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Date Issued 4/20/2017 Shares Issued   23,000,000     Overallotment Shares   3,450,000 S&P Rating BBB-       Moodys Rating  Ba1 Security Ticker Symbol  CTDD Market Traded ON NYSE Interest Payment Paid on the 15th of March, June, September and December beginning on 9/15/2017 Quarterly Interest . 422   Annual Interest 1.6875 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 06/15/2022…

Two midstream energy service companies offer 6%-plus dividend yields to complement their decades-long records of rising dividends. Both companies have been raising their annual dividend payouts for more than a decade and the most recent boosts versus the prior quarter were 1.2% and 1.4%, respectively. Both equities have their ex-dividend date on April 26, 2017. Genesis Energy, L.P. (NYSE:GEL) Genesis…

Banking giant Wells Fargo and Company (NYSE:WFC) has sold a large fixed rate preferred stock issue with a reasonable coupon of 5.625%.  This is the 11th $25/share preferred stock issue that WFC will have outstanding.  This new issue will be 24 million shares, which is a huge issue, but not nearly as large as some of the issues Wells Fargo…

Date Issued   4/17/2017 Shares Issued   24,000,000    Overallotment Shares  3,600,000 S&P Rating   BBB     Moodys Rating   Baa3 Security Ticker Symbol    WFC-Y   OTC Grey Market   WFGGP Market Traded ON NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of March, June, September and December beginning on 06/15/2017 Quarterly Dividend   .352    Annual Dividend  1.406 Securities may be redeemed, at the…

Two real estate investment trusts (REITs) have rewarded their stockholders with another boost to their annual dividends and 4%-plus dividend yields. These two REITs have boosted their annual dividend payouts around 5% every year for several years. The current dividend hikes continue that trend with annual increases of around 5.5%. One of the REIT’s ex-dividend dates is April 18, while…