Poll: Americans Support Hydraulic Fracturing by More than 2-1 Margin
Source: JD Krohn, Energy In Depth  (3/25/12)
"Nationwide, Americans strongly support more energy development and believe consumers will ultimately benefit." More >

Oil Bull Market Is No Place For MLP ETF Investors
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research  (3/19/12)
"When oil prices are surging, MLPs do not benefit as much as some of their peers. This is because the oil tends to flow through the pipelines no matter the price of the commodity." More >

Gold, Silver, Oil and the Fear Index Trends
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy  (3/18/12)
"Gold will look bullish around $1,600/oz, gold miners (GDX) around $48/share, and silver around $30/oz, but we need to see one more wave of strong distribution selling for that to take place." More >

Rising Fuel Costs and the Next Revolution
Source: Clif Droke, Gold Strategies Review  (3/14/12)
"Were it not for the current ultra-low natural gas price, rising gasoline and crude oil prices would be crushing the economy." More >

Master Limited Partnerships: Yorkville's High Income MLP ETF Debuts
Source: ETF Daily News, Michael Johnson  (3/13/12)
"The new ETF will seek to replicate an index that consists of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) generally engaged in the storage and transport of natural gas and petroleum-based fuels." More >

MLPs Natural Gassed Again
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (3/10/12)
"MLPs stagnated Thursday, as natural gas supply reports came in higher than expected." More >

Bankers Win, Investors Lose
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (3/4/12)
"The equity issued, combined with mixed earnings results and falling commodity prices, led to MLP underperformance this week, but MLPs did fine compared with energy stocks." More >

Too Quiet. . .Expect Equity
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (2/26/12)
"The MLP Index benefited from solid earnings announcements, rising oil prices and a lack of equity issuance. As a result of a sort of no-catalyst week for MLPs, the index largely tracked the S&P 500." More >

MLPs Post Biggest Weekly Gain of 2012
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (2/18/12)
"On the back of rising commodity prices, a reprieve from equity offerings and benign broader stock markets, MLPs had a very good week, up 2.7% compared with the S&P 500, which was up 1.4%." More >

Study: 'No Evidence of Groundwater Contamination' from Fracking
Source: Shannon Brushe, Energy InDepth  (2/17/12)
"A new study from the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin has found 'no evidence' of hydraulic fracturing leading to groundwater contamination, as well as a marked trend of negative, ill-researched media coverage on the topic." More >

Pandas and Pipelines: China Yields Big Deals and Bigger Promises
Source: Joel Chury, Vantage Wire  (2/15/12)
"Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper returns from China with two giant pandas in tow and $3B worth of signed agreements. The Northern Gateway pipeline will most likely tie China to Alberta's oil sands." More >

Why Energy Investing Is Worth the Effort
Source: James Baldwin, Money Morning  (2/15/12)
"Even if you only have a small amount of money to invest, you can fight inflation's assault on your wallet by investing in the most profitable sector of all time." More >

Winners and Losers: All Quiet on MLP Front
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (2/10/12)
"MLPs had a slightly positive week, compared with a slightly negative week for stocks and gold and a mixed week for oil and natural gas." More >

Stop Imagining Possibilities; Start Seizing MLP Profits
Source: James Baldwin, Money Morning  (2/8/12)
"The midstream sector of the energy supply chain is the best and easiest way to make money in energy today." More >

MLP Ex-Dividend Dates Ex-amined
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (2/8/12)
"It's hard to tell how efficiently the market accounts for distribution ex-dates because a lot of market noise can happen between close on the prior day to the opening print on the ex-date." More >

MLPs—Wall Street's Best-Kept Secret: Yves Siegel
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report  (2/7/12)
Despite depressed natural gas prices, investors in master limited partnerships (MLPs) leveraged to natural gas liquids can expect both excellent income and share price appreciation, says Credit Suisse Senior Analyst Yves Siegel. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Siegel discusses his favorite MLPs and their winning formula for double-digit returns. More >

MLPs Overshadowed by Jobs, Stocks and Football
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (2/5/12)
"This week's underperformance was to be expected, as many MLPs passed through their ex-dates. Data still points in the right direction." More >

MLPs Finish January Positive, But Stocks Winning
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (1/31/12)
"This year marks the 5th January out of 17 that MLP Index has under-performed the S&P 500 for January. This is more a virtue of the MLP Index usually outperforming." More >

The President's Big Shout Out to Shale
Source: Energy InDepth  (1/25/12)
"A two-billion-year-long-no-mention streak finally came to an end, with President Obama devoting a significant segment of his nationally (and internationally) televised address to touting the promise and potential of developing America's enormous natural gas resources." More >

Week Thoughts: How Low Can Nat Gas Go?
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (1/21/12)
"The more interesting question is: How long before it recovers? I'm betting it will be years at this point, and I'm not alone." More >

Congress Has Bigger Fish to Fry than MLPs
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (1/18/12)
"This year's report indicates that MLPs are expected to cost the government substantially less in lost tax revenue than was estimated a year ago." More >

Your MLP Tax Questions Unanswered
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP Hindsight  (1/11/12)
"How do you calculate your current tax basis in an MLP from the info provided on a K-1 form?" More >

MVP Energy MLPs: John Edwards
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  (1/10/12)
John Edwards, first vice president covering energy infrastructure master limited partnerships for Morgan Keegan, is bullish for 2012 and well beyond. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Edwards highlights how this sector pairs a low-volatility asset class with stable, secure distributions—a rare combination in today's markets. More >

Could Oil Prices Intensify a Pending S&P500 Selloff?
Source: JW Jones, Options Trading Signals  (1/9/12)
"Sentiment numbers were released that confirmed that market participants were becoming more and more bullish as prices in the S&P 500 edged higher." More >

Quick Start Before Flashy Friday
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP Hindsight  (1/8/12)
"MLPs got off to a solid start to 2012, with the Alerian MLP Index finishing the first week up 1.1% and making new all-time highs the first three trading days." More >