With Greece so very close to outright bankruptcy global markets will be tested in the days (or maybe it is [...]

Smaller Closed End Investment company Eagle Point Credit Company (ticker:ECC) has sold a nice Term Preferred issue. The issue has [...]

There is no real discernable way to figure out what the stock and bond markets are going to do day [...]

Relatively small ($6.8 billion in assets) Pennsylvania banking company Customers Bancorp (ticker:CUBI) has sold a fixed to floating rate preferred [...]

There are 2 new preferred issues trading today—1 started trading on Friday and the other should be trading this morning. [...]

Income investors are finding out something we all knew already, but on occassion we need a reminder.  Earning a relatively safe [...]

We have finally concluded that the stock and bond markets are at a point that is the most dangerous they [...]

This stock market just continues to hang in there–no matter the news good or bad.  The S&P 500 is less [...]

The smackdown in the REITs and Utilities continues–in a savage manner today as average issues fell 1.5 to 2%.  The [...]

The release of the 1st quarter GDP numbers were softer than anticipated at a measly +.2%.  Of course it was [...]