HPI News and Press, John Hancock Preferred Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 07/05/20

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist In the closed-end fund world, there are plenty of fund sponsors offering funds worthy of investing. Investors looking at getting started with CEFs may be interested in knowing where to get started. One of the first steps that can ...

Co-produced with PendragonY We are pleased to provide an update on John Hancock Preferred Income Fund ( HPI ), a preferred stock CEF that we hold in our Core Portfolio. While most preferred stock CEFs have had a huge run, HPI is still attractive at the current price with a yiel...

Co-produced with Beyond Saving Market Update With the markets moving on a definite positive tone, we thought we would give our readers and followers a quick update sharing our views on equities in general and high dividend stocks in particular. The fact is that this huge rally we hav...

This time, we will present our readers with the John Hancock Preferred Income Fund ( HPI ), which was incorporated in August 2002. It is a closed-ended fund that is primarily focused on investment-grade preferred equities and debt securities. It pays a regular monthly distribution of $0.1235 p...

Co-produced with Treading Softly Here at high dividend opportunities, we view our income needs like a river. Income flows in and expenses flow out. The excess income versus expenses allows our reservoir of wealth to rise higher. We do not often let that static wealth sit long without it be...

Co-produced with Preferred Stock Trader It has been a wild ride for preferred stocks in the last 10 weeks. On March 18 we saw the capitulation day where preferred stocks of all sorts, including preferred stocks with excellent prospects, were summarily dumped. This kind of one-day dump ca...

(This is our Weekly Commentary from May 3. All data is from that date. We send out our Weekly Commentaries every Sunday evening). Macro Picture Equities ended the week mixed although the last two days were fairly weak, ending on a dour note. There's clearly a tug of war going on as inves...

Co-produced with Beyond Saving A great defense is a good offense. There are still many uncertainties in this market. The bullish rally could easily turn around from any little bit of negative news. Businesses are in the infancy stages of reopening, but how long will it take for consume...

Co-produced with Trapping Value After some scintillating moves between February and early April, last week gave investors some relative respite as daily gyrations reduced. The news flow though continued strong and everything from the economic impact to the prospects of a cure caught ...

Co-produced with Beyond Saving Fear, uncertainty, and doubt. You might not be able to find toilet paper on the shelves of your local grocer. But pretty much everywhere you look, you can find fear, uncertainty, and doubt. On the local news, on Facebook, in casual conversations, and here o...