The Preferred Play in Preferred Stock

Dividends remain one of the best tools around for income seekers. The favorable tax rates and ability to see payouts grow over time are exactly what retirement dreams are made of. However, dividend stocks are still one of the casualties of multiple years’ worth of low interest rates. That’s because investors of all stripes have flooded dividend stocks with abandon seeking those high payouts. As a result, many dividend stocks aren’t exactly screaming “buy, buy, buy,” and yields remain a tad bit on the low side.