Midstream stocks sold off this short week, taking a breather from their sprint off the bottom.  MLPs had traded up in each of the last 5 weeks, so a pause isn’t surprising.  The MLP Index traded down the first 3 days of the week, before a reversal and positive finish Friday.

MLPs had their best week since…last week, up each day this week for another 4.6% since last Friday.  It was a fifth straight positive week, the first such streak since April 2016.  The Index is now 19% higher than the end of November recent bottom.

It was a great opening week for midstream stocks, or almost any other kind of stock (ex-utilities and REITs). MLPs have traded up for 4 consecutive weeks, the first streak of 4+ positive weeks since April 2016.  4.5% is the best week for MLPs since late last January.  MLPs are also 13.9% off the late November bottom.  The MLP Index opened with consecutive 2%+ days for just the second time ever (2009 was the other time).