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Kinder Morgan's Dividend Payout Rate Is Unsustainable

What astounds me about the writer of this article is not only his ignorance but of his total unawareness of the fact that there are different business structures implied in the very name of the business.
XYZ Co., XYZ Partnership and XYZ Trust are all different. And different metrics apply.
I don't fault him for not knowing the structure and rules of a master limited partnership; that can easily be researched. I fault him for not noticing the name of a business he's writing about and not knowing that businesses have different structures.
Someone who thinks every business is a corporation has no business writing an evaluation on any business.

Alberta Acts to Reduce Oil Royalties

They are dividends and can be qualified if you meet holding requirements. Be advised that the Canadian gov't. withholds 15% tax, even from dividends received in retirement accounts.


On Dec 18 08:43 AM Rayn wrote:

> Are the dividends paid by COSWF.PK classified as MLP income, royalties,
> or just plain old dividends in the US?

Warren Buffett Accumulates NRG Energy, Ingersoll-Rand and Union Pacific

Berkshire also made a confidential filing with the SEC regarding its stake COP, as reported by Reuters.

The SEC regularly lets Buffett delay disclosing some of his investing activity so others cannot copy him.
So you're not accurate by saying he reduced his stake to 0 in cop.