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Date Issued   7/30/2015Shares Issued   2,000,000  Overallotment Shares  300,000S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   NRSecurity Ticker Symbol   TPVZ   OTC Temp Ticker - Likely will not trade OTCMarket Traded On   NYSEInterest Payment Paid on the 15th of January, April, July and October beginning on 10/15/2015Quarterly Interest   .422   Annual Interest   1.688Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 7/15/2017 for a redemption price…

We have never, ever, seen a massacre of a large sector like the one that took place in the MLP segment today.  While the upstream oil and gas companies took the brunt of the hit, losses spilled over to all kinds of segments of the partnership arena.We have cautioned time and again to stay away from the upstream companies, but…

With the arrival of August we have begun our 10th year in publication.  When we started publishing back in 2006 we started with 5, 10 or maybe 15 visitors to our site each day. Like all websites, generating traffic is a top priority. While the site was (and is) a 'hobby' we couldn't spend thousands and thousands of dollars to…

Louisiana banker Iberiabank Corporation has sold a new fixed to floating non cumulative perpetual preferred stock offering.The issue was scheduled to start trading on the OTC grey market today.This is a dividend qualified issue that begins with a coupon of 6.625% and begins to float in 2025.NOTE--this issue pays dividends just twice a year.  When it begins floating the coupon…

CAUTION--THIS PREFERRED ISSUE PAYS DIVIDENDS JUST TWICE PER YEARDate Issued   7/29/2015Shares Issued   3,000,000  Overallotment Shares  450,000S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   NRSecurity Ticker Symbol   IBKCP   OTC Temp Ticker  IBBRPMarket Traded On   NASDAQDividend Payment Paid on the 1st of February and August beginning on 2/01/2016Semi Annual Dividend   .828   Annual Dividend   1.656On 8/1/2025 Coupon Rate Floats.  The rate will be 3 month libor plus 4.262%…