Real assets, including energy infrastructure, offer a number of portfolio benefits, but may be best known for providing an inflation hedge. Beyond real asset exposure, MLPs/midstream typically have inflation-protected cash flows and generous yields that ...

Income focused investors are now looking for assets that can deliver high yields to counter inflation. Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) represent an attractive investment option since in addition to juicy yields, they have relatively stable cash flows ...

Many investors are trying to beat inflation, and the 8%-yielding Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:AMLP) can help them do just that. Not only is this north of the rate of inflation (currently running at 6%), it’s about five times the average yield for the S&P ...