When interest rates go up, the par value of the shares is diminished, just like bonds. A par value is assigned on issue and this price rises or falls, depending on interest rates. Preferred stock also functions like a bond. These dividends are paid in full before any dividends are released to common stockholders. Unlike common stock, preferred stock dividends are predetermined and paid at regular intervals.

Preferred stock prices can fluctuate, but most of the returns from preferred stock come from dividends. Like common stock, preferred stock is issued by a company and traded on an exchange.

Preferred stock shares debt and equity characteristics all at once. Attributes of Good Preferred Stock ETFs.Quick Look at the Best Preferred Stock ETFs of this Year:.And if there's a Dummies book out there for the software, that much the better. I'm going to have to make several of these basic videos, so it'll be a good investment. What can you suggest that will work with my OS, and where can I find it? Free sounds good, but if it means buying some additional Apple software, that's fine, too. I need video editing, laying a voice track over the edited video (it would be nice if recording a voice track separately, and editing it, was also a feature of the software), and dropping in a title page and some captions along the way.

I'm not looking for the latest, greatest software. I'd prefer something Apple, simple, and easy to use. I can't find any video editing software on my system, so I guess I need to download something to help with this task. Given that OS environment, I now need to be able to edit and create some relatively simple videos for You Tube. I've an iMac 24 (circa 2008) and run 10.6.8 Snow Leopard for reasons of several older programs that I love using and that don't run on anything newer than Snow Leopard. So now that I need something beyond the basics, I feel very fortunate to have found this resource. I'm not DEEPLY versed in Mac, although it's all I've ever used since the Power PC6100 days. But first, thanks to all who make this forum possible. New guy here with a question right out of the chute.

10.6.8 software preferred