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Dynagas LNG Partners (a MLP), 1 of 2 public shippers, devoted to owning LNG ships has issued a nice cumulative perpetual preferred stock.All the details of the issue are here.  The issue trades OTC grey market beginning tomorrow (Wednesday). For guidance on trading on the OTC grey market we outline the process here.DLNG is a small carrier as ocean shippers go…

Date Issued  7/14/2015Shares Issued    3,000,000    Overallotment Shares    450,000S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   NRSecurity Ticker Symbol   DLNG-A   OTC Temporary Ticker  DYNGFMarket Traded ON   NYSEDividend Payment Paid on the 12th of February, May, August and November beginning on 11/12/2015Quarterly Dividend   .5625   Annual Dividend   2.25Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 08/12/2020 for a redemption…

This morning the release of retail sales was nothing short of a disaster.  While recent economic news has been 'ok', the retail sales numbers this morning are down right scary. Concurrently business inventories are at a level that are much too high.Retail sales today were announced at down .3% month over month---the concensus was +.3%.  For the most part household…

There are more than enough typical mortgage REITs in existance today to fulfill the investing needs of most investors--but there is always someone looking to carve the available pie in a new and different way. Newer (came public 2/2015 at $14.25/share) mReit Great Ajax Corp (ticker:AJX) is not a typical mortgage REIT.AJX holds mortgages--primarily on single family residential, but also…

When giant solar panel manufacturing companies First Solar (ticker:FSLR) and Sunpower (ticker:SPWR) get together on a project, investors need to sit up and pay attention. These 2 companies have gotten together on a venture that has huge potential down the road and we are considering being a part of it (by buying shares).  Before we walk through some of the…