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Enterprise Products Partners and MPLX have large backlogs of expansion projects. Enterprise Products Partners (EPD -1.26%) and MPLX (MPLX -0.96%) offer investors the best of both worlds. The master limited partnerships (MLPs) pay monster distributions (both currently yield more than 7%). They've also been able to grow their earnings and payouts at healthy rates for years. The MLPs currently have enough commercially secured organic expansion projects under construction to grow their cash flow through at leas ...

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Occidental wants to compete with giants, but if you are looking for reliable dividends, you'll probably prefer this MLP. Oil prices have been a bit volatile of late, sending share prices of Occidental Petroleum (OXY -2.44%) down 25% from their 52-week highs. The stock's yield is a mediocre 1.7% despite the significant price drop. Most energy stock-focused investors, and particularly income-oriented investors, will be better off with Enterprise Products Partners (EPD -0.88%) and its hefty 7.1% distribution y ...

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) ended the recent trading session at $29.25, demonstrating a -0.88% swing from the preceding day's closing price. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.19% loss on the day. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 0.7%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.04%. The provider of midstream energy services's stock has climbed by 1.13% in the past month, exceeding the OilsEnergy sector's loss of 0.03% and lagging the S&P 500's gain of 1.95%. The investment commun ...

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If what you are looking for is high yield, then this giant midstream player has you covered with its 7% yield and 26 annual distribution hikes. The average energy stock yields 3.2%. The S&P 500 yields 1.2%. Midstream energy giant Enterprise Products Partners (EPD -0.24%) yields 7%, twice as much as the average energy stock and over five times more than the broader market. And Enterprise's unit price is only about $30, so you can get in the door with even less than $500 if you want. Enterprise Products Partn ...

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) ended the recent trading session at $29.15, demonstrating a +0.66% swing from the preceding day's closing price. The stock lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.07%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.31%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 2.17%. Prior to today's trading, shares of the provider of midstream energy services had gained 2.44% over the past month. This has outpaced the Oils-Energy sector's loss of 4.22% and lagged the S&P 500's gain of 2.92% in that time. The inv ...

Esa Hiltula The objectives of income investing could be split into two broad categories: 1) to fund living expenses and retirement with the portfolio distributions without tapping into the principal itself, and 2) to pocket current income that could be reinvested back in yield-bearing assets, thereby facilitating the so-called "snowball" effect. In practice, it might be so that during the pre-retirement period, investors apply the second approach and then once the retirement kicks in, the portfolio proceeds ...

When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important? Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage. Enterprise Products currently has an avera ...