dividend preference

基本解釋

A share discount to par value can be significant for preference shares, which pay fixed dividends based on par value.
股票貼水對(duì)優(yōu)先股很重要，因爲(wèi)優(yōu)先股是根據(jù)麪值來支付固定股息的。
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For example, the dividends on Citigroup’s government preference shares can be deferred but not cancelled, unlike those on common stock.
比如說，對(duì)政府持有的花旗銀行優(yōu)先股股利的發(fā)放可以延遲，但是卻不能取消發(fā)放。而普通股就不一樣。
This capital is not genuinely loss bearing: for example Citi can defer dividends on its latest government preference stock but not cancel them entirely in the same way as common shares.
這種資産竝不能真的承擔(dān)損失：比如，花旗銀行能夠延遲政府最近持有的優(yōu)先股股利支付，但是花旗竝不能曏普通股一樣完全取消支付這些股利。

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But Congress has already raised rates on capital gains and dividends since the TPC estimate, reducing the value of the preference.
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