Time to Get Back into China Stocks?
November 15th, 2011
The recently ignored scuffling over trade between the U.S. and China is heating up again with President Obama seemingly firing the Read more…
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Move To The Front Of The Line With Preferred Stock ETFs (PFF, PSK, PGX, PGF, CNPF)
August 11th, 2011
Ron Rowland: Imagine you’re standing in line, waiting to enter a big concert or Las Vegas show. You dutifully wind back and forth between the velvet ropes. You can’t wait to take your seat. Read more…
iShares Planning International Preferred Stock ETF (STIP, PFF, PGF, PGX, PICB, IBND)
February 6th, 2011
iShares hasn’t launched any new ETFs since rolling out its short-term TIPS fund (NYSE:STIP) in early December, but the issuer responsible for close to 45% of all U.S. ETF assets continues to Preferred Stocks: A Preferred Avenue For Income Investors (PFF, PGX, PGF, F, JPM, KO)
November 18th, 2010
Dividends. Yield. Two big buzz words that have been ushered to the forefront of the investment lexicon in 2010 and rightfully so. By now, most investors know about the paltry yields offered by Read more…
iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (PFF) up 129% from its March 6 low
June 17th, 2009
Preferred stocks hold some of the same characteristics of bonds yet they are priced closer to stocks. Preferred stocks are considered senior to common shares in the case of liquidations and bankruptcies. They, however, are still junior to other forms of corporate debt such as straight bonds. One big advantage of preferred stocks is that they include dividend payments. Read more…
SSgA Files For A Third Preferred Stock ETF; The SSgA ETF would compete head-to-head against two others already on the market.
May 5th, 2009
State Street Global Advisors has filed to launch an exchange-traded fund that would invest in nonconvertible preferred stocks.
It would trade on the NYSE Arca and seek to replicate the Wells Fargo Hybrid and Preferred Securities Aggregate Index. No cost information was supplied in the filing.
Full Story: http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/newsinfocus/5803-ssga-files-for-another-preferred-stock-etf-.html
Twelve ETF charts with dividends in excess of 5%
April 24th, 2009
Bigger is better. We see it on all the commercials, bigger burgers, bigger muscles and now The Correct Call brings you bigger dividends. In this week’s ETF screener, we found a dozen ETF charts with dividends in excess of 5% displaying technical analysis buy signals. Ten of the 12 buy candidates are paying stock holders more than 7%. Those are some fat or is it phat? dividends.
ETFs with 5% plus dividends:
- Claymore/Zacks Country Rotation CRO: 5.21%
- Claymore/Sabrient Stealth STH: 5.39%
ETFs with 7% plus dividends:
- WisdomTree Dividend Top 100 DTN: 7.01%
- WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend DES: 7.65% This one really intrigues us as we saw numerous buy signals on small cap ETF charts, especially value. If we had to pick just 1 of the 12 to invest in, this is it.
- First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index (FDL) 7.70%
Summary:
- CRO 5.21%
- STH 5.39%
- DTN 7.01%
- DES 7.65%
- FDL 7.70%
- DEB 8.35%
- DHS 8.62%
- PEY 9.17%
- DEW 10.13%
- CGW 10.29%
- REZ 11.82%
- PGX 13.54%
Full Story: http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3205949
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