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Don’t Forget – Trust Preferred Shares Still Exist
Tim McPartland | January 8, 2015
As we were doing work on the site trying to get our quotes fixed on the debt pages we noticed 'Trust Preferreds'. This is a segment that we continually forget about, but it is certainly an area where the income investor may have some interest.Remember that Trust Preferreds are preferred stocks of trusts that are formed by the issuer to purchase their…
On-going Issues with Quotes
Tim McPartland | January 7, 2015
As Andy from Wisconsin reminded us there continues to be issues with quotes on some pages--most normally affecting exchange traded debt issues. As some of you who have been reading our site for years will recall this issue pops up about once a year for a few days to a few weeks. This of course affects the exchange traded debt…
Most Income Securities Bounce Higher
Tim McPartland | January 7, 2015
Today was a nice day for income securities for the most part. Preferreds, exchange traded debt, REITs and utilities all bounced nicely by 1/2% or so. MLPs didn't participate in the rally--mostly just hanging around yesterdays close in spite of slightly higher crude oil prices.We are now starting to seriously question REITs and utilities as they have been full on…
How is This Market Treating You?
Tim McPartland | January 6, 2015
While we don't know how this market is treating you we do know that we are surviving just fine--and hope you are also.The new 2015 Model Portfolio - Blended Income has lost about .6% in the last 2 days--not great, but dramatically better than the S&P 500 which is off 2.7%--this tracks well with prior sell-offs--common stocks lose about 4…
