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Re: Preferred income funds...safe or just gift wrapped junk bonds?

by joetaxpayer <joetaxpayer@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 29, 2008 at 03:25 PM

V wrote:

> http://www.nuveen.com/etf/products/fqf.aspx?fundid=JTP
> 
> They seem well diversified and the credits are decent quality.
> 
> What do you think about preferred income funds...safe or just gift
> wrapped junk bonds?
> 

Risk follows reward. The 10 year treasury yields 3.5%. My bank is 
willing to lend me money at 4% secured by a house with low debt to 
equity. This fund has a distribution rate of 9.3%, which has to tell you 
something.

Joe

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