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 ...

When it comes to owning a piece of a company, most people are familiar with investing in common equities, or stocks. However, there's a lesser-known alternative: preferred stock, a type of hybrid ...

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 ...

MicroStrategy unveiled its Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock (STRK) with an 8% cumulative dividend. MicroStrategy’s ...