The upward pressure on preferred stock prices that we saw during January continued throughout February. As the month came to a close, the average market price for all U.S. traded preferred stocks was $24.72, up $0.15 per share over the last month. The good news is that $24.72 is still below these securities’ $25.00 par value.
February’s six new preferred stocks are offering an average annual dividend (coupon) of 6.5 percent, an average current yield (which does not consider reinvested dividends or capital gain/loss) of 6.5 percent and an average Yield-To-Call (which does consider reinvested dividends and capital gain/loss) of...
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February’s six new preferred stocks are offering an average annual dividend (coupon) of 6.5 percent, an average current yield (which does not consider reinvested dividends or capital gain/loss) of 6.5 percent and an average Yield-To-Call (which does consider reinvested dividends and capital gain/loss) of...
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