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2 Equities Offer 5.2%-Plus Yields and 37%-Plus Asset Appreciation
Ned Piplovic | April 28, 2017
A collectibles authentication service and a business development company offer dividend payouts equivalent to 5.2% and 8.0% yields, respectively, to accompany their one-year share price increase of 51.5% for the first company and 37.1% for the second one. With significant dividend yields and extraordinary share price growth, these two equities could be worthy additions to any portfolio for dividend income…

2 Tech Giants Boost Dividend Payouts, Offer Yields More Than Double Sector Averages
Ned Piplovic | April 28, 2017
Two technology companies boosted their dividend payouts 4.8% and 7.1%, respectively, to continue growing their dividend distribution amounts over the long term. In addition to dividend hikes, these two equities reward their investors with yields that are substantially higher than the 1.32% yield average for the technology sector. While neither of these equities will generate extraordinary returns overnight, both stocks…
NuStar Energy L.P. Sells a Fixed-to-Floating Rate Preferred
Tim McPartland | April 27, 2017
Giant master limited partnership NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE:NS) has sold a 7.625% Fixed-to-Floating rate preferred. The offering is a large one with 14,000,000 shares sold with an over allotment of 1.4 million shares which will generate gross proceeds of $385,000,000 assuming exercise of the over allotment. NuStar is one of the larger companies in the MLP space with over 8,700…
NuStar Energy L.P. 7.625% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units
Tim McPartland | April 27, 2017
Date Issued 04/24/2017 Units Sold 14,000,000 Overallotment Units 1,400,000 S&P Rating NR Moodys Rating NR Security Ticker Symbol NS-B OTC Grey Market NUSRP Market Traded ON NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of March, June, September and December beginning on 09/15/2017 Quarterly Dividend .477 Annual Dividend 1.906 After 6/15/2022 the coupon will float…
2 New Baby Bond Offerings
Tim McPartland | April 26, 2017
Mortgage REIT Great Ajax (NYSE:AJX) and specialty auto insurer Atlas Financial Holdings (NASDAQ:AFH) have both sold baby bond issues this week and we would expect the issues to begin trading in the next couple of days. Great Ajax Corporation has sold 3,050,000 $25 convertible senior notes and has granted the underwriter an option to purchase another 450,000 notes for total…