PFFA charges 2.11% while passive preferred ETFs cost a fraction of that, yet income investors keep choosing the pricier fund. The five-year performance gap between active and passive in the preferred market…
PFFA stacks leverage on top of preferred stocks to chase a nearly 10% yield, but the same rate environment that cuts borrowing costs also gives issuers every reason to pull the fund's…
If you own Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:PFFA) for the income, the question that matters is whether that fat distribution will still be there next year. PFFA currently trades near…
Preferred stocks are one corner of the market where most retail investors are better served by an ETF than by buying individual securities directly. Convenience is part of the reason, but the…
Michael Douglas’ Oscar winning performance as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1988) had many of the best lines. One of the more memorable and funny ones was: “Their analysts don’t know…
PFF sends retirees a monthly check backed by the biggest names in American finance, but the word "safe" means something very different here than it does for almost any other income fund.
John Seetoo A 60-year-old who wants to retire immediately faces a straightforward challenge: Social Security benefits typically remain several years away. With full retirement age at 67, a single retiree targeting $3,200 per month, or…
A 70-year-old retiree with a $1.1 million portfolio who wants to generate $5,800 per month, or $69,600 annually, quickly encounters a challenge when applying traditional retirement planning guidelines. Using the classic 4%…
A first-year public school teacher in the United States earns a national average starting salary of $48,112, according to the National Education Association's 2024-25 Benchmark Report. That income level represents the entry…
A 54-year-old chemical engineer with $1.6 million in savings is considering retirement today and needs his portfolio to carry him for the next 13 years until Social Security begins at age 67.…
The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey places median household income in the Atlanta metropolitan area at roughly $83,000 per year. That figure represents a working household earning regular paychecks rather than…
A 64-year-old couple with a $1.6 million taxable investment portfolio faces a very specific retirement-income challenge: generating $9,000 per month, or $108,000 annually, while keeping modified adjusted gross income under the 2026…
A $720,000 retirement portfolio presents many 65-year-old retirees with a choice between two very different income strategies. One option is purchasing a duplex in a stable rental market such as Indianapolis and collecting…
A 67-year-old retiree with $325,000 in investable assets and $2,400 per month in Social Security income occupies a challenging middle ground. Social Security may be sufficient to cover essential expenses, but achieving…
The headline number on Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:PFFA) is a distribution yield at 9.67%, which looks generous against the unleveraged iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (NASDAQ:PFF) at 5.6%.…
