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Old 05-02-2012, 06:27 PM   #2176
Slava
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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc View Post
Depends.

Preferred shares from a bank would be at (or near) the bottom as the risk of insolvency is low. This is also why the dividend rate is 5%.

Preferred shares from my start up company selling real estate in Detroit would be at the top, because I might get shot when I repo my next house project. My dividend rate is 80% though!

Higher risk=higher return.
Well this is the wrong thread for this discussion, and I'm not taking a shot at you in any way here Tron, but I hate that high risk= high return idea. Its such utter BS, and yet its propagated constantly.

I would say in general fotze, that preferreds are right between bonds and common shares on that pyramid though.
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