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Retailer Pays 4.2% Yield and a Decade of Dividend Hikes
Ned Piplovic | October 7, 2017
A retail company has rewarded its investors with a decade of dividend hikes and currently offers a dividend yield of 4.2%. While the share price of Finish Line, Inc. (The) (NASDAQ:FINL) is not showing any clear sign of a trend reversal of long-term appreciation, speculation of a buyout could boost the share price high enough to entice some risk-tolerant investors.…

REIT and Income Fund Provides 7% Yield and 6% One-Year Asset Appreciation
Ned Piplovic | October 6, 2017
The Cohen & Steers REIT & Preferred Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE:RNP) is rewarding its shareholders with a 7% dividend yield and asset appreciation that came in at almost 6% for the last 12 months. The high dividend yield and moderate asset growth combination paid investors a total return of more than 14.2% since early October 2016 and even higher total…

Consumer Goods Company Offers 3% Yields and 14 Years of Dividend Hikes
Ned Piplovic | October 6, 2017
The Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) has rewarded investors with 14 years of dividend hikes and currently offers a 3% yield to its shareholders. While the share price has struggled over the past year, the growing income driven by dividend hikes might be incentive enough for some investors to consider this stock. Additionally, a positive resolution of a current acquisition dispute,…
Georgia Power Company Series 2017A 5% Jr Subordinated Notes due October 1, 2077
Tim McPartland | October 4, 2017
Date Issued 9/18/2017 Bonds Sold 10,800,000 Overallotment S&P Rating BBB Moodys Rating Baa1 Security Ticker Symbol GPJA Market Traded ON NYSE Interest Payment Paid on the 1st of January, April, July and October beginning on 1/01/2018 Quarterly Interest .3125 Annual Interest 1.25 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 10/01/2022 for a…

Hoegh LNG Partners Sells a High-Yield Preferred
Tim McPartland | October 4, 2017
October 4, 2017 By Tim McPartland Master limited partnership Hoegh LNG Partners (NYSE: HMLP) has sold a new preferred unit offering with a very enticing coupon of 8.75%. This is the third-highest coupon on a preferred issue sold this year. The only two higher coupons were the 9% fixed-to-floating-rate preferred from NGL Energy and the 9.25% fixed-to-floating offering of Tsakos Energy…