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89I dont know BAC pfds down a buck to a buck and a half over a couple days. Goedeeno10/15/2010
88<i>"I am tempted by GFRE, however. It seems to me to be a legitimate bruwin9/15/2010
87"but it seems to me that Lehmann is all wet on this one and that JPM-PZ is deeno9/8/2010
86JPM-PZ at $27 seems like a bad idea to me.Jurgis Bekepuris9/8/2010
85Here's a tricky one. At Forbes, Richard Lehmann writes the Fixed-Income WatKapusta Kid9/8/2010
84Pete, Pete, Thanks for the mentions. I am always looking for ideas. I am notMCsweet8/14/2010
83Yesterday, I picked up shares of MS-PA, a floater from Morgan Stanley with a curKapusta Kid8/12/2010
82As much as I like the buyback program and the fact that Peltz bought a ton of stKapusta Kid8/3/2010
81the problem with most mandatory converts is that you are trading a good deal of deeno8/3/2010
80In the scenario I proposed where the stock remains flat for the year, my mistakeKapusta Kid8/3/2010
79You're right, of course. Thank you, Mc. I got so greedy for the dividend, IKapusta Kid8/3/2010
78The other mandatory convertible preferred that caught my eye was the PPL 9.5%. Kapusta Kid8/3/2010
77Pete, According to your numbers, if the common stays flat you lose 2.75 on the MCsweet8/3/2010
76so lets look at this through if stock stays same pfd= 2.6% common = .54% stodeeno8/3/2010
75deeno, in the 50% Gain thread, you mentioned an interest in the ADM mandatory coKapusta Kid8/3/2010
74Follow up on TRUPS, I own Citigroup and BofA preferreds yielding, buying many aMCsweet7/27/2010
73FWIW, sold out of my very large (for me) position in MUJ (New Jersey Muni) and uKapusta Kid7/19/2010
72Martin Sosnoff provides some ideas on preferreds and other income instruments inKapusta Kid7/9/2010
71I wont disagree with your comments, but the Preferred aspect of calling in thesedeeno7/2/2010
70"US Regionals and smaller banks might be OK, but I think I'll avoid theKapusta Kid7/2/2010
69Thanks, for the info. sounds like you answered most of your own questions befordeeno7/1/2010
68My mistake. TruPS are <u>cumulative</u>. In most cases for the TruKapusta Kid7/1/2010
67Apparently, it's part of the Financial Regulation sausage the mischief-makerKapusta Kid7/1/2010
66Re: Phasing out TRUPS deeno, can you or anyone else point me to a source for thKapusta Kid7/1/2010
65Some TRUPS priced below par (all rated BBB/A3 or better). All are non-cumulativKapusta Kid7/1/2010
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