{"id":5316,"date":"2009-02-03T00:11:09","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T04:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=5316"},"modified":"2009-02-03T00:11:09","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T04:11:09","slug":"seminar-to-be-held-february-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=5316","title":{"rendered":"Seminar, February 26: PerpetualDiscounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update, 2009-8-25<\/b>: To gain access to the on-line video of this seminar and the ancillary written material, please visit PrefLetter.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

I am pleased to announce that I will be hosting a seminar series on the theory and practice of preferred share investing.<\/p>\n

These seminars will be aimed at active and potential preferred share investors who wish to review relative valuation techniques in preferred share analysis.<\/p>\n

All seminars will be presented by James Hymas<\/a>, who has written extensively<\/a> on the subject of preferred share investment and has been referred to as a "top expert<\/a>" on the subject.<\/p>\n

Questions are encouraged throughout the seminars, as well as in informal discussion at the end of the session.<\/p>\n

Each seminar is two hours in length; coffee and tea will be served. The cost of attendance is $100, but a discount of $50 will be given to participants who have an annual subscription to PrefLetter<\/a> with at least one issue remaining at the time of the seminar.<\/p>\n

PerpetualDiscounts: Theory & Practice<\/h3>\n

"PerpetualDiscounts" are currently the most common type of preferred share in Canada. They are characterized by:<\/p>\n