Williams Cos Inc. и Kinder Morgan повысили дивиденды в 2026 году, несмотря на кризис в нефтяной отрасли

Williams Cos Inc is a leading energy infrastructure company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a rich history dating back to 1908. It plays a crucial role in the United States energy sector by owning and operating an extensive network of 33,000 miles of pipelines. The company's operations span across various regions, including the Gulf Coast, Marcellus and Utica Shales, Rocky Mountains, and more, focusing on natural gas pipelines, storage facilities, and processing. It also engages in the marketing, trading, and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids, supporting utilities, municipalities, and energy producers. Both Tulsa pipeline giants raised payouts in 2026 and survived the last oil crash, but only one has never adjusted its dividend for a stock split — a distinction worth understanding for… One investor sees the natural gas market setting up the same way memory chips did before a shortage sent Micron stock surging, and he thinks the fuse on this trade is already… One investor says natural gas is about to do to Microsoft and Amazon what memory chip shortages did to cloud giants, and the squeeze could arrive within six months. At 65 with $1.4 million, I want income that does not flinch when the Fed pivots. My sovereign income blueprint targets three companies that own physical networks the economy must pay to… The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) has had a volatile two months. XLE climbed to $61.29 on May 19 as Brent crude touched $124.61 in early April on the de facto… The VanEck Energy Income ETF (NYSEARCA:EINC) paid $0.8067 per share for its May 2026 distribution, the latest installment in a quarterly cash stream that has run uninterrupted for 14 years. Investors lean… While the headlines obsess over nuclear restarts and small modular reactors, a very different fuel is actually powering the GPU racks running today's AI boom, and the companies sitting on its delivery… Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) is having the kind of year energy investors waited two cycles for. With Brent crude printing around $117 a barrel and the EIA assuming the Strait… Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI | KMI Price Prediction) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) just closed the books on record 2025 results, and both pipeline operators are pointing the same firehose of capital at LNG… Most income investors default to broad dividend exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for steady payout exposure. The Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA: SCHD) ended 2025 with $71.6 billion in net assets and a… Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB | WMB Price Prediction) has quietly become one of the best-performing large-cap energy infrastructure names of the past year, riding a wave of natural gas demand from AI data… Most energy ETFs are a way to play oil prices. The VanEck Energy Income ETF (NYSEARCA:EINC) is something more boring and arguably more useful. EINC has a basket of pipeline operators. These… WTI crude is still near $90, up from $57 at the start of the year. That move did not happen in a vacuum. On February 28, 2026, the 2026 Iran war began,… Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB | WMB Price Prediction) CEO Chad Zamarin made a point recently that cuts through a lot of noise about U.S. energy dominance. The numbers he laid out reveal a… Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB | WMB Price Prediction) CEO Chad Zamarin went on live television recently and made a case that cuts through the geopolitical noise around energy markets. His argument is simple,…