March 8, 2010
The high yield muni market in general has been a stellar performer following the trough of the 2009 financial collapse but there are some striations depending on just which municipalities are covered in a particular holding. Many view California as being on the risk of declaring bankruptcy for instance, while much of the midwest remains […]
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January 14, 2010
The iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index ETF (PFF) has been delivering strong share price appreciation of late while delivering outsized dividend distributions. Over the prior 1 month period, PFF is up 5% compared to a 3% return for the S&P500. If utilizing Financials as a proxy, the ETF XLF is also up 5%, but […]
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