Preferred stocks provide fixed-income like dividends but lack long-term value growth. They are riskier than bonds as they are subordinate in asset claims during bankruptcy. Preferred stocks can be ...

Preferred stocks are hybrid securities with contract-specific risks and features, so investors should analyze each issue’s dividend terms, call provisions, and credit quality individually. For ...

One of the main reasons investors use exchange-traded funds is to avoid the level of analysis required to select individual securities. Instead of screening stocks based on metrics such as ...

Since our last article, we have since tracked six new preferred stock and exchange traded debt offerings, with yields ranging from 6.5% to 9.875%. Here is a comparison against the highest quality ...

Investors who are interested in collecting equity income naturally gravitate toward dividend stocks: Companies that pay cash on a regular basis to anyone holding their common stock. However, in many ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The historical benefits of passive indexing are well established in the equity world. According to S&P Dow Jones Indices' latest SPIVA data, 76.26% of all U.S. large-cap active funds underperformed ...

Costamare Inc. has announced cash dividends for its preferred and common stocks. The Company will pay $0.476563 per share on its Series B Preferred Stock, $0.531250 on its Series C Preferred Stock, ...