EPD

terrybmw335

I loaded up on pipeline MLPs last year like ET and EPD, and I'm glad I did. They are up 30-40% and pay great tax efficient dividends (return of capital).

Financial-Belt-506

ET EPD SUN ( all bought 3 years ago or more and divvy is strong) 200k worth. BP bought a 100 shares when they fired the CEO over BS TALO "I just like the stock" Q3 report gonna be another blowout. The pipeline and refiners are topped IMO TALO has quite the future and I'm in over 6 figures with 30% gains. I was gonna sell....but theres no point. OIL will go up regardless because the dollar is weakening so Im holding for at least a year. In the next few weeks they should begin their 7% buyback $200mill. It was supposed to be in Q2 but they bought some fields in the Gulf. Very efficient company IMO. Finding the smaller companies where growth is still attainable is my goal.

Majestic_Republic_45

The midstream guys pay health dividends. Chexk out ET and EPD. Pay 6% +

HystericalSail

I'm going with ET and EPD. I get paid to wait in case of a crash and $120+ a barrel oil. That's my hedge for holding SPYM. ET still has an over 6% yield, just went ex-div Aug 7 and will pay me tomorrow. It's almost all return of capital, so tax efficient. Hurts to re-invest at these levels seeing as my cost basis is less than half current price, but whatcha gonna do. EPD is under 6% now, and if I could afford the cap gains tax hit I'd consider ditching it. When I bought my yield was around 9%. They last paid me on the 14th, also all return of capital. So if there is a crash, I'll still get some payment from the midstream companies. Even if the dividend is cut it'll just buy more over time. Data centers, if there's a use for them will require a ton of natural gas. If not, people and industry will too. Then there's tobacco. During crashes people smoke up a storm. BTI is in and out of my portfolio a lot.

JoeInOR

Look into EPD - pretty safe company, has almost a 6% distribution and a great balance sheet. $700k at 6% would be $42k in dividends, albeit taxable

ThanksDependent1001

Bro I hope this is a joke. It’s google, they are not going broke, the internet is not dying, they still hold all your porn history, meal preference, and anything else you’ve punched in over the decades. EPD was over $5 and they had over 100B in revenue, that’s with a B. Right now is a rotation with folks chasing. Just hold and sell some covered calls if you can. If it’s options, roll if the time is about to expire and or sell a higher premium to offset some of your cost based. Go buy some buggies, you will be ok.

Lower_Skin_3683

if it's in the s&p 500 then it's affected SU CNQ PBF MUR EPD SM ENB are green

Solid-Fix-3772

EPD wake up you slut

Jax_Alltrade

Doing your own research helps. I also think that the restriction on certain analysis here creates a barrier to this, particularly with the cannabis sector, as many opportunities are, by their very nature, outside of common knowledge. I had a recent analysis I had to post elsewhere. Maybe the policy is a net benefit, but it will undoubtedly restrict proliferation of certain information which could be lucrative in the future. There are very few companies that yield such impressive short term returns without being obscure. There are always companies that are positioning to grow aggressively, REITs that are paying outsized returns without dilution or capital erosion, and zero to hero stories. There are a larger number of the inverse: Big companies that are about to catastrophically fail, REITs that dilute and erode into insolvency, and once great companies that go the way of Sears, Kodak, etc. It's also worth remembering that someone who turns 30k into $1 million and then realizes that will only walk away with 500-700k, give or take, depending on where they live. That's a lot of money, but a pile of cash is only as good as the income you can turn it into. Don't get me wrong, those returns are amazing, but if that's the only big hit they get over 50 years in the market they won't beat VOO or similar broad market funds. If you keep buying good companies with solid financials that you would be happy to own for 10-20 years then eventually you'll find one that will make dramatic returns. For me, one of those was NVDA, but I've also seen significant returns from RIO, EPD, some cannabis stocks I can't mention here, AMZN, UMC, and a few others. I bought each of these companies because I thought they were excellent companies at a fair price. I have many other positions which have had modest returns over the years: O, PFE, XOM, and a few others. I don't regret owning these companies, but it's important to remember that this usually follows a Pareto distribution, where 20% of your stocks will account for 80% of your gains, and 1% will account for 50%. So my advice is this: Just buy companies that you think will do well over the next decade or two, re-evaluate periodically, and eventually you'll find one that unexpectedly blows past your expectations. Also, avoid selling your winners and holding your losers, and avoid making snap decisions and impulse purchases/sales.

terrybmw335

Heavy on FANG myself as well as ET and EPD. The big risk to the thesis is potential demand destruction due to limited supply and/or high prices.

Scr3aming3agl3

I'm buying the current EPD dip

Scr3aming3agl3

Oil crisis pumping up EPD

Scr3aming3agl3

I just bought the current dip with EPD

FreddieMac6666

I don't "chase" dividend stocks, but I do own/hold dividend paying stocks and ETFs. I am retired and monthly/quarterly dividends provide me with steady additional income so I can pay me bills. I have never understood the theory that selling shares is the same thing. I can't tell you how many Reddit posts I've seen poopoo-ing dividends. Most of my dividend stocks provide me with regular payments as well as having a nice unrealized gain balance. I keep seeing stuff where they are saying "you lose the value of the stock equivalent to the dividend." Well yeah, but that assumes the share value never goes back up. Which, quite frankly, is pretty stupid. Instead you get the dividend payment AND you still own the same number of shares. I have nice unrealized gains on nearly all of my dividend payers. Example, I own 775 shares of EPD which paid me $426.25 today. If I sold shares for income, I have to sell 11 shares. Now I have only 764 shares. Then I'd have sell that many more in the next quarter. No matter how much the stock price goes up, eventually I'm going to have zero shares. Instead I collected my dividend, still have 775 shares and I have a $6400 unrealized gain on the stock. I also own VYMI. I have a $2500 unrealized gain and I collect a quarterly dividend. And still own the same number of shares for the next dividend. Now, I realize that doesn't fit everyone's investment goals. I am retired. My taxable portfolio was built to provide me with income. I also have an IRA that has some dividend payers, but is mostly geared toward capital preservation and growth.

Lower_Skin_3683

DVN ERB EPD CNQ SU PAA if you can day trade today. all up

D_Pablo67

You are overthinking this. S&P 500 forward earnings estimates from LSEG are running around 20%. Earnings and backlog of the AI superstars are superior. Preparing for a potential bubble 3-5 years out is not a good investment strategy. I do not like your picks. Based on your premise there is an AI bubble coming, here are some great stocks to research in different industries. Costco - I like it and owned it for a long time, but sold last August to buy a rental property. TJX is another good retailer. Heath care has been beaten down 17-20%. I’ve been buying Medtronic on the slide down, it’s up today. If I had to buy and hold for the next five years and not look, medical devices is a good bet. Medtronic is a Dividend Aristocrat. Johnson & Johnson is another good choice, which has a good drug pipeline and medical devices, also a Dividend Aristocrat. Real Estate: My two favorite REITs, both Dividend Aristocrats with yields around 5%, Realty Income (O) and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT). Oil & Gas Pipelines: Enterprise Products (EPD) and Energy Transfer (ET). EPD is a Dividend Aristocrat. Financials: Goldman Sachs and East West Bancorp are in my top 10 holdings. If you think there is an AI bubble, these are some great companies in different industries that could also benefit from deploying AI to improve productivity and profitability. Good luck.

InquisitorCOC

I like energy in general: - Cheap - Good return on capital - Traditionally a hedge to the tech sector My favorite picks are: $EOG, $EPD, $PBR

D_Pablo67

My three favorite Dividend Aristocrats that pay about 5% dividend: Realty Income (O) Enterprise Products (EPD) Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT) I own all three for income and portfolio diversification. Energy Transfer is also good.

Lower_Skin_3683

Bought EPD ENB DVN. There's another HPK cheapie. Maybe a gamble on that one. oil go bigly Brrr this summer. Yay for us!

HystericalSail

$MSFT, .88% is my largest dividend payer. QQQI & SPYI & XDTE for "dividend" cash flow. The last to always have a guaranteed loss to tactically offset a small gain, if need be. Also big lumps of $ET and $EPD, but those are mostly "return of capital."

ArgyleGhoul

Theta will kill you, yes, you just have to know when to cut a loss and occasionally hold until EPD if there is a news catalyat for surprise gains

Lurkyloolou

I just talked to one of my family members and this is not insider info but their observation. This person is in AI and only 1 of 3 people in a large company allowed to utilize the AI tools for research presentations. To date they've used many AI products. Their company founder helped build AI algorithms. They started using Claude a month ago. Their observation was it is far superior and scary for job elimination. It is owned by privately held Anthropic but Google owns 15% and Amazon owns about the same. I long time hold Amazon and Google so this is the way. The continued data center needs mean chip manufactures and energy. Long Seagate, NVDA, AVGO and TSMC. I am also a long time holder of EPD and ET. I'm sticking with these.

D_Pablo67

Here are three Dividend Aristocrats with high yields: Realty Income (O), REIT paying monthly dividend. Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), REIT paying a quarterly dividend. Enterprise Products (EPD), a pipeline MLP that pays quarterly dividends.

Nice-Truck8806

midstream LPs, like ET, PAA, or EPD. or AMLP if you hate taxes (more than an ordinary person that is)

Silent_Speed8663

YOu put your words, into Trumps words and actions, interpreting what Trump said to be stuff like, "now Iran building a weapon is good", so its no wonder you are confused. You twisted/spun his words to fit your agenda and wonder why it makes no sense. Putting your bias into others words is like a hammer looking at a stick of dynamite, and wondering what it would like driven into a board. Of course it makes no sense. We are not privy to every step of the war..every country in the world gets our news. We wont know what is happening until it happens. As Buffet may say, "you need to know what you know, and what you dont know". And we can only speculate on the outcome of this war. Instead of gambling "who will win the next superbowl", focus on the stuff we do know. We probably know where the next superbowl will be held , but we wont have much of an idea "who" will be in it for months and months. So, accept the stuff you know. Right now oil is soaring. Buffet bought CVX and Oxy oil. That was a safe play..we already know AI is gonna be using a lot of energy. And, we know that our power grid cant handle a massive incoming on more new companies being located to the USA, and more AI data centers as well. So, I liked his energy picks, and bought some cvx myself at 150 per share. I also like midstream and added to my EPD, which was also good. Dont try to gamble on the super bowl winner, but you can probably be sure the city where it will be held will get some very nice revenue from the superbowl, and invest accordingly.

double-beans

In this environment, energy producers and infrastructure are a good safe hedge. There are companies that operate the energy infrastructure like a toll-booth. Whatever the price of energy is, they get a cut. So their stock price rises on bad news surrounding the strait of Hormuz. Energy producers like COP, CVX, VLO, FANG, CRAK Energy infrastructure tollbooth like KMI, AEP, WMB, EPD This strategy should help counter any losses you’ll get in the tech sector for the next coming months.

Solid-Fix-3772

Someone do a vibe check review on the port😮‍💨 KMI, EPD, MOS, IAU

Prune-Butter

EPD is just the dependable tractor slowly going up profit hill. Unstoppable this year.

Prune-Butter

EPD is just the dependable tractor just slowly going up profit hill. Unstoppable this year.

Prune-Butter

EPD is popping for me.

IAMAHORSESIZEDUCK

Nice YTD slow and steady uphill run on EPD. I hold FANG, UUUU and EQT but I'll keep an eye on this one. Thanks.

FreddieMac6666

I hold EPD and it's stock price is climbing. But I have a one MLP limit in my portfolio.

jxm900

Yes, I got one of those too. EPD is a partnership, not a C-Corp, which is kinda unusual in my experience. The partnership profits and losses get passed through to the partners (i.e the owners), rather than being paid by the company itself. My EPD K-1 indicates a small loss in 2025, so I'll be able to claim it as a capital loss, to offset against other gains. The info is provided to the IRS, so you should try to include it in your return, to avoid raising a red flag. i haven't paid any attention to the K-3 stuff - not sure what that's about....

MostDouble7144

america being energy independent doesn't mean prices stay low domestically. oil is priced globally so if hormuz closes and supply gets squeezed, WTI goes up too even though the oil is coming from texas. american producers benefit because their production costs stay the same but they sell at the higher global price. the ones with the most upside are the producers with low breakeven costs like PXD and EOG. pipelines and midstream like ET and EPD are safer plays since they get paid regardless of price. i'd be careful going too heavy though because the moment there's a ceasefire or diplomatic progress oil drops fast and you're holding the bag

lyagusha

Big runups in a lot of oil names since December. My EPD and NE are up over 50% in a few months

Pleasant_Arugula7571

The historical breakdown: Integrated majors (XOM, CVX, COP) tend to outperform most in sustained + regimes because they benefit across the full value chain and can hedge downstream margin compression. Services names like SLB and HAL typically see backlog acceleration if operators believe prices hold. The less obvious plays: midstream infrastructure like EPD and ET don't move as much on spot price but benefit from volume throughput increases when production ramps. Refiners face a mixed picture since crack spreads can compress even as crude rises if demand gets destroyed faster than supply adjusts. What usually gets forgotten: insurance and shipping rates. War-risk premiums on tankers routed around Hormuz add 3 to 5% to landed cost for Asian buyers. That's a structural Brent-Dubai spread widening that stays even after prices settle.

Old_Ad_3655

Check out spdrs to diversify within the market for low fees, XLE, XLU, XLI, XLB etc. Find the unloved sectors and they'll shine again one day. I like MLPs better than REITS for income. For natural gas, EPD and ET have done well lately. I also own small positions in short volatility etfs like SVOL that have done well in certain markets, but might not buy them today, they just keep dripping. Some of the aforementioned distributions are capital gains instead of dividends. Different for tax purposes, i think lowering your cost basis so instead of paying taxes on the payouts, you just lower your cost basis for when you sell. Honestly not sure and I'm not really qualified to be discussing that. It's all ROTH so doesn't matter to me. I own some GDX and GLD and some leveraged precious metals ETFs that pay dividends but have higher fees. Look into equal/ historical weight SP500 ETFs if you want broader exposure with reduced tech volatility. That's my current recipe for diversification, but I've got several new ideas from others in this thread to get excited about, so thank you to all who have posted! Hope it helps, and as always, do your own research before allocating.

chrisdelaris

Look into EPD leaps i have 1/27 35c. Doin pretty good

InquisitorCOC

$EPD and $KMI: nobody ever talks about pipelines here, but it's 3x since I bought it in Nov 2020 $PBR: Traded it long and short ever since Summer 2006. It has been an excellent stock for me throughout the years. Rode from 6 to 20 between 2006 and 2008, shorted from 5 to 2 in 2014, and went back in 7 since early 2023 $TEVA: largest genetic drug maker in the world, nobody ever talks about it here. 2x since I followed Stan Druckenmiller on this one a year ago.

MrLazyGnome

This is a perfect example of setting buying/selling points on a stock, fund or asset as to when you think it's fairly valued. SCHD and EPD are not the best examples per se of assets to track and buy low/sell high, they're mainly driven by dividends. Never buy or sell based on feelings, only buy and sell based on facts. Sometimes you get a "feeling" about something and that's fine, but follow the facts always. Never buy based on past performance, reversion to the mean is a real phenomenon.

geetarman84

The two I mentioned was to rotate more into growth SCHD to VTI and EPD(mainly to dump a MLP I didn’t need the income from) into VT. My portfolio is all boring ETF’s, VTI/VT/VXUS/SCHD, 6% BND, 6% IAU and maybe 1 or 2% stocks. My trading days are over.

Conscious_String_195

Usually partial to midstreams w/good dividends like ET, EPD, etc. and industrials like aerospace/defense contractors that have govt contracts tied in for years. Drone tech like ONDS is future of war. Why build a 50-100 million dollar jet that gets taken out by an autonomous drone swarm? Unless somebody thinks that we ll have global peace and no wars.

SalaciousSubaru

Buying PSLV, EPD, ASML and SPYI

W_Malinowski

are there any alternatives to ET and EPD that arent MLPs? excluding OKE because of valuation

windowbox9152

There are REITs like Really Income Corp, the original REIT from 1974, has always paid it's dividends, never canceled, never reduced. So far in 2025 the stock price has been stable, trades mostly in the $50-65 range. There are also natural gas and oil pipelines that pay reliable dividends: ENB, EPD, ET, KMI, MPLX, OKE. These are places to park your investment funds that offer better returns than bonds.

D_Pablo67

I’m not a fan of CPB or SCHD. If you want defensive stocks, look at Proctor & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. FRT, O and EPD are all dividend aristocrats (raised dividends over 25 consecutive years) and have a high dividend yield. Additionally, I would not de-emphasize VOO out of fear of an AI bubble. S&P 500 is a consistent winner over decades. If you fear a crash or inflation, buy gold or gold miners as a hedge. You are asking the right questions. You will be fine.

Danyzinho29

I am watching closely $EPD and $PBR

GeneralSavings9373

19 year old college student mostly surviving off dividends. EPD - 25% EGO - 19% BP - 17% RF - 15% EWZ - 14% SOFI - 10%

Aggressive-Donkey-10

If you find yourself in a hole, step one is stop digging. You don't have to keep digging/putting your paycheck into the sp500 at CAPE Shiller of 40.5, you could 1) put it into VXUS with a PE of about 15 and easily own 6000 foreign companies 2) into 100% safe cash - SGOV at 3.85% with no risk of any capital loss (Buffett has been doing this for 4 years now, with 382 Billion in T Bills just waiting for a crash - he is an ok investor) 3) a collection of BDCs/mREITs/CEFs earning around 10-11% 4) gold/silver ETFs which often outperform in recession or stagflation 5) real estate syndications - get 15-25% checkout passive pockets youtube channel, and biggerpockets website 6) Oil/Gas MLPs, like ET/EPD/MLPX 8-10% dividend yields alone about 100 other things that are easy to invest in and not the sp500 :)

hopn

Look into AMLP or MLPX for etf exposure to MLPs. Both will not require a K1 come April. Or if you want to roll with individual MLP... EPD should top of your list. Then look for ROC type ETFs like QQQi or equivalent. Reminder... im mo financial advisor and these are just suggestions. Im 51 with around 2.3m in Roth 401k and Roth IRA. The above mentions are on my dividend list.

dhsjabsbsjkans

Take the million, buy EPD stock, live off the dividends.

Merkava18

ET and or EPD. Pipeline dividend payers.

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