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Date Issued   9/22/2017 Bonds Issued    1,300,000        Overallotment  195,000 S&P Rating  NR    Moodys  NR Security Ticker Symbol   HTFA Market Traded ON   NYSE Interest Payment Paid on the 15th of March, June, September and December beginning on 12/15/2017 Quarterly Interest   .391   Annual Interest   1.5625 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 09/15/2019 for a redemption…

By Tim McPartland September 28, 2017 The biggest rush of new preferred stock issues and baby bonds of the year has been hitting the market this week. As a result, some outstanding issues will be redeemed and income investors thereby will lose their higher-coupon securities. Gabelli Multimedia Trust (NYSE:GGT), a closed-end fund (CEF), has sold a very high quality preferred…

The Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund (NYSE:AWP) from Alpine Woods Capital Investors, LLC currently is offering a 9.26% dividend yield and its share price has gained almost 20% over the past 12 months. This fund’s combination of strong share price growth, high-yielding dividend distributions and the relatively inexpensive share price of around $6.50 per share could be an affordable way…

Two Alpine funds from Alpine Woods Capital Investors, LLC rewarded their investors with dividend yields of more than 7.4% and one-year asset appreciation that exceeded 17%. With robust share-price advances and healthy dividend payouts, these funds repaid their shareholders with total returns that range from 25% to 42% over the customary measurement periods of past 12 months, three years and…

Date Issued 9/19/2017 Shares Issued  2,000,000   Over-allotment Shares  None S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   A2 Security Ticker Symbol   GGT-E    OTC Temporary Ticker   GBBLP Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 26th of March, June, September and December beginning on 12/26/2017. Quarterly Dividend   .32   Annual Dividend   1.281 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as…