ETRACS MLP ETN Continues To Be The Top Performing Exchange Traded Product Tracking The Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index
UBS Investment Bank today announced that the ETRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure ETN (Ticker: MLPI) was the top performing exchange-traded product linked to the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (Ticker: AMZI) for the month of October 2011.
Both MLPI and the Alerian MLP ETF (Ticker: AMLP) are designed to deliver the performance of the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (the “Index”). The table below summarizes their performance during the month of October 2011, year-to-date and since the day that both products could be purchased on an exchange:
| Ticker | Price Return (October) | Total Return (October) | Price Return (YTD) | Total Return (YTD) | Total Return Since 8/25/2010* | |||||
| MLPI | 8.33% | 9.83% | 3.72% | 9.24% | 24.63% | |||||
| AMLP | 6.17% | 6.17% | 0.68% | 5.49% | 14.92% | |||||
| Index | 8.60% | 9.25% | 4.00% | 9.57% | 25.60% |
Source: Bloomberg, 10/31/2011
*The first day that both products could be purchased on an exchange
MLPI first day of trading: 04/01/2010 AMLP first day of trading: 8/25/2010 About the Index The Index is a liquid, midstream-focused subset of the Alerian MLP Index comprised of 25 energy infrastructure MLPs. The Index, whose constituents generally earn the majority of their cash flow from the transportation and storage of energy commodities provides investors with a benchmark for the infrastructure component of this emerging asset class. The Index is calculated using a capped, float-adjusted, capitalization-weighted methodology that results in greater diversification versus a pure market capitalization-weighted index. MLPI offers:- Exposure to a portfolio of 25 energy infrastructure MLPs through a single, exchange-traded security
- Income via quarterly coupons linked to cash distributions, if any, paid by the MLPs in the Index, less fees 1
- No K-1s: the coupons associated with the ETN are reported as ordinary income on Form 1099, and therefore the administrative burden associated with K-1 forms is eliminated 2. AMLP, unlike MLPI, is taxed as a regular corporation, resulting in a potential discrepancy between after tax performance and the performance of the Index
- Access to asset classes with historically low correlations to more traditional asset classes
- Convenience of an exchange-traded security
- Transparent exposure to a published index
| ETRACS ETN Name | Ticker | |
| Master Limited Partnerships | ||
| Alerian MLP Infrastructure | MLPI | |
| 2x Monthly Leveraged Long Alerian MLP Infrastructure | MLPL | |
| 1x Monthly Short Alerian MLP Infrastructure TR* | MLPS | |
| Alerian Natural Gas MLP | MLPG | |
| Wells Fargo MLP Index | MLPW | |
| Business Development Companies | ||
| Wells Fargo Business Development Company Index | BDCS | |
| 2x Monthly Leveraged Wells Fargo Business Development Company Index | BDCL | |
| Alpha Strategies | ||
| Long-Short S&P 500 VIX Futures | XVIX | |
| Natural Gas Futures Contango ETN | GASZ | |
| Oil Futures Contango ETN | OILZ | |
| Hybrid | ||
| S&P 500 Gold Hedged | SPGH | |
| Commodities | ||
| CMCI TR | UCI | |
| CMCI Agriculture TR | UAG | |
| CMCI Energy TR | UBN | |
| CMCI Food TR | FUD | |
| CMCI Gold TR | UBG | |
| CMCI Industrial Metals TR | UBM | |
| CMCI Livestock TR | UBC | |
| CMCI Long Platinum ER* | PTM | |
| CMCI Short Platinum ER | PTD | |
| CMCI Silver TR | USV | |
| DJ-UBS Commodity Index TR | DJCI | |
| Equities | ||
| Internet IPO ETN | EIPO | |
| Monthly 2xLeveraged Internet IPO ETN | EIPL | |
| Long ISE Solid State Drive Index | SSDD | |
| 2xLeveraged Long ISE Solid State Drive Index | SSDL | |
| Monthly 2xLeveraged ISE Cloud Computing TR | LSKY | |
| Volatility | ||
| Long-Short S&P 500 VIX Futures | XVIX | |
| Long 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | VXAA | |
| Long 2-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | VXBB | |
| Long 3-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | VXCC | |
| Long 4-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | VXDD | |
| Long 5-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | VXEE | |
| Long 6-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | VXFF | |
| Short 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | AAVX | |
| Short 2-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | BBVX | |
| Short 3-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | CCVX | |
| Short 4-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | DDVX | |
| Short 5-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | EEVX | |
| Short 6-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures | FFVX | |
| *TR=Total Return and ER=Excess Return |
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