Overlap among PFF, PFFD, PGX, PGF and CWBPFF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests preferred stocks (fixed-rate, floating-rate, and convertible).
PFFD is similar to PFF, but the number of holdings of PFFD is almost half compared to PFF. The expense ratio of PFFD is also about half of PFF.
PGX is an ETF that invests fixed-rate
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About iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
Home page
Inception date
Mar 26, 2007
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
PFF targets preferred securities irrespective of credit rating, providing a broad and diversified portfolio. The funds holdings reflect the nature of the market in that financial institutions dominate the holdings. The underlying index and portfolio are rebalanced monthly. PFF particularly stands out for strong block liquidity, making it the fund of choice for large traders. For investors, it is important to consider how much of the distribution can be classified as qualified dividend income. Prior to February 1, 2019, the fund tracked a similar index from S&P.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
Preferreds set to move lower$PFF - Preferred stocks have reached a critical maximum for now and with today's price action we may see an additional confirmation to RSI an MACD. RSI has already dipped for a sell signal and MACD is showing a strong divergence with the price. Volume activity is showing as well that buying power is
Our Stock of the Day / PFFToday, we have a long trade to share on this ETF. Here is the full explanation
a) The price is above a major Support zone that was resistance before
b) We can see a clear ABC pattern (continuation structure above the Support and on the edge of the ascending trendline)
c) Based on these 3 i
PFF - My personal emotional rollercoaster Hope you learn from my emotional rollercoaster. PFF is supposed to be a stable monthly income play. In fact, some financial advisors treat it as cash/savings account. I was looking to park a large chunk of cash using this instrument in hopes to get a better yield than 1.5% I get from my savings acco
PFF buy the dip with a sugar spoonHaving a hard time with ideas to get long as the market sells off. TLT doesn't seem to play well but the preferreds (mostly bank stocks) are down nicely. I like the yield and I like that preferred means they may not gut the dividend like all the other "so-called" safe names i.e. COP, GE, KMI . I
Long On PFFThis instrument has been trading in a very stable range, more stable than treasuries and similarly to TIPS. The dividend yield on this is 5%+.
This is a great way to diversify exposure to US-assets while assuring a high and reliable return.
If prices drop to 37.10, I'll be buying with very little he
Long on PFFThis instrument has been trading in a range much more stable than treasuries and almost comparable if not better than TIPS, but, the dividend rate is about 5%+
If the price drops down to 37.10, this is an incredible buy opportunity for long-term hold and great way to diversify within US assets.
I'll
PFF overbought going into Fed MeetingPFF is a dogshit, overvalued, poorly managed, preferred stock fund. People have been buying it up going into an obvious rate hike on June 13th... Something like a 12 day winning streak.. Y'all know this is fixed income, right? Bagholders about to get dicked on. Lucky for y'all this is fixed income,
Example of a Downtrend Parallel Channel on PFFPFF formed a downtrend parallel channel.
A downtrend parallel channel (bearish channel) is a continuation pattern that slopes down and is bound by an upper and lower trend line.
The upper downtrend line it is called main line and marks resistance and the lower downtrend line it is called channel lin
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Summarizing what the indicators are suggesting.
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Moving Averages
Neutral
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Moving Averages
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Displays a symbol's price movements over previous years to identify recurring trends.