MLPs don’t make their money based on oil or gas prices. Unlike other energy sector stocks, MLPs primarily deal with the distribution and storage of energy products, so their business model is less reliant on the commodities market since MLPs profit off the quantity of oil and natural gas they are able to move around.
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AMLP has a whopping trailing 12-month dividend yield of 8.6%, according to Yahoo Finance data. That is about 700 basis points above Thursday’s closing yield on 10-year U.S. Treasurys.
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