setab wrote the following

Good morning!

If I've chosen the wrong place for this, please let me know what would be more appropriate.  thanks.

I've searched Morningstar for info on "preferred stocks" and for "Qualified dividend income" info--can't find a thing!  I wonder why?

Almost all stock dividends are "qualified".  The exceptions are REIT companies (Real Estate Investment Trusts) and MLP partnerships.  Just look at the "Yield" quoted by M* for any stock that is not in one of these special categories.  The "Yield" is qualified dividend income.