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Biomass Magazine
Apr 4
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Ventures Inc. has announced that its majority-owned subsidiary, Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. and PGF Biofuels Inc. have entered into a long term strategic agreement for marketing and distribution.
Forbes
Aug 24
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Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Financial Preferred Portfolio (AMEX: PGF) where we have detected an approximate $13.7 million dollar outflow --...
Forbes
Jul 17
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On 7/19/12, Pengrowth Energy Corp (Toronto: PGF) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.04, payable on 8/15/12. As a percentage of PGF's recent stock price of $6.09, this dividend works out to approximately 0.66%.
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Benzinga
Jun 1
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In these uncertain environments and with bond yields at record lows, investors should consider looking at preferreds as an alternative to their portfolios, in hopes of finding better yields. Thus, I have found three preferred ETF's that are...
Wall Street Sector Selector
Nov 1
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Over the past couple of years, investors have gradually become
Red Orbit
Jul 22
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Wall Street Sector Selector
Feb 15
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For the most part stocks finished higher on Monday, but trade was light. The S&P MidCap 400 and the small-cap Russell 2000 led all the major averages, as both advanced 0.5% for the session. (...)Read the rest of Wagner Daily: A Closer Look At...
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Feb 6
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iShares hasn’t launched any new ETFs since rolling out its short-term TIPS fund (NYSE:STIP) in early December, but the issuer responsible for close to 45% of all U.S. ETF assets continues to(...)Read the rest of iShares Planning International...
Wall Street Sector Selector
Nov 18
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Dividends. Yield. Two big buzz words that have been ushered to the forefront of the investment lexicon in 2010 and rightfully so. By now, most investors know about the paltry yields offered by(...)Read the rest of Preferred Stocks: A Preferred...
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Powershares Financial Preferred Portfolio ETF (PGF)
Overview
The PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (Fund) is based on the Wachovia Hybrid & Preferred Securities Financial Index (WHPSsm Financial Index) (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in preferred securities that comprise the Index. The Index tracks the performance of U.S. listed preferred stocks of preferred stocks issued in the US market by financial institutions and currently includes approximately 30 securities selected by Wachovia pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology. The market-cap weighted Index is rebalanced monthly. [1]
Fund Information
- Fund Manager - Invesco PowerShares
- Inception Date - 12/01/2006
- Exchange – NYSE Arca
- Index Ticker – PGF
- Intra-day NAV Ticker – PGF.IV
- Expense Ratio - 0.60%
Top Holdings
| Holdings | % of Portfolio |
| BARCLAYS BK PLC | 8.40% |
| BANK OF AMER CRP | 8.03% |
| WELLS FARGO CO 8% PREFERR | 5.18% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE | 5.15% |
| BANK OF AMERICA 8.625% PD | 5.08% |
| ING GROEP NV | 4.94% |
| HSBC HLDGS PLC | 4.92% |
| CREDIT SUISSE GU | 4.62% |
| METLIFE INC | 4.31% |
| ING GROEP NV | 3.88% |
Holdings as of 18/11/2009
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