This was published some time ago, but for some reason I forgot to put it on the Web!
Anyway, the credit quality of SplitShare corporation preferreds is subject to numerous factors – the NAV of the underlying portfolio is only the most obvious. These influences can be quantified; an introduction to this quantification is presented in this article.
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