Preferred Stock in United States
Preferred Stock Definition
Corporate stock entitled to priority in payment of dividends, or to a higher rate of dividends.
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Corporate stock entitled to priority in payment of dividends, or to a higher rate of dividends.
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Stock that is given a preference over other stock of the same corporation (in U.S. law) primarily with respect to dividend (in U.S. law) payments, but preferences with respect to asset distribution upon liquidation and other matters, as well as limitations, may also exist. Preferred stock gives its owner a claim on income either in a fixed amount or at a fixed rate, unlike common stock (in U.S. law), which entitles its owner to a residual share of the corporate income. In the event of dissolution, the preferred stockholder is entitled to a stipulated sum for his principal claim before anything is paid to common stockholders.
Preferred stock has certain features that are of particular advantage to the issuing corporation. The issuance of preferred stock makes financing possible without sharing profits and control in the unlimited fashion required by common stock. Also, preferred stock has the advantage, generally, of being redeemable at the option of the corporation, thus enabling refinancing with a new security paying a lower dividend. Preferred stock, like common stock, may have the right to participate in the management of the corporation through its voting power, but ordinarily preferred stock does not carry the general voting privilege. However, preferred stock is frequently given vetoing power or the right to vote as a class on particular questions and the general voting privilege under particular circumstances. See also cumulative preferred stock (in U.S. law); and noncumulative preferred stock (in U.S. law).
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Preferred Stocks Can Add Income, but Risk, Too, Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; September 19, 2011; MarksJarvis, Gail
PREFERRED STOCKS MAY NOT SATISFY RISK PREFERENCES, The Record (Bergen County, NJ); November 11, 2001
PREFERRED STOCKS SUFFER LARGEST OVERALL DROP MANY INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS HAVE BEEN HIT WITH LOSSES OF AS MUCH AS 18 PERCENT, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); April 18, 1994; KEN KOHN – Bloomberg Business News
Changes Afoot on Preferred Stocks, Palm Beach Daily News; November 4, 2012; liberman, gail
Pricing New-Issue and Seasoned Preferred Stocks: A Comparison of Valuation Models, Financial Management; June 22, 1992; Ferreira, Eurico J. Spivey, Michael F. Edwards, Charles E.
As Interest Rates on Bonds Wane, Preferred Stocks Offer an Alternative, International Herald Tribune; January 9, 1999; Mitchell Martin
Preferred stocks aren’t best pick for small investors. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers), Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; November 17, 1994; Advokat, Stephen
Preferred stocks., Money Digest; January 1, 1998
Preferred Stocks., Money Digest; January 1, 2002
Preferred stocks are, The News Sun – Waukegan (IL); December 26, 2012
Good reasons to prefer these half-dozen preferred stocks now, Central Penn Business Journal; September 12, 2008; Berko, Malcom
Preferred stocks that defer your taxes: deferred preferreds work like compound rate GICs. But unlike GICs the tax on your yield is deferred., Money Digest; December 1, 1996
It can pay to hold some preferred stocks ENTRY LEVEL, International Herald Tribune; July 22, 2006; Eric Uhlfelder
Capstead Mortgage Corporation Declares Dividends on Its Preferred Stocks., Economics Week; March 18, 2011
Farmers Capital Bank Corporation Updates Status of its Investment in GSE Preferred Stocks, Remains ‘Well-Capitalized’., Real Estate Weekly News; September 26, 2008
Preferred Stocks Offer Advantages, The Washington Post; April 8, 1990; JAMES E. LEBHERZ;
UFS Investment Company – Technical Analysis,Prospects of Sber
bank’s Preferred Stocks, Sep 18, 2012, Russian Banks and Brokers Reports; September 19, 2012
Home Loan Banks’ Regulator Drops Plan for Preferred Stocks, American Banker; October 21, 1991; Cope, Debra
Capstead Mortgage Corporation Declares Dividends on Its Preferred Stocks, Real Estate Weekly News; March 29, 2013
Capstead Mortgage Declares Dividends on Its Preferred Stocks, Manufacturing Close-Up; June 16, 2012
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