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I had huge concerns with the earnings from giant ag cooperative CHS, but the coop announced respectable earnings for the quarter ending 5/31/2025 given all the turmoil in the marketplace. Revenue for the quarter was $9.8 billion compared to the year ag…

Below are press releases from companies with preferred stock and baby bonds outstanding. Additionally, news of a more macro economic importance may be posted. Earnings season is over for now and not much news is being posted by company’s that are of in…

I made 2 buys on Monday–both were additions to current portfolio holdings and were relatively minor in size. I added to my Saratoga Investment (SAR) 8.125% baby bonds (SAY) with a purchase at $25.39. The issue will go ex dividend on 8/15 so while I pa…

CLO owner Sound Point Meridian Capital (SPMC) has priced a new issue of term preferred stock with a coupon of 7.875% and a term redemption required in 2030. For what it is worth the issue is rated BBB by Egan Jones. The issue is a monthly payer. The pr…

Below are press releases from companies with preferred stock and baby bonds outstanding. Additionally, news of a more macro economic importance may be posted. Earnings season is over for now and not much news is being posted by company’s that are of in…

Sometimes I am just trucking along doing my thing and I begin to think maybe I am going the wrong direction with my investments. Not that they haven’t performed decently for a ‘total return’ investor–but am I leaving too much on the table so to speak-…

Below are press releases from companies with preferred stock and baby bonds outstanding. Additionally, news of a more macro economic importance may be posted. Earnings season is over for now and not much news is being posted by company’s that are of in…

I plan to continue to do a little buying this week—I certainly need to do some buying as the cash stash has built up recently with recently matured CD’s—and more is to come as the Wintrust and UMB Financial preferreds are set to be redeemed in a we…

This week we’ll see what markets think of the Federal budget bill that was passed and signed over the holiday. I don’t think we can predict how markets will react–although the equity futures, at this moment (8 pm central), are pointing lower by about…

July 03, 2025 16:07 ET | Source: Triumph Financial, Inc. Triumph Announces Schedule for Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Release and Conference Call July 03, 2025 12:00 ET | Source: Freddie Mac Heading into the Holiday Weekend…

Who is right and who is wrong? ADP showed a very soft employment picture yesterday while today the bureau of labor statistics shows a firm amount of hiring – in particular in state and local governments. Seems like the economy is holding up. We saw a l…

A few folks have had issues posting comments and getting through the Spam filter software–I have pulled recent posts from the filters and ‘approved as NOT spam’. I am not certain why this happening and am trying a few tweaks to correct the issue. I wi…