MLPs offer tax advantages as they pass profits and losses directly to investors. Investors receive high quarterly cash distributions, aiding in income generation. Buying and selling MLP units is easy ...

MLPs complicate the income tax requirements for IRAs. An IRA is required to report and pay Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) if its MLP holdings earn a certain level of unrelated business taxable ...

One of the primary attractions of MLP investments is the potential for tax-deferred income. Whether you invest in an MLP directly or invest in an ETF that predominately owns MLPs, a good portion of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I show you how to save and invest. One of the smaller, but potentially important, trends in the markets in 2018 so far has been ...

Since the inflation spike of 2022, most energy investors have focused on upstream oil and gas producers like ConocoPhillips (ticker: COP) or direct exposure to commodity futures. That makes sense if ...

Some funds owe corporate income tax. Do their shareholders understand what’s going on? Try to figure this out: Most funds don’t owe any corporate income tax, but one of the few funds that does have ...