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Date Issued  6/29/2016 Shares Issued  4,000,000   Overallotment Shares S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   Aa3 Security Ticker Symbol   GDV-G    OTC Grey Market Temp Ticker  GDVVP Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 26th of March, June, September and December beginning on 9/26/2016 Quarterly Dividend   . 328  Annual Dividend   1.3125 Securities may be redeemed, at…

As we had previously noted we would harvest profits from time to time as opportunity presented itself.  Opportunity presented itself with water utility Artesian Resources (NASDAQ:ARTNA) jumping $1.39/share today to close near a 52 week high of $33.08. ARTNA was a legacy holding in the Blended Income portfolio, which was bought for $22.49/share in October, 2014 thus was held for…

Date Issued   5/31/2016 Shares Sold  20,000,000     Overallotment Shares   3,000,000 S&P Rating  BBB   Moodys   Baa2 Security Ticker Symbol   NEE-K Market Traded ON   NYSE Interest Payment Paid on the 1st of March, June, September and December beginning on 09/1/2016 Quarterly Interest   .328   Annual Interest   1.3125 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 06/01/2021 for…

Only 1 month after selling a cumulative, redeemable preferred offering with a coupon of 6.50% American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH)  is back with another offering with a slightly lower coupon of 6.35%. AMH is the giant of the single family residence REIT marketplace with ownership of over 47,000 houses.  It really isn’t a surprise that AMH is a giant in…

So we are going to have a bit of a wild ride today thanks to the British vote yesterday.  No need to panic as the U.S. market is shown down just 3% or so at the moment, which is a drop in the bucket compared to some of the European markets which are down 7-12%.  The 10 year treasury is…