6 American Small Cap Oil and Gas Equities Currently Yielding Over 7%

A seven percent yield is high in this market, especially when you consider that these equities are dealing in oil and gas, and that higher oil prices or demand tend to be positives for petroleum explorers, drillers and sometimes even refiners (and vice-versa, of course, if petroleum prices go down). Many of these companies have moved up quite a bit over the past two years, so investors should be wary of buying high. Also, several of these stocks stalled through the last few months as these companies thrive on stability within oil price, supply and demand. The following is a list of the six American small-cap oil and gas stocks that currently yield over 8%, listed in alphabetical order: Breitburn Energy Partners L.P. (BBEP) Yield: 8.3% 2011-to-date Performance: -1.54% Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP (CLMT) Yield: 8.3% 2011-to-date Performance: 9.25% Encore Energy Partners LP (ENP) Yield: 8.8% 2011-to-date Performance: 1.25%.... Read more