8%-Yielding Energy Transfer Has Become An Ideal Retiree Investment

Summary

  • In the past, ET was viewed as a more aggressive way to invest in midstream infrastructure.
  • However, ET has transformed itself over the past several years.
  • We detail why it has now become a retiree's dream investment.
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Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) was once known as a higher-risk, higher-reward MLP due to the shoot-from-the-hip approach of its Texas-based founder, Kelsey Warren, who aggressively deployed capital to chase ambitious growth projects and acquisitions. While there is nothing inherently wrong with this

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