FFC News and Press, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Incorporated From 10/10/20

Steadily lower yields and heightened volatility make relative value opportunities an attractive alpha generation strategy in CEFs. We take a look at the relative value opportunities on offer in the preferreds CEF sector. A couple of rotation opportunities within the Flaherty fund ...

Energy holdings have been negatively impacted by the pandemic. A zero-interest-rate environment might persist until at least 2023. Preferred securities should continue to perform well during the low-interest-rate environment. For further details see: HPI: Resilient So Fa...

Flaherty & Crumrine offers a successful line-up of preferred/fixed-income funds, showing strong rebounds from March's lows. The F&C line-up of funds have received boosts to their distribution over the last couple of quarters on the back of lowered interested expenses. We a...

DFP is managed by Flaherty & Crumrine, a manager we like and offers a smaller premium and higher yield than some of its other funds. With the Fed keeping rates lower longer, preferred shares are quite attractive. The diversification and leverage of DFP make it an attractive ad...

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The Income Factory® has gained a lot more acceptance from the mainstream investment community since I first developed and shared the strategy and ideas behind it here on Seeking Alpha over the past decade. But judging by comments and questions, many readers and followers still find it to ...

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Preferred stocks form an integral part of many income portfolios. In this article we review this CEF sector and give an update of how the sector funds stack up. Our main takeaway is that the Flaherty and Crumrine funds remain good options for low turnover investors due to their attractive yiel...

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Author's note: This article was released to members of CEF/ETF Income Laboratory on July 21. Please check latest data before investing. Dear CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members, I would like to welcome the new members who have joined us recently. Newer members should check out the " Gett...