By Dan Weil ‘We prefer companies that have strong free cash flow or distribute cash to shareholders,’ Bank of America said. Bank of America has put together a list of what it calls attractive inflation-protected-yield stocks. “With cash moving from worthless to yielding 3%-plus next year … amid [Federal Reserve interest-rate] hiking, we prefer companies that have strong free cash flow or distribute cash to shareholders,” Bank of America strategists wrote in a commentary. “But in an environment where there are no signs of inflation subsiding, yield that is protected from inflation is also cruci…