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Date Issued  8/1/2017 Shares Issued  1,100,000  Overallotment Shares  165,000 S&P Rating  NR   Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol  ECCY     Market Traded ON   NYSE Interest Payment Paid the last day of March, June, September and December beginning on 10/02/2017 Quarterly Interest   .422   Annual Interest   1.688 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 9/30/2020 for a redemption price of $25/share plus…

Two regional banks that provide service in the U.S. Midwest and New York state are set to distribute their quarterly dividends yielding 3.1% and continue years of dividend hikes. Aside from serving customers in different geographical regions, these two banking institutions are very similar. In addition to identical dividend yields and providing similar services, both banks have been paying a…

Two companies pay rising dividends and have rewarded their investors with 3.1% and 4.3% yields, which exceed their respective sector averages by more than 70%. Additionally, those two companies have been distributing rising dividends for nine and 15 consecutive years, respectively. To complement the dividend income, investors in these two companies obtained asset appreciation of at least 11.5% over the…

August 10, 2017 By  Tim McPartland Two real estate investment trusts (REITS), Kimco Realty Corp (NYSE: KIM) and Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR), have sold preferred issues with very low coupons, following closely behind a recent offering by giant self-storage REIT Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), which sold a new preferred issue with a low fixed coupon of 5.05%. Kimco Realty,…

Date Issued  8/7/2017 Shares Issued  9,000,000   Overallotment Shares  1,350,000 S&P Rating   BBB-   Moodys Rating   Baa2 Security Ticker Symbol   KIM-L   OTC Grey Market Ticker   KIMRP Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of January, April, July and October beginning on 10/15/2017. Quarterly Dividend   .32   Annual Dividend   1.281 Securities may be redeemed, at…