Week Thoughts: Big Score for Midstream Midstream broke a 4-week losing streak and rang in the new year with a bang, rallying 7-8% across the midstream indexes. The big week was just the 3rd best week for MLPs since the vaccine news turned things around in early November.

Week Thoughts: Another Lost Week, Year for Midstream The short final week of the year was good for most stocks, but Midstream stocks were left out again. The S&P 500, utilities and infrastructure stocks traded up, along with oil and natural gas prices.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Santa Rally Melts Midstream underperformed the market for a third straight week after its massive bounce in November and early December. The group is clinging to a positive month of performance with just 4 more trading days left...

Week Thoughts: Midstream Checks Out Stocks, oil prices and natural gas prices were all up this week, but midstream stocks took a step back and appear to be coasting to the finish line for the year after the rush to re-position over the last few months.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Stalls at Altitude Midstream was mixed this week, with MLPs closing slightly lower after 4 very strong weeks of positive performance. Positive performance from some of the larger corporations in the U.S. and Canada helped the broader midstream indexes finish positive and keep pace with energy stocks...

Week Thoughts: Midstream Furious Finish Midstream had another huge week on still more follow-through of positive sentiment shift that’s occurred over the last 5 weeks as positive vaccine news sparked a rotation into value and energy stocks.

Midstream Movember: Updated Returns Through Month End Because the end of the month fell on a Monday, we felt it might be useful to post a wrap up on monthly performance for midstream, outside of the normal weekly cycle.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Parade Goes On Energy stocks (midstream included) continued their recent run of positive stock performance in this short week, helped by ongoing positive vaccine data points. It was the best Thanksgiving week return for midstream since 2008 (when MLPs were up 20%).

Week Thoughts: Midstream Hosts Another Large Gathering Another vaccine update, another rally for energy stocks and midstream stocks. Midstream was green all week until taking a breather Friday. Stocks and the infrastructure index were slightly negative, and utilities were hit hard.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Goes Green on Vaccine Energy stocks were buoyed by the big vaccine news Monday, and the gains held for the week overall. XOP spiked 20.4% this week, XLE was up 17.1%. Midstream wasn’t quite that strong but posted with historically significant gains Monday and for the week

Week Thoughts: Stocks Get Mandate, Midstream Flips Red The market (and midstream for most of the week) seemed to shrug off the ongoing presidential election malaise this week.

Week Thoughts: Pain Distributed Across Markets, Midstream Midstream and MLPs returned to earth this week, following lower oil prices and the market lower. Solid earnings reports from some of the larger names weren’t enough to offset macro headwinds and ET’s large distribution cut.

Week Thoughts: MLPs Ramp into Earnings MLPs resumed their October rebound this week with their best week since early August. Energy stocks outside of midstream also had a strong week on the back of merger mania in upstream with another E&P merger announced this week and others rumored.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Flattens Friday Midstream and MLPs looked to be coasting to a third straight week of solid gains, but a sharp selloff across energy stocks Friday erased the gains for the week.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Unchained, MLP Eruption MLPs followed up last week’s modest bounce with a huge week in a risk-on surge for equity markets, commodity markets and everything else this week.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Asymptomatic as Oil Declines The stock market broke its losing streak, and MLPs and U.S. midstream came along for the ride this week, bouncing slightly after a rough week, month, quarter and year. Weakness in Canadian midstream dragged down the AMNA Index.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Canceled Again The S&P 500 closed negative for a 4th straight week, while midstream had its worst week since June in what has been a brutal September so far.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Yield High, Interest Low Midstream stocks bounced back early in the week after two rough weeks, but then as the market rolled over later in the week, midstream and MLPs were dragged back down.

Week Thoughts: Another Setback Setback for Midstream Midstream struggled again this week, in a risk-off week for stocks and commodity prices.

Week Thoughts: Midstream, The Final Season With the market taking a very well-publicized breather this week, midstream followed the market and oil prices lower. MLPs were down each day this week and finished down 4.7%.

Week Thoughts: Stocks Up, Midstream Down MLPs staged a comeback effort late in the week (+3.7% Wednesday to Friday), but finished down vs. last week, and well below the S&P 500’s 3.3% gain.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Militia Retreats After a few weeks of positive performance, midstream rolled over this week. Energy stocks in general were negative, despite benign commodity price movements and strength among market indexes (which clearly are dominated by tech stocks).

Week Thoughts: Blue Flame Special for Midstream Midstream followed up last week’s big week with another strong week of price action. Midstream’s gains were mostly isolated to Monday and Wednesday, but those two days were good enough for a 3% week for the group overall, better than the S&P 500, utilities and infrastructure.

Week Thoughts: Midstream Restraint Rewarded Midstream was higher each of the first 4 days this week, before taking a breather Friday, to finish up 5-6% over last week. MLPs were particularly strong, especially gathering & processing stocks....