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Date Issued   6/11/2019 Shares Issued  1,600,000   Over-allotment Shares  240,000 Security Ticker Symbol   GECCN Market Traded ON   NASDAQ Interest Payment Paid on the last day of March, June, September and December beginning on 9/30/2019 Quarterly Interest  .4063  Annual Interest  1.625 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 6/30/2021  at a call price of $25 plus accrued…

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) has been a Dividend Aristocrat for more than a decade and has rewarded its shareholders with a 35% total return over the past 12 months. The Dividend Aristocrat designations indicates that Air Products & Chemicals is a component of the S&P 500 Index with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion and has…

Date Issued 6/5/2019 Shares Issued  1,400,000     Overallotment Shares  None S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol   INBKZ     Market Traded ON   NASDAQ Interest Payment Paid on the 30th of March, June, September and December beginning on 9/30/2019 Quarterly Interest   .375    Annual Interest   1.50 Interest rate is fixed at 6% until 6/30/2024.  After this…

The stock market has been spooked lately with all the tariffs imposed on a global basis with a near consensus that growth throughout the world is slowing. Some observers even believe that a recession may lay ahead later this year. While the trading of common stock doesn’t directly affect us holders of preferred stocks and baby bonds, there are times…

A property & casualty insurance provider and a Dividend Aristocrat, Chubb Limited (NYSE:CB), boosted its quarterly dividend amount 2.7% for the upcoming round of distributions. Chubb’s current quarterly dividend hike extended the company’s streak of annual dividend hikes to 53 consecutive years. In addition to boosting its long streak of annual dividend boosts, the company also delivered long-term asset appreciation…