J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Michael Boyle ...

Preferred stock exists somewhere in the middle between equity and debt. It has some of the disadvantages of both, with very little of the upside. Preferred stock funds have not performed as well as ...

Preferred stocks provide fixed-income like dividends but lack long-term value growth. They are riskier than bonds as they are subordinate in asset claims during bankruptcy. Preferred stocks can be ...

Preferred stock combines features of both equity and debt. Unlike common stock, preferred shares often offer fixed dividends and priority in asset distribution, making them attractive for ...

Looking for steady income and bargains in a stock market trading at bubbly levels? Overlooked preferred stocks are still on sale.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brett uses “second-level thinking” to find dividend stocks to buy. While vanilla income investors limit their search to mere ...

The John Hancock Preferred Income Fund represents the median yield out of this group of funds. While this is not all the preferred stock funds that are available in the market, most funds from the ...

Investors who are interested in collecting equity income naturally gravitate toward dividend stocks: Companies that pay cash on a regular basis to anyone holding their common stock. However, in many ...

MicroStrategy is planning to price its fourth preferred offering of 2025 late Thursday that is designed to be a Bitcoin-backed version of U.S. Treasury bills. The new $500 million (face value) ...

Preferred stock dividends are taxed differently than other investment income. Generally, these dividends are classified as either qualified or non-qualified. Qualified dividends are taxed at the lower ...