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A fund investing in dividend-paying utilities and a manufacturer of industrial machines are rewarding their investors with rising dividend payouts and share-price growth. Current dividend yields are 5.5% for the utilities fund and 2.9% for the machines manufacturer. Over the last 12 months, these two securities have enhanced share prices at 21% and 39% respectively. The strong share price performance…

By  Tim McPartland American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) has sold another new preferred stock issue. It was only three months ago that the real estate investment trust (REIT) sold its last preferred stock offering. The new issue has a coupon of 5.875%, which is identical to its new issue in April. The latest new issue is a bit smaller…

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Date Issued   7/9/2017 Shares Issued  4.600,000    Overallotment Shares  None S&P Rating   BB    Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol   AMH-G    OTC Grey Market  AMMRP Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the last day of March, June, September and December beginning on 09/30/2017 Quarterly Dividend   .367  Annual Dividend   1.69 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early…

On June 27 we wrote, "It has been a pretty incredible two years for income investors. We have had four Fed Funds rate hikes from a low of 0-1/4% to the current rate of 1-1 1/4%. Two years ago the 10 year treasury was at 2.2% before falling to 1.5% a year ago, then rising to 2.6% and subsequently drifting…