
investment-grade (junk) issuers, contains 249 securities from more than 100 issuers. There's also PowerShares Preferred Portfolio PGX , which charges an expense ratio of 0.50% and has a yield of 6.5%. Although 80% of this fund is
a lot of competition. Alternatives Investors looking for preferred-stock alternatives should look at PowerShares Preferred Portfolio PGX , which charges an expense ratio of 0.50% and has a yield of 6.8%. Although 84% of this fund is
significant assets or volume. PowerShares Preferred is based on the Merrill Lynch ..... listed in the United States. PGX has a current SEC yield of ..... telecommunications. Suitability PowerShares Preferred PGX provides exposure to a niche
PFF is a very liquid ETF. Alternatives Investors looking for preferred-stock alternatives should look at PowerShares Preferred PGX , which charges an expense ratio of 0.50% and has an SEC yield of 6.8%. PowerShares Financial Preferred
By Richard Shaw ( QVM Group ): The trend toward search for income with growth is well established. The financial repression by the Fed just makes the trend stronger, but even without that the demographic trends create forces that favor dividend growth oriented investing. Best Performing Dividend ...
By Doug K. Le Du : Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) offer convenience to investors since buying a share of an ETF provides you with a position in each of the securities that the ETF is composed of in one shot. But for many preferred stock investors that convenience may not be worth the downside, a ...
By Morningstar : By Timothy Strauts Savings accounts are paying less than 1%, 10-year U.S. treasury bonds are paying 2.9%, and intermediate-corporate bonds are paying only 4%, so income investors have been putting their money into preferred stocks, or preferreds. With current yields over 6%, ...
Are there any good CE funds for preferreds? There are 3 ETF's I've looked at PFF, PGF and PGX . PGF doing best YTD and pays about 7% div. Any thoughts on these or others?
MyPlanIQ submits: Investing is not an easy task these days. Buying stocks has the risk of losing money, but with interest rates being what they are and inflation being a present reality, not investing means certain reduction in assets in real terms. One alternative is to invest in convertible ...
assets in non-investment grade (junk) issuers, contains 84 securities from 44 issuers. There's also PowerShares Preferred Portfolio PGX , which charges an expense ratio of 0.50% and has a yield of 7.5%. Although 80% of this fund is