Talk:Master limited partnership

Not sure why this was moved into the Main namespace. Construction never really got going and this article now seems abandoned/orphaned. Suggestion either move back to user namespace as possible article or perhaps delete? --Peculiar Investor 18:58, 8 January 2015 (CST)
 * Master Limited Partnerships are an occasional topic in the forum. I wanted the members to have something useful, even if the page is incomplete. The page needs to show in the search box, hence it's being in the Main namespace. --LadyGeek 20:30, 8 January 2015 (CST)
 * Took a first pass stab at some general cleanup. Lots of work still needed from someone who has some knowledge of the topic. --Peculiar Investor 21:30, 8 January 2015 (CST)

From Talk:Exchange-traded fund
Based on comments in this post: Re: Pat Robertson investing idea [Master Limited Partnership, United States Oil Fund and United States Natural Gas Fund were noted to be inappropriate examples. A good tutorial site was recommended: National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships, which leads to this page: Presentations and Primers.

ETF Guide shows United States Oil Fund (USO) as an Exchange Traded Security - which I think is different than an Exchange Traded Fund. Is it appropriate to list MLPs in this page? If so, should the details be updated (as described in the tutorials)?


 * Taxation of MLPs are incredibly complex.
 * Would it be appropriate to add a caveat that this investment should be limited to high net worth individuals?

--LadyGeek 16:58, 22 June 2013 (CDT)

MLPs don't belong on this page, because they are individual investments (stocks are also exchange-traded securities), not ETFs. If we have a wiki page on MLPs, it should be a separate page. (I don't know whether we need one, and if we do, I don't know enough about them to write a good page.) Grabiner 21:24, 25 June 2013 (CDT)


 * I agree and have removed the section. Based on the referenced thread, unless we want to warn investors that this product is not for everyone, I don't think we need a dedicated page. For reference:

Master limited partnership
Some commodity exchange traded vehicles are structured as Master Limited Partnerships (registered under the Securities Act of 1933). Characteristics include:
 * 1) As holders of a MLP, investors are required to report their share of the MLP's income, gains, losses and deductions on tax returns even if there are no cash distributions. Futures contracts are currently taxed at a hybrid rate of 60% long-term and 40% short-term gains, irrespective of the actual holding period.
 * 2) Tax reporting is done with a Schedule K-1.

--LadyGeek 21:52, 25 June 2013 (CDT)