MLPs ETF Channel

MLPs ETF Overview

MLPs ETFs provide exposure to the equity of companies structured as master limited partnerships (MLPs). These companies must receive their income from qualifying sources such as exploration, mining, extraction and the refining of oil and gas. MLPs ETFs are part of this market segment:

Equity U.S. MLPs

With 28 ETFs traded in the U.S. markets, MLPs ETFs gather total assets under management of $18.30B. The average expense ratio is 0.87%. MLPs ETFs can be found in the following asset classes:

Equity

The largest MLPs ETF is the Alerian MLP ETF AMLP with $8.57B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best performing MLPs ETF was the MLPB at 4.57%. The most-recent ETF launched in the MLPs space was the American Energy Independence ETF USAI in 12/13/17.

TOP ETF PERFORMERS

TICKER	FUND NAME	% CHANGE*
EMLP	First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund	3.65%
MLPZ	ETRACS 2xMonthly Leveraged S&P MLP Index ETN Series B	2.72%
MLPQ	ETRACS 2xMonthly Leveraged Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index ETN Series B	2.71%
MLPX	Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF	2.56%
ATMP	Barclays ETN+ Select MLP ETN	2.35%

BOTTOM ETF PERFORMERS

TICKER	FUND NAME	% CHANGE*
MLPO	Credit Suisse S&P MLP Index ETN	-12.54%
AMUB	ETRACS Alerian MLP Index ETN Series B	-9.11%
PPLN	J.P. Morgan Cushing 30 MLP Index ETN	-4.56%
IMLP	iPath S&P MLP ETN	-2.62%
YMLP	VanEck Vectors High Income MLP ETF	-2.56%

TOP CREATIONS

TICKER	FUND NAME	NET FLOWS*
AMLP	Alerian MLP ETF	105.05
MLPX	Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF	52.31
AMJ	J.P. Morgan Alerian MLP Index ETN	49.20
MLPA	Global X MLP ETF	25.50
MLPQ	ETRACS 2xMonthly Leveraged Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index ETN Series B	6.60

TOP REDEMPTIONS

TICKER	FUND NAME	NET FLOWS*
EMLP	First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund	-80.03
AMU	ETRACS Alerian MLP Index ETN	-6.20
IMLP	iPath S&P MLP ETN	-1.18
AMZA	InfraCap MLP ETF	-0.79
MLPC	C-Tracks Miller/Howard MLP Fundamental ETN	0

AUM WINNERS

TICKER	FUND NAME	% CHANGE*
TPYP	Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund	18.89%
MLPQ	ETRACS 2xMonthly Leveraged Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index ETN Series B	10.11%
ENFR	Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF	5.86%
EMLP	First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund	4.28%
ZMLP	Direxion Zacks MLP High Income Index Shares	2.01%

AUM LOSERS

TICKER	FUND NAME	% CHANGE*
PPLN	J.P. Morgan Cushing 30 MLP Index ETN	-25.76%
MLPA	Global X MLP ETF	-6.14%
AMU	ETRACS Alerian MLP Index ETN	-5.45%
YMLP	VanEck Vectors High Income MLP ETF	-4.70%
IMLP	iPath S&P MLP ETN	-3.93%

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