Our MLP Rating system sums up the key elements for MLPs’ financial health on a scale of zero to 4. A zero indicates an MLP meets none of our holdings, a “4” indicates an MLP meets all of them. Here’s a brief description of each criterion. Read More

All our Growth and Aggressive Portfolio holdings that finished the year below are buy targets continued to execute operationally and post solid distribution growth. Read More

There’s one downside to the strong performance of our Conservative Portfolio and the megadeals of 2011: Takeover candidates now trade at a premium, and four of the six Portfolio holdings trade above our buy targets. Read More

We look back on the year that was and look forward to what's to come for our favorite energy-related master limited partnerships. Read More

A miner’s capital spending is the surest sign of management’s confidence in future success. This mining firm's spending levels augur well for future growth. Read More

Investors’ aversion to risk in dividend-paying stocks is, of course, part and parcel of a global effort to cut risk this year. The catalyst continues to be the threat to eurozone economies, spawned by the erosion in creditworthiness of sovereign debt and its impact on the Continent’s banking system. That,… Read More