partner. Unlike normal partnerships, master limited partnership partners are have limited liability.

  What are the benefits?

  With this structure, partners have access more »

• Death And Taxes: How to Profit From Life's Only Two Certainties

  By Robert Ciura - May 7, 2013 | Tickers: HRB, HI, STON 130622C00025000.DL

  It’s an age-old saying, but it remains true: the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. While unfortunate, investors can actually profit from life’s two inevitabilities. Among the market’s profitable, dividend-paying stocks, there are a few that operate businesses pertaining to just that: death and taxes.

  If you’re an investor who likes to look for stocks in unfamiliar places, these companies might be just more »

• Closing Tax Loopholes Still A Risk

  By Reuben Brewer - February 14, 2013 | Tickers: AB, CG, FUN, FIG, PENN, STON 130622C00025000.DL, BX

  President Obama used an interview just prior to the Super Bowl to highlight the need to raise more revenue through the tax code. He, once again, brought up the carried interest loophole as an example that helps the rich at the expense of funding the U.S. Government. This could be bad news for some companies.

  A Fiscal Cliff Punt

  The big news at the end of last year was more »

• There's an MLP Bubble to Watch, and Some MLP Opportunities to Explore

  By Reuben Brewer - November 7, 2012 | Tickers: ARLP, BBEP, EPD, NMM, STON 130622C00025000.DL

  Stocks paying significant dividends have been a favored investment for a couple of years. Such companies have seen their shares advance handsomely. For example, within the real estate investment trusts (REITs) space, some stocks now yield the same or less than household name, and financially strong, mega-cap stocks like Johnson & Johnson. Another area that has seen material price appreciation is the master limited partnership (MLP) space. Investors should tread carefully more »

• 3 Massive Yields I Just Might Buy

  By Matthew DiLallo - September 24, 2012 | Tickers: NLY, CF, OAK, STON 130622C00025000.DL, TNH

  I’m always on the lookout for the next high flyer, but more often than not I’d like to take a flyer in a high yielder instead.  I’m building out a virtual portfolio of high yielders and reinvesting the income they kick off into those high flyers.  I call this endeavor the “No Drip, No Mess” Portfolio and here are three massive yielding stocks that I’m currently more »

• Trick or Treat Stocks

  By AnnaLisa Kraft - September 10, 2012 | Tickers: CSV, HI, SCI, STEI, STON 130622C00025000.DL

  October is historically a difficult month for stocks. Three of the worst market declines started in October with October 29, 1929 as “The Crash” that catalyzed the Great Depression. Then there was October 19, 1987 in which the Dow dropped 22.6% in one day. Finally, October 2008 ushered in the recession.

  Investors have reason to be skittish before Halloween. Keep some cash in the candy jar for buying opportunities more »