FFC News and Press, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Incorporated From 04/14/21

CEFs remain popular holdings for income investors due to their wide mandates and high distribution rates. We discuss why, in this market environment, it makes sense for income investors to diversify their exposure into individual senior securities as well as open-end funds. In par...

FFC is running a bit overvalued at this time; however, it is the same for its peer funds as well. Preferred securities can be an excellent place to put some capital to work that is more conservative than equity securities. Interest rates can put on short-term pressures, over the l...

The swift run-up in asset prices and CEF discounts suggests that easy gains from beta exposure are going to be harder to come by going forward. This dynamic points to alpha strategies as a way to keep total returns humming along. One such strategy - CEF rotations - involves rotati...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

Flaherty preferred CEFs have released a new shareholder report which gives us a chance to take a look at these consistent sector outperformers. The strong performance of these funds is owed due to their low management fees, robust leverage profile and lack of duration hedges. The ...

We dive into another one of the preferred and income securities CEF from the umbrella of Flaherty & Crumrine. We have looked at another from this family of funds in the past. Let us see if this is one we can get behind. For further details see: PFD: A Preferred Fund ...

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund (FFC) declares $0.129/share monthly dividend, in line with previous.Forward yield 6.82%Payable Feb. 26; for shareholders of record Feb. 19; ex-div Feb. 18.Payable Mar. 31; for shareholders of record Mar. 24; ex-div Mar. 23.Payable A...

16 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 14 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while preferreds/real estate lags. PPR tender results: decent pro-ration factor with quick +8% gain on tendered shares in our Tactical Income-100 portfolio. For further d...

Preferred securities are one alternative source of income that investors may want to consider when looking to enhance yield in their portfolios. To alleviate concerns of concentration risk, we believe investors should consider non-financial preferreds ("ex financials"), which provide ...

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund (FFC) seeks high current income through investment in preferred stocks, convertible preferred issues, and hybrid capital securities, explains Marty Fridson, dividend expert and editor of Forbes/Fridson Income Securities Investor. For ...