What Brookfield and TerraForm Shareholders Need to Know

In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Fool analysts Nick Sciple and Jason Hall dig into the Brookfield (NYSE: BEP)-TerraForm (NASDAQ: TERP) deal. Learn what shareholders should know about holding the combined company in their accounts, some general rules about investing in partnerships and yieldcos, why Brookfield is acquiring TerraForm now, how this merger will benefit both companies involved, and more.

Also, in light of all the great yieldcos that have been snatched from the public markets this year, the guys share some appealing yieldco names to add to your watchlist. And stay tuned to the end for some college football talk.

To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center. To get started investing, check out our quick-start guide to investing in stocks. A full transcript follows the video.

Source Fool.com