By Brian Hunt in DailyWealth:

After going temporarily crazy last year, pipeline stocks are finally acting like they "should."

In normal times, a pipeline investment is a good friend to the income investor. There's no exciting "high growth" story... They simply collect fees for transporting natural gas and other fuels across America. They also have a special corporate structure (called an "MLP") that allows them to pass most of their earnings along to shareholders.

For much of the period between 2000 and 2008, pipelines acted like boring income investments should. No drama...

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