CBRE Global Investors, combined with CBRE Clarion Securities and CBRE Caledon, is one of the world’s leading real asset investment managers providing real estate and infrastructure investment solutions to over 500 clients worldwide.
CBRE Global Investors is the investment management division of CBRE Group, Inc. the world’s premier commercial real estate services and investment firm. The company’s shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CBRE.”
January 24, 2015
Viewed 962 times
MLPs continued the rally that began on 1/14/15 this week, finishing up 3 out of 4 days, even as oil prices dropped to fresh lows. For the week overall, the Alerian MLP Index (AMZ) increased 3.0% and the Alerian MLP Equal Weight Index (AMZE) increased 2.8%. In the 7 trading days since the 1/13/15 bottom, the AMZ has rallied 7.9%, while the AMZE has rallied 5.9%. MLPs are still down for the year, but have an outside shot at a positive January, which seemed very unlikely a few weeks ago.
The broader U.S. stock market was stronger this week, with the S&P 500 up 1.7%. Oil prices finished 6.7% lower this week, closing at a fresh 52-week low of $45.44. Oil dropped on a higher inventory build than expected on Thursday (plus a stronger dollar), and fell again Friday after the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Natural gas erased last week’s 5.1% gain with a 5.1% decline.
Winners & Losers
Out of index, small-cap MLPs led the way this week taking the top 3 performance slots. High-growth drop down names rounded out the top 5, with both VLP and PSXP up 12.4%. On the downside, it was a mixed bag with recent IPO RMP down the most at 10.5% (and now down 13.5% since IPO). EVEP was the only upstream MLP in the bottom 5 this week despite two distribution cuts from other upstream MLPs.
EVEP was the only repeat offender on the bottom 5. In the top 5, follow through has been limited, with winners fluctuating wildly from week to week.
Upstream MLPs occupy 4 out of 5 worst performing MLP spots so far this year. 2 Smaller, out of index MLPs make up most of the top 5.
News of the (MLP) World
Kinder Morgan’s big news and earnings release captured all the attention this week. KMI will try to hold that attention at next week’s analyst day. Earnings releases of actual MLPs start this week with EPD, NS and a few others this week. The fire hose of earnings releases that’s coming in the next few weeks will be a welcome change from a few pretty quiet months in terms of company-specific data points. Some of the news won’t be pleasant, but at least it will help the market differentiate between which MLPs are in trouble and those that are not.
Debt and Equity
M&A / Growth Projects