Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Stock News

Stocks Analysis by Contrarian Outlook (Brett Owens) covering: United States 10-Year, Nuveen AMT Free Municipal Credit Income, iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF, iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

21 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 23 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Boosts to USA/ASG, and the Flaherty & Crumrine funds.

CEF discounts remain significantly wider than their historical average, indicating attractive valuations.

The sentence immediately following the dividend table should read: Each of these new dividends represents an increase from July’s dividend of +10.3% for PFD, +7.1% for PFO, +9.3% for FFC, +9.1% for

An understanding of CEF expenses can give income investors a serious advantage in the market. We discuss common misconceptions such as conflating interest expense and management fees or using stale in

Investors faced with underwater CEF positions may be looking to take advantage of tax-loss harvesting.

There are tons of fund sponsors out there with closed-end fund offerings, this list aims to start narrowing down where to look. Several of the largest fund spon

Royal Bank of Canada boosted its holdings in Flaherty&Crumrine Prfrd Scts Incm Fd Inc (NYSE:FFC) by 8.5% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securitie

This is a weekly series focused on analyzing the previous week’s economic data releases. The objective is to concentrate on leading indicators of economic activ

Sentiment and valuations improving, with average discounts over 1% narrower than last month. However, CEF discounts are still wider than average, which is a buy

MML Investors Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Flaherty&Crumrine Prfrd Scts Incm Fd Inc (NYSE:FFC) by 65.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Secu

Avoid overpriced funds if there is a less overvalued alternative available. Bear markets are great closed-end fund premium equalizers. Our recommendations from

These preferreds are largely the same in terms of portfolio composition with very similar top 10 holdings and sector breakdown. Flaherty & Crumrine offer best-i

With the market moving past its 3-month pre-drawdown anniversary, it makes sense to zoom out and look at the bigger picture of where we've been and where we've

We warned about overvalued CEFs in February, although we didn't expect the crash to come so quickly and violently. My thoughts on our portfolio strategy and why