The Dividend Cafe
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The Bahnsen Group
Unapologetic Energy Bull: Meet Me in the Middle
26 minutes Posted Sep 25, 2026 at 5:34 pm.
Welcome And Setup
Why Energy Is Ignored
Index Weighting Reality
Hormuz Supply Shock
Oil Versus Stocks Gap
AI Needs More Power
Valuation Case For Energy
Midstream Opportunity
Midstream PTSD And Comeback
Midstream 2.0 Tailwinds
Pipelines And Capital Discipline
Wrap Up And Takeaway
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Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/4rwGwnT
David Bahnsen hosts the Friday Dividend Cafe and explains he chose to focus on an energy investment theme rather than the week’s surge in bond yields. He argues investors and media overemphasize headlines about the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, and WTI prices, while the energy sector remains largely ignored due to its small S&P 500 weight (about 3.5% versus Apple at 7.4%, and midstream at 0.5%). He notes oil supply disruptions have been buffered by large inventory drawdowns, and that energy equities appear disconnected from oil’s move, with valuations running about 70% of their historical relationship to the broader market. He makes a bullish, longer-term case tied to AI-driven power needs and highlights midstream “2.0” fundamentals: rising domestic and global natural gas demand, expanding LNG export capacity, hard-to-permit pipelines with inflation-protected contracts, better governance, lower leverage, and strong distribution growth potential.
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