Trading Symbol: the trading symbol for each preferred stock

IPO Date: the initial public offering date (trading started)

Dividend Rate (%): the annual dividend rate paid to you by the issuing company

Sell Date: the date that you would have sold your shares of the preferred stock

Sell Price: the price that you would have sold the preferred stock for

Income Per Share: the profit (“capital gain”) plus dividend income you would have earned

Effective Annual Return: the annual rate of return you earned, once you sold your shares

24-Month CD Rate (%): the average bank CD rate of return for comparison (source: bankrate.com)