What does AMPS stand for?

Auction Market Preferred Stock(s)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Depending on the investment banking firm that underwrites the issue, DARPS is also referred to as short-term auction rate stock (STARS), dutch auction rate transferrable securities (DARTS), market auction preferred stock (MAPS) or auction market preferred stock (AMPS).

Financial innovations and excesses revisited: the case of auction ...

NYSE: PSY), and BlackRock Preferred Opportunity Trust (NYSE: BPP) announced today the redemption of a portion of their issued and outstanding auction market preferred stock ("AMPS"), at liquidation preference of $25,000 per share, together with accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the redemption date, if applicable.

BlackRock Announces the Redemption of Certain Auction Market ...

NYSE: PSW) announced today the redemption of a portion of their issued and outstanding auction market preferred stock ("AMPS"), at liquidation preference of $25,000 per share, together with accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the redemption date, if applicable.

BlackRock Announces the Redemption of Certain Auction Market ...

Stockholders approved new terms of the Fund's taxable auction market preferred stock ("AMPS") to facilitate a rating upgrade (Proposal 2).

Boulder Total Return Fund, Inc. Announces Results of Reconvened ...

With respect to Proposal 2, to approve new terms of the Fund's taxable auction market preferred stock to facilitate a rating upgrade, the meeting was adjourned until May 12, 2006, to permit further solicitation of the Auction Market Preferred stockholders.

Boulder Total Return Fund, Inc. Announces Results of Annual Meeting ...

With respect to election of the Auction Market Preferred Stock Directors (Messrs.

Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. Announces Results of Annual ...

Typically, rising short-term rates are accompanied by rising long-term rates, which increase the value of the hedging instruments each Fund holds and allow that Fund to reinvest the hedge gains in more income-producing securities, at least partially offsetting the rising cost of leveraging the Fund with auction market preferred stock.

Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund and ...

The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust (the "Trust") (NYSE:GDV) filed an initial registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an offering of fixed rate and auction market preferred stock.

The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust Files a Registration Statement ...