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Date Issued  5/26/2017 Shares Issued  10,000,000      Overallotment Shares  1,500,000 S&P Rating   BBB+   Moodys Rating   A3 Security Ticker Symbol   PSA-F    OTC Temp Ticker   PBSPP Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the last day of March, June, September and December beginning on 6/30/2017 Quarterly Dividend   .322   Annual Dividend   1.2875 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as…

Date Issued   05/28/2017 Shares Issued  12,000,000     Overallotment Shares  1,800,000 S&P Rating   NR    Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol   CLNS-I   OTC Temporary Ticker   CLNYP Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of January, April, July and October beginning on 07/15/2017 Quarterly Dividend   .4469   Annual Dividend   1.7875 Securities may be redeemed,…

We have reached that time of the month where we will begin to get some important news which will determine the speed of future interest rate hikes in the weeks and months ahead. On Friday of this week we get the important employment situation report.  Estimates for job creation are for between 140,000 and 210,000 new jobs with an unemployment…

We have taken a closer look this weekend at the 2 short/medium duration portfolios and have determined that we have to make some moves this week.  Additionally we have updated the "yield to worst" (or "yield to maturity")  of these models as most issues have moved past the "1st call date" (the date at which they are 1st optionally redeemable)…

A well-known consumer products corporation and a regional natural gas utility company offer their stockholders consecutive dividend boosts over the past dozen years and 3% yields. Both companies have records of paying a dividend for more than 90 years and neither company has lowered its annual dividend amount over the last two decades. With moderate asset appreciation and steady dividend…