PGX News and Press, Invesco Preferred From 07/27/20

Investment Thesis Just under a year ago, I wrote two articles for Seeking Alpha in which I examined six of the most popular preferred stock ETFs. In the first of those articles , I took a look at the Invesco Preferred Portfolio ETF ( PGX ), the iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF ...

Investment Thesis In the summer of 2019, I wrote two articles for Seeking Alpha in which I examined six of the most popular preferred stock ETFs. In the first of those articles , I took a look at the Invesco Preferred Portfolio ETF ( PGX ), the iShares U.S. Preferred ETF (NYSE: PFF ), an...

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...

Is now the time to buy? For the last year or so we have attempted to invest conservatively, focusing on U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, as well as very high credit quality securities in corporate bonds and asset-backed securities. We tried to stay on the sidelines of risk as much as ...

Introduction Wow! What a difference a month makes. A month ago the markets were healthy and happy and investors were struggling to find fair valuations in order to put additional funds to work. Today it seems that everything equity based is in the toilet with many equities seemingly circli...

Investment Thesis Last July, I wrote two articles for Seeking Alpha in which I examined six of the most popular preferred stock ETFs. In the first of those articles , I considered the Invesco Preferred Portfolio ETF ( PGX ) alongside two of its competitors. In response to a lively discus...

Nobody has ever just flat out asked me "hey IP, why don't you own many ETFs or mutual funds?" Oh, I really wish they would. For I do so yearn to finally step out from behind the curtain and unburden myself of the sober truth, which is that I simply can't afford most ETFs and mutual funds. ...

Introduction One of the first subscribers of Macro Trading Factory ("MTF") has approached me a day or two after we've published the initial allocations for the Funds Macro Portfolio ("FMP"), expressing his surprise that we have very little exposure to bonds on the portfolio. Valid questi...

When investing, I look to make purchases that pay income. Whether it's from dividends or interest, I like to see the periodic payments that show my money is working on my behalf. Putting cash in a money market account is likely to pay out less than it did a year ago because of the three cuts...

Are you eagerly awaiting retirement? Hopefully no. Excitement can be great, but "awaiting" is not. If you're eagerly planning for it, you're in a much better position. Planning allows you to eliminate a great deal of uncertainty. Unfortunately, few people are planning effectively. A shoc...