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Income Investments in 2019 | Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors
01 Feb

Income Investments Take Center Stage Entering 2019

Income investments represent a popular “meme” for pundits these days, and for good reason. In offering innovative portfolio solutions for Sheaff Brock investors who want a balance between risk-avoidance and higher returns, income investments are taking center stage as we enter 2019. “After a tumultuous few weeks in the markets, the steady income offered by yield-focused investments looks very attractive,” Andrew Bary writes in Barron’s. The two drivers, Bary points out, are these: following the erratic market movements, the steady [...]

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Sheaff Brock Preferred Stock portfolio | question marks about rising interest rates
16 Apr

Preferred Stock—Expect the Question; Consider the Answer

The unrelenting search for reliable investment income is an important theme in retired clients’ investment plans, and preferred securities certainly share the limelight. What’s more, given the current buzz about the new tax law, it’s hard to ignore the fact that certain features of the law can favor investing in preferred stock, potentially increasing the demand for high-income investment vehicles. The question: As you’re discussing this very topic at the tennis club, expect the question: Interest rates are on the rise. By [...]

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Sheaff Brock Preferred Income Portfolio | Impact of New Tax Law on Preferred Stock
10 Apr

New Tax Law Bodes Well for Companies Issuing Preferred Stock

There’s a whole lot of media buzz going on about the new tax law and how good a thing that law is turning out to be for corporate America. Turns out, certain features of the law may be a very good thing for investors in preferred stock as well. What’s that all about? First, by way of quick review, preferreds are hybrid securities, blending traits of both stocks and bonds. Preferreds, like common stock, represent ownership in a company, but [...]

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Sheaff Brock financial planning advice for distribution phase of retirement
23 Dec

Sheaff Brock Addresses Angela’s Angst

Angela isn’t a real person, merely a “fictional amalgam” created by wealth manager Jerry Miccolis, CFP®, CFA, writing in the Journal of Financial Planning. But Angela’s concerns about her financial future, Miccolis claims, are very real indeed, typical of the angst many clients feel as they enter the “distribution” phase of their financial lives. “Readers of my prior contributions to the Journal will probably know how I would respond if Angela came to me,” Miccolis writes. “What advice would YOU [...]

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preferred stock income; investment income from preferred stock
31 Aug

Preferreds Continue in a Starring Role

In the ever increasing search for income, preferred stocks continue to play an important role for companies and investors alike, with the Standard and Poor’s Preferred Index ETF (PFF) clocking 2.2 billion in new investment dollars year to date. By way of quick review, preferreds are hybrid securities, blending traits of both stocks and bonds. Like common stock, preferreds represent ownership in a company, but without voting privileges; like bonds, preferreds are issued at a fixed par value and rated [...]

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