FFC News and Press, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Incorporated From 06/24/19

For retirees or anyone who is going to retire in the near future, one of the major challenges is finding a sustainable income stream. Even though the rates on bank CDs (fixed deposits) have improved somewhat in the last two years, they are still far too low to provide a good stream of income. ...

With interest rates low and the Federal Reserve (Fed) set to stay on pause through year-end, income-focused investors are expanding their search for yield. One area that has attracted attention in recent months is the preferred securities category. Since the Fed first announced a pause on rate...

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At the end of the 19th century, the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto noted that 80% of Italy's wealth belonged to only 20% of the population. This observation lead to what is now known as the Pareto Principle: in most situations, 80% of effects flow from only 20% of the potential causes. In o...

One excellent, if underappreciated, way to generate income off of your portfolio is by investing in preferred stocks. This is something of a mix between debt and equity that often has a higher yield than either. Admittedly though, not all companies issue preferred stocks as most issues come fr...

Co-produced with PendragonY for High Dividend Opportunities. Preparing your Income Portfolio for a Recession We have been writing a series on how to prepare for a recession and about the best way for income investors to position themselves. We believe that the likelihood of having a...

Introduction Over the last year, most of you have noticed our increased activity in closed-end funds as the inflow of volatility finally shook them up and created various arbitrage and directional opportunities for active traders such as us. Now that these products have our attention, we are...

Stock market volatility made a big comeback in 2018, especially when compared to the previous year. Most market participants had become complacent during the last few years. The SPDR S&P 500 Index ETF ( SPY ), which represents the S&P 500 Index, declined -19.8% from its peak achieved ...

As per our analysis over the past several months that the global economy in 2019 will slow down, we are now starting to see clear signs of deceleration at a rate faster than expected. Alarming data recently caught the eye of investors and was reinforced by poor data releases from China, Japa...