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• A security that usually pays a fixed dividend and gives the holder a claim on corporate earnings and assets that is superior to that of holders of common stock, but inferior to that of investors in the corporation’s debt securities.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Preferred Stock. (n.d.). Federal Housing Finance Agency Glossary of Terms. Retrieved April 1, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/preferred-stock.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Preferred Stock. fhfaoig.gov. Federal Housing Finance Agency Glossary of Terms. Federal Housing Finance Agency, Office of Inspector General. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/preferred-stock (accessed: April 1, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Preferred Stock." Federal Housing Finance Agency Glossary of Terms. Federal Housing Finance Agency, Office of Inspector General. 1 April. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/preferred-stock.

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