MLP Structural Simplifications: Part 2 – IDR Eliminations
In recent years, we’ve seen MLPs move to eliminate IDRs, as several management teams have acknowledged that IDR structures become unsustainable over time. In today’s post, we look at how IDR...
Visual Data: MLP Treemaps 2.0
People often say a picture is worth a thousand words. Treemaps are a great way to visualize the MLP space and to better understand the sizes of various companies. Today we’ll look at the Energy MLP...
What Happened in October: 3 Challenges for Dropdown MLPs and 3 Ways Their Parent Companies are Helping
Dropdown names once handily outperformed other MLPs. Now, following a year of underperformance, their parent companies are stepping in to help boost valuations.
Pokémon, PAA, and PAGP
The new mobile game Pokémon Go has taken America by storm. The best Pokémon strategies are also some of the best MLP and investing strategies. The PAA/PAGP simplification deal can even be understood...
Calling the MLP Bottom (After Three Months and a 50% Bounce)
It is admittedly gutless to call the MLP bottom after three months and a 50% bounce. Worse, I’m not even directly calling the bottom; I’m just writing about the downturn in the past tense to see what...
AMZ Anniversary Countdown: 2010
Five more weeks until the 10-year anniversary of the AMZ. Today, we look at 2010, when things began to look up.