HPI vs MUX Comparison

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in securities that may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. The fund's principal investment strategies include investing a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities. Its portfolio composition consists of U.S preferred securities, common stocks, foreign preferred securities, corporate bonds, and short-term investments.

McEwen Mining Inc is a mining and minerals production and exploration company focused on precious and base minerals in Argentina, Mexico, and the United States. The company's overall revenue is principally derived from the production of gold and silver. The company owns and operates the wholly-owned El Gallo 1 mine in Mexico, and has a minority shareholding in the company that operates the San Jose mine in Argentina. More than half the company's gold output is produced by the El Gallo 1 mine. The remaining gold production, and the majority of silver production, is produced by the San Jose mine. Geographically, the majority is from Canada.