Preferred v Ordinary Shares

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hi Martin, What are your thoughts on preferred shares? Especially the ones with good quality DBRS ratings. Will the survive the downturn or will they fail? Thx FS ANSWER: Ordinary and preference shares are a claim on corporate …

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PG&E shares plunge on bankruptcy worries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4X3U3dXn5M Jan. 7, 2019– Mary Greeley News – (Reuters) – Chalk it up to years of corporate disconnection from reality, but Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is reportedly now facing bankruptcy after being suspected a culprit of the last devastating …

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Shares in Johnson & Johnson plunged more than 10% on Friday, after Reuters reported that the US pharmaceutical giant had known about asbestos tainting its talcum powder since 1971.

by Undercover5051 The report comes as the company faces thousands of lawsuits claiming that its talc products caused cancer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46572536? Reuters reviewed Johnson & Johnson documents produced as part of the trials, many of which had been shielded from view …

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Vanguard ditches investor shares, converting all to Admiral shares. Same expense ratio as ETF share class.

https://investornews.vanguard/our-index-funds-changed-investing-forever-now-were-making-them-even-better/ No DRIP drag, fractional shares, NAV pricing, no spread, and no trading risk. Honestly, I think the mutual fund is better than the ETF version now.   If you’re like many successful investors, you like to keep it simple. …

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Danish bank shares fall sharply

by Lass3BTC Danish Bank shares fall sharply on Friday morning. At 04.10, the value dropped by 10.6 percent after the stock market opened at 9:00 this morning. Overall, shareholders have lost nearly 40 percent this year, the money laundering case in …

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