As Jerome Powell and the US fed utterly wreck the US stock market in their efforts to stop inflation, some investors take solace knowing interest rates on savings accounts have finally ticked up from 0% to over 1% in some situations. However, when you factor in sky-high inflation (CPI is 8.5% year-over-year) you’re still losing a lot of buying power! For those willing to move further out on the income-investment spectrum, preferred stocks can offer a compelling combination of higher income and lower price volatility (as compared to common stocks). In this report, we rank our top 10 big-dividend preferred stocks, counting down from #10 and finishing with our #1 top idea.