Not a Bad September For Us, But More Tough Times Ahead
04 Oct 2015
September was a month of much consternation in the financial markets, but compared to July and August the actual movement [...] READ MORE ≫
Tim McPartland
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Tim McPartland is a private investor with over 45 years of investing experience. His analysis, research and writing is devoted to the hunt for income producing securities of all types, but in particular specializing in preferred stocks, exchange traded debt and Master Limited Partnerships.
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Utility Southern Company Issues Baby Bonds
02 Oct 2015
Giant utility company, Southern Company, has sold a big baby bond issue–35,000,000 shares. The issue is investment grade as one [...] READ MORE ≫
Southern Company Series 2015A 6.25% Junior Subordinated Notes Due October 15, 2075
02 Oct 2015
Date Issued 10/01/2015 Shares Issued 35,000,000 Overallotment Shares 5,000,000 S&P Rating BBB Moodys Rating [...] READ MORE ≫
Closed End Funds Scurry To Keep Within Leverage Rules
01 Oct 2015
We have written frequently about the leverage rules that closed end funds (which includes Business Development Companies) must follow per [...] READ MORE ≫
Even a Conservative Income Portfolio Must Receive Attention
30 Sep 2015
We have a conservative income portfolio which we call the 2015/2015 Short/Moderate Duration Income Portfolio which has some pretty well defined [...] READ MORE ≫
General Market Musings
30 Sep 2015
Sometmes we just write about various items we observe in the markets that are of interest to us (although not [...] READ MORE ≫
Master Limited Partnerships Annilated – AGAIN
29 Sep 2015
Flipping to our MLP page this afternoon we were absolutely shocked to see the level of RED on the page–not [...] READ MORE ≫
Don’t Make the Mistake of Thinking High Yield Protects You on the Way Down
29 Sep 2015
We have noted that there seems to be a belief that that ‘high yield’ instruments hold up best in a [...] READ MORE ≫
As Howard Says ‘Newtek Notes Trading is a Misnomer’
28 Sep 2015
We got a note from long time reader Howard as he vented on the so called ‘trading’ in the new [...] READ MORE ≫
Newtek Business Services Notes Should Trade Soon – Updated – Now Trading
28 Sep 2015
We have had many messages from readers on whether the new 7.5% notes from Newtek were trading yet. The answer [...] READ MORE ≫
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