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7 High Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Now
Ned Piplovic | May 23, 2019
Occasionally, some investors will disregard most other selection criteria and only look for high yield dividend stocks to buy now. However, all equities with high yields are neither suitable for every portfolio nor potentially profitable. Therefore, investors must add a few additional criteria in order to trim the list of potentially hundreds of equities with high yields down to a…
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services 7.75% Senior Notes Due 2029
Tim McPartland | May 20, 2019
Date Issued 5/21/2019 Shares Issued 2,000,000 Overallotment 300,000 S&P Rating NR Moodys Rating NR Security Ticker Symbol LTSH Market Traded ON AMEX Interest Payment Paid on the last day of March, June, September and December starting 9/30/2019 Quarterly Interest .484 Annual Interest 1.938 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 6/30/2022 for…
Tristate Capital Holdings 6.375% Fix-to-Floating Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B
Tim McPartland | May 20, 2019
Date Issued 5/21/2019 Shares Sold 2,800,000 Overallotment Shares 420,000 S&P Rating NR Moodys Rating NR Security Ticker Symbol TSCBP OTC Temporary Ticker TRSXL Market Traded ON NASDAQ Dividend Payment Paid on the 1st of January, April, July and October beginning on 07/1/2019. Quarterly Dividend .398 Annual Dividend 1.594 Coupon will begin to float on 7/1/2026 at the rate of…
Algonquin Power & Utilities 6.20% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Series 2019-A due 7/1/2079
Tim McPartland | May 16, 2019
Date Issued 5/16/2019 Shares Issued 14,000,000 Overallotment Shares 0 S&P Rating BB+ Moodys Rating NR Security Ticker Symbol AQNB Market Traded ON NYSE Interest Payment Paid the 1st of January, April, July and October beginning on 7/1/2019 Quarterly Interest . 388 Annual Interest 1.55 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 7/1/2024 for a redemption price of $25/share plus accrued interest…

Solid New Income Issues from Utility Related Issuers
Tim McPartland | May 16, 2019
Income issues, particularly preferred stock issues sold by utilities during the last 12 months have traded very strongly above their $25 a share issue price right from the date of issue. The strength of these issues reflected the demand for high quality issues and the lack of supply of $25 shares being issued by these companies. This week, we had…