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HAL: 100% upside potential, SeekingAlpha.com

V = E₀ + E₁ /(1+r) + E₂ /(1+r)² + E₃/(1+r)³ + E₄/(1+r)⁴ + E₅/(1+r)⁵ + Disposal Value
V = E₀ + E₀ (1+g)/(1+r) + E₀(1+g)²/(1+r)² + … + E₀(1+g)⁵/(1+r)⁵ + E₀(1+g)⁵/[r(1+r)⁵]
The earnings after the last period act as a perpetuity that creates regular earnings:
Disposal Value = D = E₀(1+g)⁵/[r(1+r)⁵] = E₅ / r

Einstein's famous equation: E=mc²

COP: should you buy before or after the split? -- SeekingAlpha.com

Once COP splits into two companies you have the original $2.64 (perhaps more) dividend plus a competitive $0.40 (per COP share) to boot. Unlike the Abbott Laboratories split in which the dividends of the two companies combined will equal the current payout, COP creates two competitive dividend yields.

MLPs: 2011 performance review for 7 high-yield and large cap oil and gas, SeekinAlpha.com, numbers rounded

• Williams Partners, WPZ, 30 percent performance year-to-date
• ONEOK Partners, OKS, 45 percent
• Magellan Midstream, MMP, 20 percent
• Kinder Morgan Energy, KMP, 20 percent
• Enterprise Products, EPD, 10 percent
• Energy Transfer, ETP, -10 percent
• Energy Transfer Equity, ETE, 5 percent

Maybe more later