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Again we are more than pleased with our portfolio's performance (the 2015 Model Porfolio - Blended Income) during the 1st quarter ending 3/31/2015.  Against our annualized goal of 7% we posted a 2.40% gain (even with about a 1/2% penalty for brokerage fees and a lag of a month in dividend flows as we did not own the shares during December,…

Dividend yield is a financial ratio that shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price. The annual dividend income per share an investor receives from a company divided by its current share price. Normally, investors would like to see a dividend yield between 2% and 20% for a dividend-paying company. The dividend…

As we mentioned a couple days ago we went ahead and liquidated the 2014 Blended Income Portfolio at the close on 3/31/2015.  The 2015 Blended Income Portfolio is very similar and we will move ahead with just the 2015 portfolio for this year.  As we try to stay caught up (which we never are) on the website there is only so much we can do and…

Banc of California (formerly First PacTrust Bancorp) has sold a nice yielding non cumulative preferred stock.  The issue will have a 7.375% coupon.The issue is not of interest to us personally as it is perpetual (the non cumulative part doesn't bother us much--but it may you) and we are not purchasing perpetuals at this time.Details of the issue are here.This issue…