Archive for December, 2008
Genco Shipping leases new Capesize bulk carrier
Genco Shipping and Trading Limited – Press Release. It is heartening to see Genco Shipping (GNK: 16.11 0.00 0.00%) put on a new bulk carrier with Cargill for a minimum 4 year lease at a very nice rate. $65,000 per day! There seems to be quite a disconnect between the rates earned by quality shipping [...]
Ashford Hospitality Suspends Dividend
Ashford Hospitality Trust Enhances Liquidity Position Through Strategic Transactions. It is interesting to see a company dance around a dividend cut in their press release. You can see from the title of the release linked above that Ashford Hospitality (AHT: 8.83 0.00 0.00%) went for the euphemism “Enhancing liquidity”. The suspension of the dividend is [...]
Terra Industries enters distribution agreement for clean Diesel product
Terra Industries: Manufacturers of Urea Ammonium Nitrate, Anhydrous Ammonia and Ammonium Nitrate: News Release. The press release linked above announces a distribution agreement between Terra Industries (TRA: 45.76 0.00 0.00%) and Brenntag North America for the exclusive distribution rights of Terra Industries’ Diesel Emission Fluid (DEF). First, a little background on the use of DEF. [...]
ProShares follows suit – big distributions on inverse funds
Huge Distributions At ProShares – Features. Shareholders in the various ProShares inverse and double-inverse funds received a pre-Christmas gift of the unpleasant kind. The article linked above from Index Universe lists the cash distributions made by 35 of ProShares ETFs ranging from 4.1% to 44.3% of the previous day’s NAV (December 22). The distributions will [...]
Aircastle Slashes Dividend
AIRCASTLE – Investor Relations – Press Release. OUCH! This one caught me by surprise. Aircastle, Ltd. (AYR: 8.55 0.00 0.00%) is cutting their dividend from 25¢ to 10¢ for the 4th quarter. I had considered the dividend pretty secure since the company is generating around $1.10 free cash flow per quarter. I see a couple [...]
