MLPX vs. EMLP: Does Active Management in Energy Infrastructure Justify the Extra Fee Cost?
Explore how portfolio composition and management style shape income and volatility for these two energy infrastructure ETFs.
MLPX vs. EMLP: Does Active Management in Energy Infrastructure Justify the Extra Fee Cost?
Overview
Global X - MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (NYSEMKT:MLPX) offers a lower-cost, high-yield path to energy infrastructure, while First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund (NYSEMKT:EMLP) provides an actively managed, diversified utility-heavy alternative.
Investors looking for exposure to the North American energy infrastructure sector generally weigh the merits of pure-play pipeline funds against more diversified portfolios. While both ETFs target companies that move and store fuel, their underlying investment strategies result in notably different risk-return profiles. This comparison evaluates how a passive, low-cost index tracker measures up against a more broadly diversified, actively managed fund that incorporates utility companies.
Details
Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield.
Source
Originally published at www.fool.com.
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