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By Tim McPartland We always are on the hunt for new baby bonds for our short maturity-focused portfolios, and OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) has just issued one which we will be purchasing for the model portfolios, as well as for our personal holdings. Baby bonds are exchange-traded debt issues that comprise all issues with less than a $1,000 face amount.  In…

Date Issued  04/5/2018 Shares Issued  21,000,000     Overallotment Shares  3,000,000 S&P Rating  BBB-   Moodys Rating   Ba2 Security Ticker Symbol  ENBA Market Traded ON   NYSE Interest Payment Paid the 15th of January, April, July and October beginning on 7/15/2018 Quarterly Interest   . 398   Annual Interest   1.594 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 4/15/2023 for a redemption price of $25/share plus accrued interest Coupon…

Date Issued  04/17/2018 Shares Issued  2,400,000     Overallotment Shares 360,000 S&P Rating  NR   Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol  ECCX Market Traded ON   NASDAQ Interest Payment Paid the last day of March, June, September and December beginning on 7/2/2018 Quarterly Interest   . 418   Annual Interest   1.672 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 4/30/2021 for a redemption price of $25/share plus accrued interest Payments are…

Genesis Energy, L.P. (NYSE:GEL) cut its dividend in the last quarter of 2017 for the first time in more than a decade, but it immediately hiked its quarterly payout again for the first quarter of 2018 and the company currently offers a dividend yield of more than 10%. The company’s share price fell 40% over the past 12 months. However,…

The Northwest Natural Gas Company (NYSE:NWN) started paying dividends to its shareholders in 1952 and began its current stream of consecutive annual dividend hikes just a few years later. The company accompanies its stellar record of rising dividend payouts with a 3.2% yield. The company’s share price encountered some headwinds and fluctuated over the past year. However, the long-term outlook…