Other funds with exposure to income-generating energy assets include the VanEck Vectors Energy Income ETF (EINC) and the Global X MLP ETF (NYSEArca: MLPA). “With rising expectations for inflation, midstream is well positioned to weather an inflationary environment thanks to key contract provisions and the ability to pass on higher costs to customers,” says Alerian analyst Mauricio Samaniego. From 2000 through 2011, there were five inflationary environments and during those, the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index beat inflation on four occasions, the fifth being the global financial crisis in 2008 when nothing was working.