Monday, September 16, 2013

Preferred Stock Yields Edging Up In Advance Of Fed Meeting

The average market price for the highest quality preferred stocks started dropping last week in anticipation of the September 17-18 meeting of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), making 102 of these securities available below their $25 par values at the close last Friday.

While there is no way to know what future prices will be, the evidence that we have from last week suggests that value investors who hold preferred stock shares are poised to create another opportunity for income investors. Preferred stock buyers should be watchful for bargain prices triggered by this week's FOMC meeting...

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