Preferred Stocks: Characteristics, Benefits, and Risks

Preferred Stocks

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In practice, preferred stocks have

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Although one would think that preferred stocks would have higher rates of return than many bonds because their dividend payments are riskier than bond interest and principal payments, it turns out that preferred stocks have a lower rate of return than corporate bonds because of the tax advantages preferred stocks present corporations (thereby increasing their demand and decreasing their yield).