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- Fixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
- Seven High-Yielding ETFs [view article]
- These Days, Preferred Stocks Are Anything But Dull [view article]
- Preferred Stocks Get Crushed [view article]
- U.S. Bank Dividend Yields Revisited [view article]
- ETF Update: Gold, Financials, Aluminum [view article]
- Why I Am Adding PGF and AGD to My Portfolio [view article]
- Financial Sector ETFs [view article]
- Grin and 'Bear' It with PowerShares Preferred Financial ETF [view article]
- The Top 7 Sector ETFs For the Economic Recovery [view article]
- Ten High Dividend Securities To Watch [view article]
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- Fixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8%
- Seven High-Yielding ETFs
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- Preferred Stocks Get Crushed
- ETF Update: Gold, Financials, Aluminum
- U.S. Bank Dividend Yields Revisited
- Why I Am Adding PGF and AGD to My Portfolio
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Fixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
thoroughbred,Yes, it makes sense for now.
Also, nice article.
CrossProfit Reply
Fixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
Dunn, I had both the GM pfd as well as the F pfd, I just have zero confidence in either, and beside that, those 2 have gotten many recommendations as a better place to hide if you want long term exposure to GM and F so I think there are many novice investors there, if it starts to drop I don't believe they will hold for the long term and would make the drop much worse than it would need to be. Does that make sense? ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
thoroughbred, do you have GJM- GMAC preferred around 11.75, yielding 16%? Are they going away? ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
so remind me why anyone would not do a simple etf like TIPS which is AAA instead of something with less yield? ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
WPK is my number four holding (3.02%) after GE (10.45%), money market (7.33%), a Jan09 4.5% CD (6.79%) and FCX (3.32%) After that is BRKB 2.71%, CTEW 2.29%, KO 2.16%, DD 1.6%, USB 1.55%, and then DTT the other pfd I still hold at 1.53% ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
I held over 12 financial pfds this year going into July, I felt like they were a better place to hide then most financial equities. They day after I got scared and liquidated in my last financial equity (GS) at 164 I realized I was wrong. I took a hard look at my positions, I closed all but two of my pfds and switched into bank stocks... mostly USB, BAC, and on a lark I bought some WB. I am still holding them, although I have traded WB back and forth once. For PFDs? I have taken what was an average position size of about 1% of my portfolio and liquidated most of them to buy the equities... I have also however boosted 2 particular PFDs into top ten holdings. ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
better but far from good.as per info on this site the inflation rate of the 5 daily basic needs is app. 15-16%.so if you are working & not a ceo or hedgefund manager you better get a17-18% increase just to stay even. ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
The expense ratio for PFO is 1.56%! Ouch! ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
Also look at HPF and PFO - 2 closed end funds that do nothing but pfd stocks....better yields and you get "active" management ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
Corporate bonds offer a decent alternative--higher yields than Treasuries, less risk than high-yield bonds. Seven percent is pretty easy to get with A-rated bonds. ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
I have been building a portfolio of financial preferreds for about 3 months, the avg. cost in my portfolio is just under $17 and all were issued at $25, the yield on the portfolio at my cost is 9.97%, I allocate a specific dollar amount into each name, if I have 2 defaults my cost basis (assuming I sell 2 positions at zero) would be $19.02. ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
interesting article, but way too much risk for me, even at these spreads - sorry ReplyFixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
Thank you good and practical info. Effectively for those who roll over CD's every 3 months, why not put some into PGF. Replylobal.net
Fixed Income: Little Value in Treasuries, Preferred Financials Yielding 8% [view article]
Thank you.A nice short, concise article.
I would not consider buying the particular issue you wrote about but I liked the info, especially the included credit quality ratings.
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Seven High-Yielding ETFs [view article]
It does not matter who is president since the task is beyond a human being. I like the dividends because they are nontaxable if held, or acquired in a Roth IRA. Be creative, the government does not want to support SS, so they will allow more freedom to the self-help crowd. I am not totally despondent but nearly so. Reply