PFF’s $14 Billion Preferred Stock Strategy Holds 60 Percent Bank Issued Preferreds With Call Provisions That Cap Your Upside

Income investors who bought the iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (NASDAQ: PFF) for its distribution yield near 6.5% are sitting on a structural feature most never modeled: roughly 60% to 70% of PFF's portfolio comes from U.S. banks and insurers, and almost all carry call provisions. PFF works fine when rates rise. The problem surfaces... PFF's $14 Billion Preferred Stock Strategy Holds 60 Percent Bank Issued Preferreds With Call Provisions That Cap Your Upside