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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
| Municipal Bonds |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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| S&P/BGCantor US Treasury Bond |
400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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High Income Investments Reduce Exposure To Europe, Increase Returns: Part II |
Seeking Alpha - Dec. 12, 2011 - By The Wall Street Transcript
n Part 1 of “High Income Investments Reduce Exposure To Europe, Increase Returns,” U.S. publicly traded REITs specializing in college campus housing were seen as lower risk while providing investors with both current income and future growth. This sub-sector also isolates portfolio returns from international economic and currency risks. Part 2 will explore Oil and Gas MLPs as another asset class that can mitigate risk while increasing returns. Part 3 explores high rated Oil and Gas MLPs and has specific MLP recommendations.
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are publicly traded and liquid investment vehicles created to encourage US investment in domestic infrastructure.
James J. Cunnane Jr., Chief Investment Officer of Fiduciary Asset Management (FAMCO) put it this way in a recent interview:
It probably makes sense to step back and look at infrastructure, and even infrastructure is a term that is defined differently by many investors out there. Infrastructure can be defined as broadly as roads and hospitals and water facilities, in addition to the large amount of energy infrastructure that's in the US marketplace. MLPs are defined by the tax code; you have to qualify under the tax code to be an MLP.
A good analogy for MLPs are real estate investment trusts, or REITs, which similarly have to qualify to be a REIT under the tax code. To be an MLP, you have to have assets that are qualifying assets under the tax code, and so the question is what are the qualifying assets? Many of the qualifying assets tend to end up in the energy infrastructure business. And so right now, a large majority of MLPs are composed of assets that are energy infrastructure assets.
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