The ALPS Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEArca: AMLP) has the goods. Up 24.24% year-to-date and sporting a stout dividend yield of 7.65%, AMLP offers income and inflation protection. “For example, the fees charged by interstate liquids pipelines are often subject to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Oil Pipeline Index, which is based on the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods plus an adjustment.” AMLP, the largest MLP exchange traded fund by assets, tracks the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (NYSE:AMZI).