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Again, Time to Worry a Bit

Tim McPartland | September 30, 2014
Back on September 11th we wrote 'Now is a Good Time to Worry a Bit' - little did we know that we would feel more negative now then we did at that time.September has been a tough month for income investors.  Even though interest rates are up just a bit in the last 30 days many sectors of the income…

This Must be MLP Heaven for Some

Tim McPartland | September 29, 2014
For folks that like to buy Master Limited Partnerships it must be like heaven this year.  It is a continuous stream of issues from the energy arena.While we are not big fans of the energy MLP's we would buy some at the IPO price if we had access--but seldom do we have first pop at them.  Our purchases would not…

Stocks Slammed at the Open While Rates Tumble

Tim McPartland | September 29, 2014
The stock market continues to move sharply -- both up and down.  Today is a down day and our common shares continue to get hammered and it appears that we have the 'worst of the worst' in our portfolio.  Fortunately they compose only a tiny part of the portfolio (11%) so they don't knock the total value down too much,…

Cruising Into the Weekend With Minimal Damage

Tim McPartland | September 26, 2014
What a wild and crazy week we have been through this week--every day saw big moves in stocks (including preferreds) although interest rates just kind of sat without movement. While stocks traded with 100 or 200 point swings the 10 year treasury moved in a 6 basis point range closing the week a few basis points lower.While one would have…

Update – Atlas Resource Partners LP Prices Preferred Shares

Tim McPartland | September 25, 2014
September 25, 2014  5 pmMLP Atlas Resource Partners LP has priced the preferred issue we wrote about yesterday at a lofty 8.625%.Finalized details of the issue are here.UPDATEIssue trades Monday under the OTC Temp Ticker of ARPP.
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