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Public Storage 5.05% Series G Cumulative Preferred Shares
Tim McPartland | August 4, 2017
Date Issued 08/2/2017 Shares Issued 12,000,000 Overallotment Shares 1,800,000 S&P Rating BBB+ Moodys Rating A3 Security Ticker Symbol PSA-G OTC Temp Ticker PBSTP Market Traded ON NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the last day of March, June, September and December beginning on 9/30/2017 Quarterly Dividend .316 Annual Dividend 1.2625 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 8/9/2022 the call price…

2 Drug Manufacturers Offer 2.5% Dividend Yields, 25%-Plus Above Industry Average Yield
Ned Piplovic | August 3, 2017
The failure of the July 28 vote in the U.S. Senate to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, extended the uncertainties in the U.S. health care market. However, two drug manufactures continue to reward their shareholders with a steady and rising dividend income, as well as long-term asset appreciation. The two stocks currently pay…
Preferred Stocks with Qualified Distributions
Tim McPartland | August 3, 2017
Almost everyone tries to minimize income taxes that they pay and for those investing outside a retirement plan one of the best ways to keep taxes down on income is to own income producing securities in which the dividends are 'Qualified Dividends'. Since 2003 certain dividends have been subject to the same tax rate as long term capital gains instead…
Maiden Holdings Ltd. 6.70% Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, Series D
Tim McPartland | August 3, 2017
Date Issued 6/9/2017 Shares Issued 6,000,000 Overallotment Shares 0 Security Ticker Symbol MH-D OTC Grey Market Ticker MDNHF Market Traded ON NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of March, June, September and December beginning on 09/15/2017 Quarterly Dividend .419 Annual Dividend 1.675 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 6/15/2022 for a redemption price…
Preferred Stock – Investment Grade
Tim McPartland | August 2, 2017
Below you will find Investment Grade issues of Preferred Stocks. We cover only ratings from S&P and Moodys. Some issues are investment grade rated by only one rating agency while some are investment grade rated by both agencies. As with all of our charts we cover only $10, $25 and a few $50 issues. We do not follow $100…