Preferred securities combine attributes of bonds and stocks.
Yields for these instruments can top 5%, and this income may be tax advantaged for investors.
Retail investors and preferreds The preferred securities sold to retail investors come at a fixed par value of $25.
The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (PFF) has an expense ratio of 0.46% and a 2024 total return, including reinvested dividends, of more than 11%.
There is also the First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF (FPE) , which has an expense ratio of 0.84% and a total return of 12% in 2024.
Persons:
Frank Sileo, Sileo
Organizations:
UBS Financial Services, UBS, BBB, Poor's, Investors, Securities ETF, Trust Preferred Securities