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PFF vs. ETF Alternatives
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- Monday, August 6, 2012, 5:08 PM Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) announces the redemption of $114M of trust preferred securities, the latest in a series of banks doing same as they can no longer be counted as capital. The moves have left preferred stock investors scrambling to replace the fat (and safe) yielders, pushing up the prices on what's left in the preferred arena. Preferred stocks (PFF) have smoked the Dow YTD even before dividends. 2 Comments [Financials]
- Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 11:07 AM Preferred stock ETF investors frustrated by most funds' heavy exposure to financials have an alternative in Van Eck's just-launched PFXF. The fund attempts to mirror the performance of the Wells Fargo Hybrid and Preferred Securities ex-Financials Index. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
- Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 3:03 PM Preferred stock investors (PFF) - currently in the enviable position of earning a sweet return as the supply of available shares dwindles - get another fund to choose from with the launch of the Global X SuperIncome Preferred ETF (SPFF), set up to track an S&P Index of the highest yielding preferreds in the U.S. and Canada. Comment! [Financials]
- Thursday, July 12, 2012, 12:11 PM "There is a tremendous demand for 'quality yield' and not a lot of it," writes Annaly, noting a "dramatic shrinkage" in preferred shares is on the way. One source of reduction will be banks calling in their Trust Preferred Securities (i, ii, iii, iv) as these no longer qualify as capital under new Basel rules. Is PFF, currently yielding 5.84%, about to become more dear? 2 Comments [Financials, U.S. Economy]
- Sunday, July 8, 2012, 7:17 AM Preferred stock (PFF) investors seeking an alternative or complement to their holdings might consider looking internationally. The IPFF is basically a play on Canadian preferred (73% of holdings), and the fund's European exposure is limited to the U.K. and Sweden. Its yield was 5.36% as of May 31. Comment! [Financials, Quick Ideas]
- Monday, June 25, 2012, 11:01 AM Yield-hungry investors take notice. The Treasury plans to sell - through modified Dutch auction beginning today - preferred stock it holds in 7 TARPed banks: LION, FBMI, FCZA, MCBI, PEBK, PULB, SFST. The Treasury is more concerned with unloading shares than getting a fancy price, and an investor doing his/her homework could see double-digit returns. Comment! [Financials, Quick Ideas]
- Thursday, June 7, 2012, 11:17 AM ETF Channel issues an "Inflow Alert" for the iShares U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (PFF), which created 1.8% more units last week to accommodate $150.2M in additional assets. PFF +7.6% YTD, while yielding 6%. Comment!
- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 1:32 PM Bullish sentiment jumps 7.8 points to 35.4% in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey, the highest level in a month, but below the long term average of 39%. Likewise, bearish sentiment hit a 1-month low, diving 8.9 points to 28.5% - below the historical average of 30%. Comment!
- Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 7:37 AM "It is metaphysically clear that if we attack the deficit, the economy will go negative," said Jeff Gundlach in a talk last week. The debt ceiling debate will come in the fall, "perfectly timed to make it a centerpiece of the election," he says. Josh Brown's outstanding notes from the event. (also) 7 Comments
- Monday, April 30, 2012, 8:33 AM CFTC data shows the small speculator as the only net long in S&P futures contracts, with the commercials and large specs on the other side of the trade. It's not immediately bearish, says Peter Brandt, as small specs sometimes get it right, but when this group is the only net long, things could move quickly if the market does turn down. 2 Comments
- Saturday, April 28, 2012, 9:00 AM Comparing the Fed's ZIRP and QE to a diet of jelly donuts (one = awesome, a steady diet = hospitalization), David Einhorn tells a Grant's conference central bank policy is suppressing what he considers to be cheap stock values. Hugely disapproving of current monetary and fiscal policy, Jim Grant explains why he's also hopeful. Wide-ranging interview here. 7 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Thursday, April 26, 2012, 8:17 AM The ratio of bulls drops again in the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey, off 3.5 points to 27.6%, well underneath the long-term average of 39%. The bearish camp increases 3.6 points to 37.4%. Bullish sentiment peaked out around 51% in early February, and has been declining since. 8 Comments
- Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 2:12 PM Stocks stumble just a little following changes to the FOMC's economic forecast which show an upgraded view of the economy and inflation's speed - not the sort of estimates put together by a group fixing to launch additional policy easing. DJIA +0.3%, S&P 500 +1%. 3 Comments [U.S. Economy, On the Move]
- Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 11:35 AM As the quick rise and now slide in Citigroup's Economic Surprise Index in 2012 begins to resemble 2011, Bespoke notes the similarity in the S&P price action between this year and the last. If the pattern continues to hold, selling in May and buying back after Labor Day may work out nicely. 4 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Monday, April 23, 2012, 7:49 AM "Run, don't walk," is John Hussman's advice to investors thinking about cutting speculative exposure. The "numerous hostile syndromes" facing equities: "near-panic insider selling, speculation in new issues, and broad divergences in market internals." 5 Comments
- Saturday, April 21, 2012, 8:45 AM The bulls are building a sandcastle on the cover of Barron's, whose Big Money poll may be of dubious predictive value, but gives a great summation of the current conventional wisdom. Some areas of leaning to one side of the boat: Just 2% of those surveyed are bullish on Treasurys, and while 31% feel tech is the place to be over the next 6-12 months, not one thinks it could be the worst performer. A not-yet-IPOed Facebook makes the list of most overvalued stocks. 11 Comments
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Cautious_Bob
I was bullish on PFF but not anymore, PFF being made up of primarily preferred stocks is going to hit hard when interest rates start to rise - View all 0 replies
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diepwjulius
I'm skittish, but too feeble to trade, my entry pts. for MRVL were 16.46/15.75, and it still makes me nervous; hell, PFF makes me nervous. - View all 0 replies
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