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2. Preferred stock - Wikipedia

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   Preferred stock (also called preferred shares, preference shares, or simply preferreds) is a component of share capital that may have any combination of features not possessed by common stock, including properties of both an equity and a debt instrument, and is generally considered a hybrid instrument.

3. Pros & Cons of Cumulative Preferred Stock - AOL

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   Cumulative preferred stock is an equity investment that guarantees dividend payments to shareholders. Unpaid dividends–also referred to as dividends in arrears–accumulate and are then paid out ...

4. Common stock vs. preferred stock: What’s the difference? - AOL

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   Preferred stock may be a better investment for short-term investors who don’t have the stomach to hold common stock long enough to overcome dips in the share price. Preferred stock tends to ...

5. Stock - Wikipedia

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   A stock certificate is a legal document that specifies the number of shares owned by the shareholder, and other specifics of the shares, such as the par value, if any, or the class of the shares. In the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, and Australia, stock can also refer, less commonly, to all kinds of marketable securities. [4]

6. Participating preferred stock - Wikipedia

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   Preferred shareholders always receive their dividends first and, in the event the company goes bankrupt, preferred shareholders are paid off before the holders of common stock. In general, there are five different types of preferred stock: cumulative preferred, non-cumulative, participating, convertible, and callable.

7. Pros & Cons of Cumulative Preferred Stock - AOL

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   Cumulative preferred stock distributes accumulated dividends on a preset schedule, before any dividend payouts to common stock shareholders. ... Investing in dividend stocks is something you might ...