Earn 6.6% Without Ever Sweating the Fed Again

The market isn’t doing fixed-income investors any favors right now. But one of my favorite funds—in one of the best cash flow niches in the market—is delivering a gaudy 6.6% yield at today’s prices . And it does that by holding some of Wall Street’s most boring, stable and dependable securities. How can we bank this 6.6% “free lunch” when 10-year Treasuries still pay less than 2%? By tapping into an income stream that most individual investors rarely think about: Preferreds. The Power of Preferreds If we wanted to own a piece of a company, say JPMorgan Chase (JPM) , we’d go out and buy a few shares of JPM.… Read more