It’s dizzying to imagine the thousands of ways to invest and generate future value from your cash. In stock trading, of course, you always aim for a higher future value on your investments, and ...

Cumulative preferred stocks ensure skipped dividends are paid before common dividends. Calculate owed dividends by annual rate x par value, divided by quarters, multiplied by missed payments. In ...

Image: Flickr user Zoll Erdos. Most, but not all, preferred stocks have a "cumulative" provision. This says that, if any dividend payments have been skipped, they must be paid out to preferred ...