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Drilling Down a Bit on Floating Rate Preferreds

Tim McPartland | August 19, 2014
We have recently had some notes from readers asking about floating rate preferreds (as well as ETD floating rate notes) and whether there is wisdom in purchasing some at this point in time?  Our short answer is 'we don't know'.  While we have listed the floating rate and fixed to floating rate issues for years we have not studied them close enough…

Powering Higher on Never-ending Complacency

Tim McPartland | August 19, 2014
August 18, 2014  10 pmWe are amazed by the stock markets never-ending complacency with the global situations and events.  We listened for years as all the 'experts' harped continuosly about the 'global economy' (of course these are the same 'experts' that have warned us to get out of interest rate sensitive instruments for 2 years now) and how everything, economically…

A Couple Changes to Spreadsheets

Tim McPartland | August 18, 2014
August 17, 2014 - 11:20 pm  We are making a few minor changes to the spreadsheets on The Yield Hunter.On the Preferred Stock-Alphabetical page we have added a minor column titled 'Qualified?'. We had received numerous requests to add this to the spreadsheet and we have done so. It is ONLY ON the alphabetical sheet. We also have a page that…

Is this a Goldilocks Market?

Tim McPartland | August 17, 2014
August 14, 2014 - 9:20 pm  We have 'whined' about the U.S. economy, which while growing, seems pretty lethargic from where we sit.   There are certainly some benefits to us income investors from this lethargy.The economic numbers that are released keep rates from heading higher--even with the rapidly ending Quantitative Easing.  One week we get economic releases that are 'good'…
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