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PFFA is an actively managed preferred stock ETF that focuses on preferred equity listed in the US and utilizes a variety of active management strategies. Specifically, the portfolio manager analyzes companies based on fundamentals while generally eliminating exposure to callable securities. A distinguishing characteristic of PFFA is that it uses margin to modestly leverage the portfolio, with a target leverage of 15-25% and a cap of 33% of fund assets (an effective maximum leverage ratio of 1.25x). The fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities, at its discretion, to meet its investment objectives.
Is PFFA's expense ratio expensive, average, or a steal for its category?
Pro reveals the verdict on a 5-tier spectrum calibrated against ICI 2025 industry averages, with strategy-aware bands so the comparison is meaningful.
Preferred shares can offer enticing high-single-digit yields, but they can create a misleading sense of safety. I detail some of the biggest potential traps that retirees often fall into. I also share some of my top preferred picks of the moment.
Managed, leveraged fixed-income funds offer liquidity and instant diversification across thousands of complex institutional credit facilities. Strengthening demographic demand from an aging U.S. population delivers acyclical structural tailwinds to healthcare investments. Broad closed-end funds convert standard large- and small-cap stock movements into highly visible, managed distributions.
Preferred stock ETFs sit in an awkward corner of the income market: too rate-sensitive to feel like true fixed income, too subordinated to trade like common equity.
The Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:PFFA) pays $0.1725 per share every month, which works out to roughly a 9.9% forward yield at a recent share price near $21.
Chasing unsustainable high yields can give investors a false sense of progress toward retiring on dividends. Popular funds like SCHD offer safety but only 3% to 3.5% yields, stretching out the timeline to retire on dividends longer than the traditional 4% rule allows. I detail some 7-10% yields that look built to last.