Monday, April 29, 2013

Moody's And Preferred Stock Investors View Same Market But See Very Different Risks

Rating agencies and preferred stock investors, while using different methods, usually judge the investment risk of a preferred stock with very little disparity. Preferred stocks that are viewed as having similar risk frequently have similar yields - same risk, same reward.

But that is not the case with this group of 96 similar preferred stocks. Looking at Moody's Baa3 investment grade level, you can see that there is no agreement whatsoever between the market and Moody's...

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