Did Make a Slight Trim In AT & T TCs with a 50 share Sale of JZJ in Regular IRA/

For purposes of my allocation, I treat equity preferred securities as bonds even though they are classified by the companies as equity.   An equity preferred stock does not represent an equity interest in the business in my view but simply a claim to earnings sufficient to satisfy the coupon payment which is superior to that of a common stock holder.  So, in my retirement accounts, I lump securities like AEB, INZ, ISF, AEH, and METPRA with the bonds rather than the common stocks for purposes of maintaining my target allocation between stocks and bonds. 

I am going to keep my entire position in  JZE and JZJ in the taxable account, which is the bulk of my position, but I elected today to sell 50 JZJ in my regular IRA account at $21.85 which was bought in October at close to $16.  I ran out of money in that account and I wanted to buy a floater on an opportunistic basis. TRUST CERTIFICATES JZJ AND PJL  It was virtually unchanged today in price and I believe that it goes ex in May. 

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