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[Series 65] 24, Preferred Stock Types and Features

April 17 · 4 min · 4.2 MB
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This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.

In this episode you will learn:
- That cumulative preferred stock requires issuers to pay all missed dividends (arrears) before paying common stockholders.
- How convertible preferred stock offers the potential for capital appreciation by allowing conversion into common stock, usually for a lower dividend.
- Why callable preferred stock benefits the issuer, who can redeem shares when interest rates fall, creating reinvestment risk for the investor.
- That participating preferred stock allows holders to receive extra dividends beyond the stated rate during highly profitable years.
- How preferred stock prices are sensitive to interest rates, moving inversely to rate changes, similar to bonds.

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