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Date Issued  2/28/2019 S&P Rating   BBB+   Moodys Rating   A3 Security Ticker Symbol   PSA-H  OTC Grey Market Ticker  PSALL Market Traded ON  NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the last day of March, June, September and December beginning on 03/31/2019 Quarterly Dividend   .35   Annual Dividend   1.40 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 03/11/2024  the call price…

Cash dividends are the most common method used to distribute an equity’s earnings or assets to stakeholders in the form of cash equivalents -- generally checks or direct money transfers. Types of Dividend Distributions Cash dividends are one of the two primary dividend distribution categories. In addition to cash dividends, equities occasionally distribute in-kind dividends. These in-kind distributions include stock dividends…

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) has boosted its annual dividend every year for nearly a decade and its current dividend yield is slightly above 11%. Since the onset of the current consecutive hike streak in 2011, Corning Incorporated has tripled its total annual dividend payout amount. Additionally, the company managed to maintain a double-digit-percentage annual dividend hike rate over that same period.…

The BlackRock Equity Dividend Inv A fund (NASDAQ:MDDVX) is a diversified dividend fund that invests in a blend of various U.S.-centric quality companies that have extensive records of dividend payouts and tend to offer growing dividend distributions. Back-tested historical information indicates that dividend-paying stocks – especially equities with long records of rising dividends – tend to offer higher total returns over…

Sometimes income investors who purchase and hold preferred stocks and baby bonds (bonds priced at less than $1,000/share) tend to neglect the most basic of investing portfolio maintenance. We know this is the case because I have to force myself to perform this maintenance -- it’s not my favorite thing to do. While these particular securities move in a narrow…