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What is a preferred stock?

What is a preferred stock? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (finance) Stock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock and that has priority to common stock in liquidation.
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But if rates fall on preferred stock, as seems likely, there would no doubt be much more preferred stock sold.
The remainder is invested into common and preferred stock, and cash and convertible bonds, which can be transformed into equity at an investor's discretion.
Indeed, payment of dividends could begin as early as next year, with holders of preferred stock receiving the first dividend payments.
The company at the bottom, Company A, was capitalized with 50 percent bonds, 20 percent nonvoting preferred stock, and 30 percent common voting stock.
The Big Board has plenty of preferred stock, foreign stocks, and closed-end bond funds that could skew the figures.
In other instances, outsiders may purchase dividend-bearing but non-voting preferred stock.

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