Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund (Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund) Predictability Rank

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What is Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund Predictability Rank?

Not Rated

Warren Buffett said many times that the companies he likes are:

1. Simple businesses that he understands
2. that have predictable and proven earnings and
3. with economic moat
4. those can be bought at a reasonable price.

It is hard to quantify "simple businesses that he (Buffett) understands", so we will focus on the other three characteristics instead. In GuruFocus Research: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part I: Introduction of Predictability Rank, we will show that the businesses that have predictable and proven earnings are usually also simple businesses that an average person could understand.

GuruFocus conducted a back test study of Warren Buffett's strategy of "buying good companies at fair prices" for the years from 1998-2008.

Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund Predictability Rank Calculation

In our database there are 2403 stocks that have been traded from Jan. 2, 1998 to Aug. 31, 2008. We have the complete 10-year financial data and trading prices of these companies for this period. We rank the predictability of these companies based on the consistency of their revenue per share and EBITDA (earning before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) per share over the past ten fiscal years, and study the correlation between the stock performances and the predictability of the business.

Our study may be subject to these biases and assumptions:

Dividend yields are not counted for investment returns
Effects of price changes due to spin-offs may not be fully adjusted
Study is subjected to survivorship bias due to de-listing, bankruptcy, LBO, M&A, etc.

The correlation between business predictability and investment returns of a company is showed below.

Correlation Between Business Predictability and Investment Returns

	Predictables	Non-Predictable	All stocks
Total Number of stocks	570	1833	2403
Total Lost Money	61	830	891
Total Lost More Than 50%	18	412	430
Total Lost More Than 90%	4	86	90
Average Gain	260.6%	100.0%	138.1%
Median Gain	150.0%	13.0%	39.0%
Maximum Gain	2852.0%	11483.0%	11483.0%
Maximum Loss	-100.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
Annualized Average Gain	12.7%	6.7%	8.4%
Annualized Median Gain	8.9%	1.1%	3.1%

For the 570 predictable companies, we have seen strong correlation between the predictability of businesses and the stock performances over the past 10 years, regardless of the valuation of business at 1998. Accordingly, we have ranked the business predictability from 5-star to 1-star, as shown in this table.

Predictability Rank	5-Star	4.5-Star	4-Star	3.5-Star	3-Star	2.5-Star	2-Star	1-Star (non-predictable)	Average among all
% Out of All 2403 Stocks	3.3%	2.9%	3.7%	3.3%	3.3%	3.7%	3.3%	76.3%	100%
% that are in Loss (10y)	3%	10%	8%	9%	11%	18%	16%	45%	37%
Average Gain (10y)	364.6%	330.9%	278.0%	235.1%	243.5%	227.8%	154.8%	100.0%	138.1%
Median Gain (10y)	238.5%	193.5%	171.0%	159.0%	132.5%	113.5%	87.0%	13.0%	39.0%
Maximum Gainer	2228.0%	2547.0%	2452.0%	2852.0%	2432.0%	1892.0%	1807.0%	11483.0%	11483.0%
Maximum Loser	-82.0%	-53.0%	-67.0%	-100.0%	-83.0%	-100.0%	-78.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
Annualized Average Gain	15.4%	14.6%	13.2%	12.0%	12.2%	11.7%	9.1%	6.7%	8.4%
Annualized Median Gain	12.1%	10.6%	9.8%	9.3%	8.2%	7.3%	6.0%	1.1%	3.1%

For detailed information about each predictability rank, please go to GuruFocus Research: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part I: Introduction of Predictability Rank

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Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund (Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund) Business Description

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Address

250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor, Brookfield Place, New York, NY, USA, 10281-1023

Website

https://www.brookfield.com

Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund is a closed-end management investment company. Its fund's investment objective is to provide a high level of total return with an emphasis on distributions to shareholders. It invests primarily in a portfolio of master limited partnerships (MLPs) and energy infrastructure companies.

Executives

Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 percent owner	405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Craig Ruckman	officer: Fund's Secretary	1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Louis P Salvatore	director	7 SYLVAN WAY, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Boaz Weinstein	10 percent owner	405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Thomas Shawn Miller	other: Adviser's Portfolio Manager	C/O BROOKFIELD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, BROOKFIELD PLACE, 250 VESEY ST., 15TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10281-1023
Joseph Edward Herman	other: Portfolio Manager	C/O BROOKFIELD PUBLIC SECURITIES GROUP, BROOKFIELD PLACE, 250 VESEY STR., 15 FL, NEW YORK NY 10281
Boran Buturovic	other: Portfolio Manager	C/O BROOKFIELD PUBLIC SECURITIES GROUP, BROOKFIELD PLACE, 250 VESEY STR., 15 FL, NEW YORK NY 10281
Wright William H Ii	director	C/O VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, 100 PEARL STREET, HARTFORD CT 06103
Brookfield Investment Management Inc.	other: Fund's Adviser	BROOKFIELD PLACE, 225 LIBERTY STREET, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10281
Stuart A Mcfarland	director	C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP, 1345 AVE OF THE AMERICAS 46TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10105
Edward A Kuczmarski	director	C/O BROOKFIELD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, BROOKFIELD PLACE, 250 VESEY ST, 15TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10281-1023
Mohamed Rasul	officer: Fund's Assistant Treasurer	BROOKFIELD PUBLIC SECURITIES GROUP LLC, BROOKFIELD PLACE, 250 VESEY ST., 15TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10281
Thomas Doyle Peeney	officer: Secretary	BROOKFIELD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC., BROOKFIELD PLACE, 250 VESEY ST., 15TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10281
Casey Tushaus	officer: Fund's Assistant Treasurer	BROOKFIELD PUBLIC SECURITIES GROUP LLC, BROOKFIELD PLACE, 250 VESEY ST., 15TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10281
Jeffrey Allyn Jorgensen	other: Fund's Portfolio Manager	BROOKFIELD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC., BROOKFIELD PLACE, 250 VESEY STREET, 15TH, NEW YORK NY 10281