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By Paul Dykewicz The past week since the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president has been a tough one for investors in bonds and dividend-paying equities. After the Nov. 8 election, bond yields rose, Treasuries endured stiff selling and dividend-paying utilities, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and telecommunications stocks fell. Dividend-paying stocks in general took a hit…

Date Issued  5/3/2013 Shares Issued  4,000,000    Overallotment Shares S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   A1 Security Ticker Symbol   GGN    Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 26th of March, June, September and December beginning on 6/26/2013 Quarterly Dividend   . 3125  Annual Dividend   1.25 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 5/7/2018 for…

After last weeks beat down on preferred stocks, exchange traded debt and REITs we thought we might see a little bit of respite from the pain this week, but thus far that has not been the case. With the 10 year treasury opening in the 2.26% area this morning it signaled further pain ahead and that has been the case…

Date Issued  9/26/2016 Shares Issued  1,000,000     Overallotment Shares  None S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol   INBKL     Market Traded ON   NASDAQ Interest Payment Paid on the 30th of March, June, September and December beginning on 12/30/2016 Quarterly Interest   .375    Annual Interest   1.50 Interest rate is fixed at 6% until 9/30/2021.  After this…

We have gotten a number of notes from readers concerned with their portfolios--not surprising, as perpetual preferreds, exchange traded debt and REITS have been severely hammered this week.  The REIT selloff is simply a continuation of a sell off that started a month ago and stems from higher interest rates which make borrowing costs higher for real estate firms. The…