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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