PGX - PGX: Good Time To Take Profits On Preferred Equity
Unlike in the past, many investors today are focused primarily on income and secondarily on growth when building a portfolio. There are many reasons for this shift, including an increase in retirees and a general lack of high-yielding low-risk opportunities. Preferred equity ETFs have been a primary benefactor of this shift and have seen a huge increase in AUM in recent years.
By many measures, preferred equity ETFs such as Invesco's [[PGX]] have beaten the market on a risk-adjusted basis. Since March 2009, PGX has had an annualized return of 12.6% with a standard deviation