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Thanks for your article. I have chosen to participate in the hopeful increase by buying LUTHP which yields above 9% . I appreciate your thoughts on this way to capture the possible increase in ALU.
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Thanks for article which,as usual, offers excellent insight. MFA also has a preferred ,MFA-A, for the more conservative investor. However, it is slightly over par and should be closely monitored. Do you have any thoughts on NCT-B?
Thanks for the analysis on these companies. I own PDLI and am pleased with it's performance and dividend. SBRA has also just reported well, increasing it's dividend . Do you have an opinion about it?
Thanks for your excellent article. I am long AHT using IRS preferred , AHT-E , which yields 8.8% and trades just above it's issue price. What effect will higher fuel prices have on your opinion of this group's performance? Also, do you have any thoughts on INN-A? Please keep your articles coming.
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Thanks for your thoughtful article. As to 2) and 3), the issue is not whether social security and Medicare will be in existence. Rather, as to social security whether payments will be means tested with reductions for persons with higher income. There are already means tests for Medicare premiums. As to Medicare, the issue is not whether it exists, but whether one can find a doctor who will take Medicare patients . As to professional advisors, you may not need one regularly, but one sure needs to understand the difference between Roth iras and ordinary ones, particularly since withdrawals from one can trigger the taxability of social security benefits while the other does not. Also one requires minimum distributions after 70 and one half. Retirement presents substantial challenges and going back to your point 1, the aim should be to have as much capital as possible because the future is unexpected and one should expect the unexpected. No one can predict there life expectancy, so you cannot plan to spend you kids, inheritance. Suggest a good retirement plan is to live off of the income and keep as much principal as possible for the unexpected. Thanks again.
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Thanks for your article. I own all of these except EP. MHR also has a preferred D which does not pay as much as the C but has a longer period before call.
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Thanks for your very good article. I am also a retired attorney and have RAS-A,B and C generating income for my retirement. I also use NRF-A and B for income. Do you have any thoughts on them. Thanks.
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