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Why Canadian investors should avoid MLPs
– moneysense.ca
For better or worse, a sizable group of Canadian investors still screens prospective investments by dividend yield. When that search expands beyond Canadian stocks, it often leads into parts of the U.S. market that look attractive on the surface but are poorly understood.
Common examples include American mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs) and business development companies (BDCs). Both tend to be highly leveraged and structurally complex, and the headline yield rarely tells the full story. The same applies to Master Limited Partnerships, or MLPs.
What is a master limited partnership?
MLPs occupy the midstream segment of the energy sector. This part of the industry focuses on transporting, storing, and processing oil and gas rather than producing or retailing it. Canadian investors are already familiar with midstream businesses through TSX-listed companies like TC Energy and Enbridge. The difference is that these Canadian firms are conventional corporations, not partnerships…
