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We are continuing to take a look at some of the oil and gas companies with income securities outstanding and we decided to look at Goodrich Petroleum (ticker:GDP) since they have 2 cumulative preferreds outstanding.We note that today both preferreds are down sharply--the 9.75% issue (ticker:GCP-D) is at $11.62 for a current yield of a whopping 20.98%.  The 10% issue is trading at…

We do quite a lot of reading on many message boards and forums around the web and one current theme seems to be that many investors are near the breakeven level in their income portfolios.  Now we aren't looking at the wild west of forums (which is Yahoo Finance), but instead look at those that have rational investors and some…

We need to write a quick note of thanks to our proofreaders---the loyal readers that have been visiting for years and always seem to find our errors. Reader Steve noted that we didn't have Vanguard Natural Resources preferred shares populated on all of our spreadsheets--we are getting them on there tonight.Very long time reader Howard P. clued us into an…

Continuing to try to address some notes we get from readers we wanted to touch briefly on REIT Chambers Street Properties (ticker:CSG) and the 8% Senior Notes of Star Bulk Carriers(ticker:SBLKL).Reader Tim wrote to thank us for touching on Vanguard Natural Resources earlier today and asked about REIT Chambers Street Properties(ticker:CSG).Chambers Street Properties is in the 2014 Model Portfolio and is in 1 personal account…