EPD

DividendG

ET Energy Transfer. Also had EPD but recently sold and am all in on ET, especially at the recent share (unit) price.

LuigiPasqule

EPD

D_Pablo67

JEPI and JEPQ are both covered call ETFs from JPMorgan that pay high monthly dividends and track the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 respectively. My four top dividend payers are: Realty Income (O), a REIT that pays interest income monthly and a Dividend Aristocrat. Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), a REIT that pays interest income quarterly and is a Dividend Aristocrat. Enterprise Products (EPD), a pipeline MLP that pays a quarterly dividend taxed as ordinary income and is a Dividend Aristocrat. Energy Transfer (ET), a pipeline MLP that pays a quarterly dividend taxed as ordinary income. If you buy all of these you will have a balanced portfolio with growth potential and good monthly income.

Trust_Know_Won

1. NVDA (Nvidia) Nvidia remains a key growth stock and the MVP of 2025, powering AI innovation and data center expansion, making it central to the tech sector’s secular momentum. Good for long-term growth and compounding potential. 2. JNJ (Johnson & Johnson) Johnson & Johnson offers reliable dividend growth, stability, and defensive sector exposure, suitable for investors seeking yield and inflation protection in an uncertain macro environment. 3. IREN (IREN Ltd) One of the year’s best-performing growth stocks, IREN exemplifies mid-cap momentum in digital infrastructure, up over 430% for 2025, ideal for adding innovation-driven upside to a portfolio. 4. EPD (Enterprise Products Partners) With a nearly 7% yield and steady cash flows from energy infrastructure, EPD provides dependable income as part of a barbell strategy balancing growth with dividend strength. 5. CLS (Celestica Inc.) Celestica has delivered among the top returns in 2025, benefiting from demand in electronics manufacturing and AI-related hardware integration, representing technology and industrial sector growth. This blend supports a diversified, risk-aware mix of US tech, dividend aristocrats, infrastructure, and high-growth innovators, matching the proposed strategy of both long-term compounding and tactical opportunity hunting.

Pikminmania2

Greed😔. But let’s see if you can spot the pattern. MARCH - went from 10k to 50k Tuesday close, lost half Wednesday open, kept the money in until it went back down to 10k. NEXT WEEK - went from 10k to 50k Monday close, Tuesday open lost half, kept the money in until it went back down to 10k. April - 10k to 20k Tuesday close, down to 5k EOD Wednesday July - 5k to 12k Thursday close, lost all gains Friday open Past month: - 2k to 25k on BYND, didn’t look at my phone until it went down to 15k EOD - Instantly lose 4k on 0dte - put some money away until I’m at 7k - 7k to 9k Monday EOD, opens at 5k next day - 5k to 8k Wednesday, opens at 4k Thursday - 4k to 5k Thursday, opens at 2k Friday Finally: 2k to 6k yesterday EPD, opens at 4.5k today and I didn’t sell until 2.5k When I hear how regarded some of the stories in this sub is it feels even worse

DapperGovernment4245

MO has been very nice. EPD is good. VZ is a good dividend but I don’t particularly like the stock same with O. I used to like IRM but it’s gone up so much lately the yield is low and I’m afraid it might be overvalued.

Puzzleheaded-One-607

They’re the largest LNG exporter in the country and I think one of the biggest producers as well. They have 2 massive liquification/export facilities in the South. Take a look. Interesting play and one of my bigger holdings. Was hard for me to find a better pure play on LNG in specific. However, they are tied to the price of gas more than a midstream play like Antero, EPD, etc

49ers4life71

If you’re going LEAPS I’d get into $SLV and $GLD. Looks like we are headed for a correction at the least, and possibly a 🐻 market next year. 3 years of a bull market and AI stocks with no earnings reaching astronomical valuations. Also high safe dividend stocks like $HST, $VICI and $EPD are a good way to park money as well!

Lords3

Most firms this size lease colo; verify with utilities and permits, not the press release. Look for Sandy Springs permits for generators/UPS/chillers, Georgia EPD air permits for diesel gens, Georgia Power feeder upgrades, and fresh fiber ducts; MW-scale power and a meet-me room are the real tells. Ask the landlord who operates the colo and if cages exist. CoreWeave mostly leases with QTS/CyrusOne; same playbook. We use Snowflake and Cloudflare Zero Trust, and DreamFactory to expose on-prem SQL as REST for lab apps in shared colo. If there’s no MW power, gens, and fiber, it’s just office space.

SchwabCrashes

I use Schwab Fidelity Vanguard Robinhood to invest and trade (among other). Then I use Empower Personal Dashboard (EPD) to pull in and help aggregate data and get quasi-instant networth each time I login (or each time I refresh). Then Excel to track my planning for up coming years -- the so-called big picture. EPD is great because its Holdings and Allocations feature analyzes the data and give allocation map, sector and class map which indicate how much I've invested in each sector, in each class. For big portfolio with a lot of investments, including many ETFs, it calculates the % of each stock in each portfolio, which is useful in knowing your overall allocation/stock and hence the risk. This is the key reason why I use EPD. Without it, it would be time consuming to figure out how much of each stock you actually own if you have multiple portfolios each with different strategy. EPD's Retirement planning feature uses collected data to make projections similar to many other tools. Useful, but nothing so special. Just a side benefit and good to know info.

Majestic-Judgment-92

Alright guys I spent it all. This is what I did. VOO - 35% QQQM - 20% VGT - 10% SMH - 10% VXUS - 10% O - 5% EPD - 5% Play money - 5%

D_Pablo67

Build a portfolio to last. VOO and QQQ are an excellent foundation. I would allocate 50% between the two. Gold hit an old time high a week or two ago. Once it pulls back 20% from its high, I would invest 10% in GLD. The Mag 7 are all great companies. Track the prices for pull backs. Meta and Microsoft got slammed after hours on some minor disappointments. Buy some high quality financials like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, American Express and Capital One. For dividend aristocrats, I own O, FRT and EPD.

D_Pablo67

My top three dividend aristocrats: Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT) Realty Income (O) Enterprise Products (EPD) All three pay solid dividends, increasing for at least 25 years, and also have solid earnings, cash flows, and balance sheets.

easylife12345

I’m only a couple of years from retirement, so building my income stream. I’m loading up on midstream, with the weakness driven by lower oil prices. EPD/ET are my favorites, and yielding between 7-8% BDC Armageddon - hard to predict the bottom, but best of breed in this sector is in sale with the riskier companies. I recently bought a decent position in KBDC. I like ARCC at current price, although hoping it goes lower and keeping some spare change REITS. Decent value, I’ve been adding ARE in the $70’s. I was adding Brookfield BIP/BEP, but now waiting for them to drop 5% or so. Growth is unaffordable. I have nibbled on AMZN. Have been opportunistically selling weekly covered calls on my position. Hoping NVDA disappoints on earning. That will open up a lot of opportunity, but a gamble. It could easily beat and raise. I certainly would not short GLTA

Minute_Plastic_350

The utility sector will be booming for years. It’s gonna take so long for the government to approve permitting as well as state regulations for the new utilities and their power plants to be built. The grid in the US is problematic enough now we’re just making it worse, but you have to think that natural gas will help come in to generate power for the utilities. Find utilities you like and go long, don’t forget to reinvest those dividends. Also consider where data centers will be located, I think the northwest, Texas, Virginia the Carolinas, DC. Besides utilities look at MLPs or Master Limited partnerships for the pipeline companies like symbols, ET, MPLX, PAA, EPD these pipeline companies will continue to pump oil and more importantly natural gas to where it needs to go to help power the data centers

EscortSportage

Check out EPD and OKE

kingerxi

There are still a lot of stocks that are undervalued, you just have to find them. COLD and KIM are solid REITs, WFRD, EPD, IXC are in the energy sector (lots of energy stocks have good value) - don't buy EPD in a tax deferred account as it's a master limited partnership, and the K-1 losses won't benefit you, and that's an important piece of it's value. INDA is an ETF focused on India, it's near a low because of tariffs. They are out there...

EscortSportage

Picked up some EPD. VZ today.

cshellcujo

PLTR, EPD (though not sure about holding past 5-10), and Im just about with you on Reddit. Oh, and COST.

weichengyee

EPD fucking me over ffs

easylife12345

EPD/ET/BIP/BEP/NVDA/AMZN/REGN. I sell weekly covered calls on many of my positions. That is the short list that I buy on weakness.

Confident-Court2171

If you can deal with the K-1, ET and EPD as well,

ShadowBard0962

I invest my discretionary funds in tax-deferred Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) inside my Brokerage Account. So far I’ve invested in (5) stocks: ET, EPD, DLP, DMLP, and MPLX.

FUBAR_The_Clown

EPD a lot of $33 calls traded today for 9/26.

FUBAR_The_Clown

EPD is coming on strong 💪

rackoblack

Ever? ETRN - ([historical quotes](https://www.investing.com/equities/equitrans-midstream-historical-data)) I owned ETRN from June 2022 to July 2024. EQT had spun off ETRN to isolate itself from litigation/regulation issues. It paid 8-10% dividends that whole time. When that crisis passed in their favor, ETRN nearly doubled in price before EQT reabsorbed it. EQT wasn't paying enough divvies so I closed the position. Currently? ET/EPD. Bought a lot of these shares with the ETRN/EQT proceeds. My shares are up 35/65% and a lot of them were dividends reinvested. They pay about 7% dividends. This is my biggest sector (REITs are second) of the individual stocks we own. ET is currently rated a buy by Morningstar, EPD a hold. O, STAG and CCI are my REITs that are buy rated, with O a five star buy.

CosmicSpiral

EPD

Main_Squirrel_2530

Thanks for the reply. With regard to EPD, I don't plan to sell puts against it. Just use it for income and margin collateral. Trying to avoid dividend paying stocks for puts due to the nature of the ex-date. I see your point on how a downturn could have a compounded negative affect. Other than rolling to a later date, with hopes of recovery, what would you suggest the best approach to mitigate losses in a sudden downturn?

sharpetwo

Let me preface that I love EPD - low vol, high dividend, solid business model. It's indeed a good stock for the mantra "I do not mind owning the stock". I simply own it and do not even sell options on it. Now the problematic part your strategy is essentially selling convexity to fund carry which can become quickly an explosive cocktail. It looks attractive because the income snowballs: sell puts, buy yield, sell more puts, rinse and repeat. But in reality, you are just stacking correlated risks. \- Put premium is not free cashflow. It is compensation for taking downside risk. Plowing into EDP or SCHD is doubling down on the same risk factor (equities). In a drawdown, your puts lose, your dividends lose, and your margin cushion shrinks at the exact same time. \- “I do not plan to get assigned” is wishful thinking. Assignment is not a choice unfortunately. Otherwise I don't know a single wheeler that would despite the "I don't mind owing the stock" mantra. You can wake up tomorrow with the market down 8% and trust me you will get assigned. It doesn't happen often, but enough for you to be very careful with that thinking process. Now this is the part I don't really follow - picking EDP is clearly a good idea same for SCHB, why wouldn't you want to get assigned? In any case using premium to increase margin availability works great in a grind-up market. In a shock, it accelerates the margin call and smaller accounts feel that pain fastest. That really where your risk is and you can't just simply schrugg it off.

Thin_Cat8817

I like midstream here - good stagflation play if you think that will happen. Fee structure is inflation protected, so it has built in fee raises along with inflation. They also get most of their income from longterm contracts that can help protect from recession related oil downside risks. Nice div too to sit and collect. EPD is my top choice

rackoblack

I have 27 or so individual (non-index) investments, but they make up only about 30% of our net worth. My largest stock is AMZN which is about 4% of our net worth. My largest sector for much of the last 25 years was tobacco, but in the last three or so years I've been shifting out of that sector given it's dropping burnt tobacco. Now oil & gas midstream is my largest sector of those non-index investments (ET and EPD), which is almost 7% of nw. Over the 25 or so working years I built up this portfolio, I spent at least 3-5 hours a week managing it. I do a bit more now that I'm retired. Index fund investing is the only way you can truly fire and forget for decades and end up with a huge pile to live off of in retirement.

talbotron22

EPD long calls, strike price $32 expiring August 22. EPD is currently at $31.50, breakeven price is $32.11 and calls are only $0.11.

talbotron22

EPD long calls, strike price $32 expiring August 22. EPD is currently at $31.50, breakeven price is $32.11 and calls are only $0.11.

Such-Hawk9672

I have a call for EPD 27 cc, and a 31.50 put if that makes since, big inside buying,I took this out 4 months ago

Rhallowell

EPD

OddPrOXY99

Too late spy going tits up and I’m straddling those milkers like my life depends on it. Probably buying EPD shares with it tbh and watching my hairline slowly recede as my DRIP gets my dick slightly damp.

altabuse

There are macro tailwinds to the energy sector that are not fully realized yet, as such I like EPD and KNTK over the next 10 years. Pay good dividends too.

SlickRick941

ET, EPD, and PAA. Buying more as often as possible as well as DRIP. Poised for some solid runs under the current administration 

Any-Garlic8223

I’m going to yolo my 1200 dollar portfolio into EPD calls

iamsciences

ETFs/GOOG/PFE are my long term plays. MPLX/BN/EPD mid term. AAPL/PATH short term depending on when they hit my 🎯pricing

RonMexico16

I was big on the pipelines last year and did so well with WMB, KMI, MPLX, and EPD. Now they’re stuck, but the fundamentals remain solid and there’s lots of growth ahead. I keep wondering if the market is pricing in some sort of domestic economy/energy slowdown due to tariffs in the back half of 25 and into 26.

Narrow-Switch-5823

5$ EPD

Romans828Believer

EPD, this could absolutely fly later in the week. Get in early!

ThatChrisGuy7

Spy to 623 by EPD

LintItIs

I like dividend paying companies in the midstream energy sector. Companies like EPD and ET.

LintItIs

Adding to Amazon, Google and Msft due to AI build out. I like the midstream energy companies like ET, EPD and MPLX. Watching cost, brk and HCC for tariff pull backs.

FitAd9625

I bought more JEPI when it dropped to 56.30 and EPD at 31.28. Both are up now after 1300.

TruChains

Clearly the reverse testicle hang pattern. Recovering by EPD

greenpride32

Critical energey infrastructure has been a hot play past 2 years - only it's been more focused on IPP's and nuclear (for AI infrastructure) rather than oil and gas. One is the future and one is the past. EPD share price is flat over 10 years. While I don't dispute it's a great income stock to own, it's not one for growth. Top line is same as it was 10 years ago. If top line declined in that period and came back to same level - is that true growth?

Absinthehouse

Congrats on the big milestone. I was also about your age when broke one million. I recently crossed the 20m mark and I’m going to give you some free advice… take it or leave it. Keep you your cash invested, inflation will prove to be structural and secular and you will need to be in areas that will keep pace or outperform inflation: my biggest bet here is the energy sector. That said, in the short-term (1-2 years) we probably see a cyclical downturn in growth in which case you’re correct in your thinking of waiting on real estate. Energy will also likely see a cyclical correction but this will be your opportunity to pounce for the decade ahead. If you want short-term protection in the sector look towards the transport companies with guaranteed contracts and high paying dividends (EPD KNTK, ET, etc) The average investor does not realize it now, but energy speculation will be like the tech speculation of the last decade. Saying this may not generate upvotes, but that’s good thing, good investors reach success being ahead of the curve and consensus.

D_Pablo67

I do both. My largest holdings are JEPI and JEPQ, which are covered call ETFs You could easily swap those out for VOO and QQQ. My core four dividend holding are Enterprise Products (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Federal Realty Trust (FRT) and Realty Income (O), all but ET are Dividend Aristocrats (raised dividends every year for 25 years or more). My semiconductors are NVIDIA, Broadcom and Marvel. My big tech is Meta and Amazon. I like buying and holding great companies. ETFs like VOO and QQQ can be better tools for market timing.

rackoblack

Love my midstream oil & gas MLPs. (And I agree on your "reddit isn't always garbage advice", not just for stocks but lots of stuff.) It may be there's more and more AI generated crap content, but normally that's done with some sort of profit motive, so the real humans aren't that hard to spot. My holdings: ET and EPD, I'm up 38 and 64% in them, not counting the DRIP purchases. They're my 1st (tied with AMZN) and 5th largest individual stock holdings and pay a glorious 7.3 and 6.8% dividend. AMZN is a close 3rd, as I have a 5 banger return on that. The oldest shares (about half of what I own) are up 16x! Once I retired I put some into AMZY to get some day-to-day return out of it. I'm almost always a dividend investor in individual stocks. I may not grow the AMZY position past where it is, which I'm currently about flat in share price wise - just booking the neato 50% divvies. A lot of my MLP shares in ET and EPD were bought with proceeds from closing my position in another midstream MLP, ETRN/EQT. EQT had spun off ETRN to offload a risk (court case? Regulation? I forget) and it was paying a huge dividend, closer to 9%. I was heavy in ETRN because it was paying such a huge divvy. The risk was settled in their favor, so ETRN spiked up! When EQT reabsorbed it the dividend dropped way down below 3%, so I closed out ETRN (some shares had converted to EQT by then). Almost doubled my initial investment earning 9% dividends along the way, booked gains of over 100k on this one holding from 2022-2024. Got kind of lucky, I think. It was just another MLP to get huge divs from. I wasn't aware of the EQT thing until news broke they were reabsorbing. That was a sad sale to make, but happy to book the huge gain and put those funds back to earning again.

Big-block427

Take a hard look at EPD.

rackoblack

I've bought some losers in my day. Bought BP after they pissed in the gulf. I took a bath in their pissed in gulf. 1/10 would not recommend. Annoyed I didn't buy AMZN the first year I spent over 5k there. Instead, I bought in 2014, a nice 16x'er. Mostly I look for value and mostly trust Morningstar ratings on that. Since FIRE added way more REITS and oil & gas midstream plays (ET and EPD at the moment). Nearly doubled our money in ETRN before it went back into EQT with a too-low dividend so we got out. Earning over 7% dividends on the holdings I manage if I omit GOOG and AMZN (both of which well in the green).

Greg-ArlingtonVA

Use some of it to buy dividend plays - pipeline MLPs, real estate investment trusts, etc. Mine include ticker symbols ET, EPD, O, OHI.

SlickRick941

Calls on us oil and gas production companies to cover for it. ET, EPD, PAA among others

thatkid1010101

Hello peons With the pending future geopolitical climate I believe it is time to be a regard in commodities, more specifically everyone’s favorite, Oil & Gas.. Positions: long NG (boil), VG (NG liquidifaction), GLD, DHT (international crude shipper), KEX, EPD If 🥭gives bunker bombs we see $100+ oil, Iran can squeeze 20% of the O&G supply chain through the strait of Hormuz

Peterd90

Gold miners and ETFs like GLD, big oil, (XOM, CVX and others), the gas and oil pipe line companies (EPD, ET) defense contractors (Lockheed, Northrop, Raytheon, General Dymamics). I would say Boeing but dont know the details behind the crash in India.

Ihave4friends

VZ and EPD are my dividends for life.

HistoricalGate0104

**1. XRX, 2. EPD, 3. MO, 4. SPG — and the fifth is one of my favorites: O.**

Ryu6912

The secret move is that NVDA will give us a giga pump day tomorrow but we dump in PM on Friday from a tweet or something. Full port QQQ calls then go straight to puts EPD tomorrow. You’re welcome 

Ok-Tax9135

Stacking more calls now +3% EPD

D_Pablo67

I would sell Pfizer. I you want big pharma, buy Eli Lilly. If you want dividends here are some from my portfolio: Enterprise Products (EPD), Realty Income (O) and Federal Realty Trust (FRT) are all Dividend Aristocrats with over 5% yield, a rarity. I also own Energy Transfer with is not an aristocrat. These are MLPs and REITs that pay ordinary dividends, not qualified for 15% rate. My best high dividend C corps with growing earnings and good valuations are Sonoco Products (SON), which makes Pringles cans, pie tins and other packaging with 4.64% yield and up 2.12% today, and Papa John’s (PZZA), the pizza maker with 4.15% yield and up 4.88% today.

salty0waldo

I am very familiar with the sector, so I guess to me it makes a lot of sense lol. Linde has a lot of pricing power in the sector due to being so large. They had Linde Gas (production business), Linde Engineering (EPD), Lincare (medical oxygen home delivery). Formed in 2019 from merger of Linde and PraxAir

LucyBb40

MLPs in the Oil n Gas industry They give huge distributions I own some EPD ET MPLX Apart from the distribution being halfed by ET during Covid I am happy with the K 1 - once u know how to do it next year just doing the same Go look into it. Huge cash flows

Odd_Entrepreneur2815

ET MPLX EPD are good if you’re fine with a K-1

Odd_Entrepreneur2815

I’m cash poorer than normal, if I wasn’t that’s a candidate where I’d put a small amount on long calls just incase a hit. My investment strategy is generally bulk in deep value plays that have generally good dividends(think MPC, ET, MPLX, EPD since COVID) with about 20%-30% of portfolio doing asymmetric bets. This is one of the most asymmetric I’ve seen. Others are usually puts against the market or AAPL or STLA or similar and calls on GLD or SLV or similar.

D_Pablo67

EPD, O and FRT all yield over 5% and are dividend aristocrats (raised dividends every year for 25 or more years). That’s a needle in a haystack, a rare combination of yield and consistency.

D_Pablo67

I put my dividend stocks and ETFs into categories. Top 4 are higher yielding and steady payers (MLPs & REITs): Energy Transfer (ET) is MLP midstream pipeline with excellent growth prospects and high quarterly dividend. Enterprise Products (EPD) is rock solid MLP and a dividend aristocrat (raised dividend every year for 25 or more years). Realty Income (O) is a REIT known as “the money dividend company.” Yields better than bonds and grows. Also a dividend aristocrat. Federal Realty Trust (FRT) is a REIT and dividend aristocrat paying higher than US Treasuries. Common Stock with lesser following, good yield and solid prospects: Sonoco Products (SON) manufactures packaging like Pringles cans, aluminum pie holders, cores for toilet paper. Yield is 4.7%, good earnings report and I think it is undervalued. Covered Call ETFs by JPMorgan paying high monthly dividends: JEPQ is built around the NASDAQ JEPI is built around solid S&P 500 companies like Visa, MasterCard, Progressive and Trane. It has less yield and less volatility than JEPQ. Papa John’s

rackoblack

I've been investing in majority index funds but some individual holdings for 30 years now because I enjoy the work the latter takes. I initially started buying stocks as a way to learn the markets and finance better and it turns out I enjoyed it and did well with it. But you're right, strictly index investing is the safer bet. But I like the added risk. For me, value was key. Doesn't matter how great a product or company is, if the share price is overvalued it's not a buy. To determine the value, I trust in analyst ratings, and very heavily weight the Morningstar rating for a holding in my decisions. Dividend payers was my second criteria, and especially now that we're retired. My top ten holdings follow. If I remove AMZN and GOOG from the mix, my other 22 holdings earn about 6.2% dividends, much more if I calculate yield on cost. I'm sitting on 30% gains, double that in my taxable brokerage which I'm selling down in retirement at 0% LTCG before our social security and RMDs kick in and income goes back up. ET O AMZN BTI EPD PM VZ PFE GSK

D_Pablo67

I would steer clear of exploration and production. I own two midstream pipelines, Enterprise Products (EPD) and Energy Transfer (ET), and Southwest Gas.

Loud-Big-144

we’re gonna flip green EPD

easylife12345

I’m hoping EPD falls a few bucks. I would like to increase my position, if OPEC causes the sector to crater. Time will tell

Alternative-Neat1957

EPD pays a 7% dividend AND is raising that dividend by 4% every year AND has share price appreciation on top of that.

i-love-freesias

Supply and demand.  Too much supply right now. A good stock to hold is midstream companies that get paid for storage, like EPD. Fat dividend, too.

easylife12345

I maxed out my Roth for the year as well. I deployed much of my free cash on this sell-off. I‘m going to retire in 3-years, so I’m concentrating more on building my dividend revenue stream. I didn‘t add much growth during the last few weeks. Positions I started / added to: EPD/ARE/BIP/BEP/MSDL/ARCC/PRU These were great sales, so happy I got these bargain prices.

i-love-freesias

I think right now it’s the dividend that matters. People are moving into dividend stocks.  I think that’s what is saving the sector’s stock prices, even with the price of oil dropping. Additionally, Trump wanting to prop up American resources and companies. I prefer to buy the midstream stocks that don’t actually explore and drill, and that have good dividends, like EPD (pipelines and storage) and VTS (owns wells and partners with actual drillers). But I don’t think buying Chevron is a bad idea right now, either, though more volatile.  

Revfunky

The question is stroked with a broad brush. Is there one? Probably not. Few stocks can stand the test of time. If you asked me in 2016 this question the same dividend stocks I suggested then I would today. ABBV has top-notch management that is loyal to shareholders with annual dividend increases. The other would be for a taxable account. EPD is an MLP so you have a K-1 if that is an issue.

i-love-freesias

EPD issues a K1, and has a pretty high dividend.  Midstream gas and oil company in Houston.

264frenchtoast

Schd and EPD, personally. But I suck at investing and hate money.

JWBeyond1

I’m just loading up on EPD right now as thing continue to plummet. Averaging down to the bottom.

sikhster

Trump ruining the market every few weeks is leading to big buying opportunities. Ignore his dumbass rhetoric, focus on fundamentally great stocks and buy the dip. The fundamentals of the American economy are still strong so the people overreacting to Trump and selling are going to regret it in the long term. For example: Look at ET and EPD or AMLP, a number of countries have already mentioned that they will buy more American Nat Gas, there are very simple ways to play that and those stocks are cheap since the drop in the past few days.

Needsupgrade

Had to exit most of my positions because of child support/divorce situation. Was mostly midstream lps like EPD and some banks unlocked up on the cheap when all those banks were sold off and nobody else was reading their balance sheets of the solid ones like TFC. Then also extremely heavy weight Bitcoin , now mostly because it's appreciated so much . Need to rebalance but I'm waiting for a period of irrational exuberance to do so. 

altabuse

I have over 10 million USD in oil transport companies like KNTK and EPD that I likely won't sell for 15+ years, and more in broader energy companies. I see the secular winds for commodities changing over the next decade as inflation often comes in waves and will reemerge as government and the fed respond to the next cyclical downturn. Furthermore, there has been a lack of energy investment over the last 20 years and as geopolitical tensions continue to heat up, globalization will pivot to deglobalization, protectionism will increase, and commodities (particularly energy) becomes a speculative sector similar to tech of the last 20 years. Looking back at 1968-1982 (the last period of inflation and stagflation) the energy component of the S&P rose from 3% to over 30% and we find ourselves at a similar 3% nadir now. However, I do foresee a cyclical recession on the horizon (2026 is current estimate), and if that is the case, energy and commodities will be dragged through the mud before we're provided with generational entries. That said, the reason I'm parked mostly in KNTK and EPD is because, for one, they pay a 7% dividend which I am compounding. But two, more importantly, they have contracted rates guaranteed into the future, meaning they will be more recession resilient than say a strict oil producer (which will get hit quite hard if a cyclical recession materializes in the short-term of a couple year)

earthcomedy

was mostly in bonds/bills already. sold longer held positions (months-years) in early March / late Feb though. Like EPD, GLW (@ 50!). Also higher yield type assets (CLO, HY bond, Pimco HY) - JAAA, PAAA, SPHY. PHK Though got a very very minor burn from entering in small position on Int'l Value stocks though...but dumped remaining just before Friday's bigly down (which means < 2% loss on those positions rather then 7%+ now?) < 1% overall in equity mutual funds. And just keeping that for old time's sake.... now...what to do about my < 5% gold position?

D_Pablo67

We are a week or month late on “sell everything.” However, portfolio management for your particular needs is important. If you have stocks you no longer believe in, sell them to raise cash and refocus your attention. If you have some big winners, consider selling some to lock in gains. If you are young with a long time horizon, look to invest more slowly into great companies. NVIDIA is now back to August 5, 2024 price level after “Yen carry trade unwind.” Amazon is way down, but company fundamentals are fine. Papa John’s Pizza is growing with over 4% dividend and no tariff exposure. Some great dividend payers are ET, EPD, O and FRT. Make a plan that includes dollar cost averaging into great companies in diversified sectors.

D_Pablo67

I bought Papa John’s at $41 on Thursday and $38 today. How does a company with growing earnings, no tariff exposure and a 4.14% dividend go down 11% today? I am thinking of buying more Amazon, EPD and ET.

Spurdlings

Example: Look at the track record of EPD for the last 5 years. Look at it's trend and how it's performed. Today it dropped 8% because investors park their cash there like they do gold or SGOV becaus eit pays 6% div. They got margin calls OR they need to liquidate to buy bargains. So it dropped. So I backed up the truck. It's a printing press. If you follow certain favorite stocks and you know them like the back of your hand, this is a good time to buy, but in traunces; not it huge slabs. Always have dry powder.

BrobaFett_1

Oil/gas stocks took a beating today. Anyone looking at getting in any? Further pain expected? I was eyeing EPD and XOM if it gets closer to 100. But waiting to see what happens next

BrobaFett_1

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. I was looking to get back into some natural gas tech stocks like APD and KGS. But if gas prices are going up due to a supply crunch, then I presume those stocks wouldn't be a good option since they'd actually benefit from increased supply? I'm new to this area so it's not clear to me... Is a midstream provider like EPD a better option? I'm not sure about land-owners/exploration companies like VTS, GRNT, LB, etc.

easylife12345

Yes, have been buying during down days over the last few weeks. I‘ve been putting my cash to work. Growth stocks are on sale, but we may have to wait a while for recovery. There are a lot of REITs & dividend paying stocks on sale right now. I‘m only a couple of years out from retirement, so I’m building my dividend income stream. Days like today are fantastic! Some of my favorites (EPD) won‘t go down & are green today. Have a lot of faith in the US economy. I‘m not a fan of tariffs, and they might lead us into recession. Recessions typically last 18 months - plan accordingly. Once the tariffs are called off, recession is over - everything will move higher. I like to buy low, and now is low (although can always go lower) GLTA

i-love-freesias

For dividend stocks, I like UPS, GSL, EPD, C, JPM, WMT

Majestic-Rutabaga-61

Ok, so this is a lofty goal, but if you’re serious about, this should get you extremely close with relatively low degree of risk. Put 25% in each of the following: EPD - 8042 income MAIN - 9430 income CTO - 10,327 income ENB - 7688 income This would get you an average of $2957 per month, and the awesome part is that all three have been growing their dividend/distribution and all are great companies. This is 100% the route I’d take if I needed the cash flow. Hope this helps!

WellAintThatShiny

I really think this is the right approach, something conservative but fairly high yield. I would do an REIT, SCHD, or maybe even an MLP like EPD.

sullymichaels

China, Europe... once down 20%+ SPY. Maybe some ET & EPD, but there's the whole K1 tax issue. Holding my AM, BP, BTI. Sold lots of other stuff.

i-love-freesias

EPD

ken-davis

I did decrease my equities from 61% to 40%. Completed that on 2/24. I took most from VTI and a bit from VXUS and Apple, EPD and a couple of other holdings. In my 401(k) I was already down to 30% I. Equities. Mostly Total Stk market index. Moved it to Wellesley. A total of 12 % in stocks but mostly value. I use VTV in other accounts. Yes, all stocks are getting g hit but value much less so. Making money on the bond side and feel really good about decreasing equities. I agree with the political concerns. This is different and is scary. I am worried about more than just money at the moment.

easylife12345

My dividend paying short list is rising, or barely falling. They seem to be where money is flowing. I wish they would fall so I could buy on sale. Growth getting hammered. Is it the time to buy NVDA? I think yes, but could easily fall more. Up today on my short list $EPD, $T, $MO $REGN up more than 5%, and I can’t see any news I bought some $BIP & $MSDL today. High flyers will bottom at some point

BrobaFett_1

EPD has been quietly trudging up.

Inseparable98

I like ET and EPD, even though they have suffered lately. I'm retired and like the dividends!