MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE:MWE)

Huge earnings growth this year and next with a Yield of almost 9% in an industry that should do very well this year.

High P/E, High PEG and High P/B.

pipeline operator will receive increasing fees as more natural gas is used to replace other forms of energy

Why will this stock outperform the S&P this coming year?
How long has the 8% yield been in place? Do you see it
continuing for at least a year?

These MLPs are all pretty good to own if you are a longer-term investor. The dividend yield on these companies beats the living hell out of what most puerile simpletons do with the majority of their money. And consider the following - not a ONE of the big dividend-paying MLPs missed a div date from late 2008 to late 2009 when the natgas industry was having its hardest time since about 2002 or so.

The MLPs are not incredibly levered to the price of natgas, which is definitely a positive when you are talking about this commodity. Also, in my estimation you may see an oversupply of natgas in the near future as a lot of the big players start producing for purposes of holding the vast amounts of leasehold taken industry-wide in 2007 and 2008. (For those of you not in this industry, leases are usually taken for three year terms and can be "held" subsequent to the expiration of its primary term if there is ongoing production on the leasehold.)

And then of course there is the "impossible dream" scenario where Comrade Obama and the Congress of Ninnies wake up to the fact that we have enough recoverable natgas to run this country for 500 years.

Real nice considering the alternatives:
1) Oil - Deepwater Horizon, anyone? With the alternative being mass purchase from a bunch of suicidal madmen in beekeeper suits.
2) Coal - gotten via mountaintop removal, dead miners, and responsible for more pollution than one generally would find in the bloodstream of Tara Reid on a Sunday morning.
3) Solar and Wind - real nice if "energy policy" involves spending about $2.50 to generate $1.00 worth of power.
4) Ethanol - yeah, we get it! Ohio and Indiana and Iowa are competitive states in presidential elections. So both parties fall all over themselves to fellate agribusiness en masse. But see #3 in terms of the economics of this scam.

So anyway, yes I say all that as a guy working on the E&P side of nat gas. But I don't think that makes any of it is any less true. If we had NON-IDIOTS in charge of this country there would be a big push and all the natgas companies would run like crazy. But of course the reality is otherwise and even given that the MLPs and their midstream focus should perform pretty well as all that 2007-8 leasehold gets produced on over the next year or so. (We already have a bot of an oversupply and I predict more of that - which makes money for the MLPs - even as the resultant downward pressure on natgas prices makes things harder for traditional gas producers.)

almost double since i bought it, great dividend

This a small company showing unbelievable strength in management, and acquiring smaller companies. Their debt is acceptable and is paying a sweet dividend. With the strength of enrgy stocks this is a good buy even at $30.

This co that has pipelines and in Natural gas and oil. and pays good dividend.

When I bought it pd a div. of 14% making my cost 18.70 per share

we still need energy and we are stupidly avoiding investment in oil. LNG!

MWE provides a solid dividend that I think investors will look for in an unstable market.

Natural Gas has bottomed out and looks to be on the rise.

-Despite poor results from GE Capital, it industrial divisions continue to experience a $171 billion backlog in orders. There is also a bright future for its "ecomagination" initiative to develop solar & wind energy, hybrid locomotives, efficient lighting, and water purification technology.
-$0.10 Quarterly Dividend

I love that steady dividend payment.

insider buying

Today's dip is based on a second stock offering. WHile this does hurt current shareowners and overall equity, oil is positioned to make quite a leap in the next year or 2. I believe that this stock will contnue to rise despite the stock offering.

Great energy stock spread 50/50 with NGLS

Outstanding growth and dividends. Oversold with the price of oil.

Great fundamentals and oil is on the rise!!