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Date Issued   10/16/2015 Shares Issued  2,500,000   Overallotment Shares  375,000 S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol   BRG-A  OTC Temp Ticker  BLPPP Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 5th of January, April, July and October beginning on 1/5/2016 Quarterly Dividend   .516  Annual Dividend   2.0625 Commencing in 10/2022 if the issue is not redeemed…

Below is a chart of the velocity of the money supply (M2) in the United States.  If you think this recovery feels pretty lethargic you can see by this chart what the problem seems to be. The Velocity is now around 1.5--this is the lowest in the last 50 years and it is continuing to drop even as the so…

A year and 1 day ago we determined it might make sense to construct a portfolio meant to garner income with no regard, or attempt, to produce any capital gains.  Additionally, we wanted it to be constructed with securities that would mature in 10 years or less (1 issue is actually 12 years).  Thus the 2014/2015 Short/Medium Duration Income Portfolio…

Probably the largest number of notes we get are from readers that have trouble with ticker symbols.  This is really nothing new--preferred stock ticker symbols have been an issue for everyone for years and years.Unfortunately we have no real answer to the problem.  Below we list a security that reader LeRoy wrote to us about this morning.Preferred Stock  - Morgan…

 Get Caught Up on the Income Security News You Missed Last Week The Yield HunterRecapping the important news in income securities in the last week. New issues, bankruptcies and major movers. New Issues in the last week of Preferred Stocks and Exchange Traded Debt (ETD)In the last week we have had 2 new issues begin trading.1st off Giant Utility Southern Company (ticker:SO) issued a…