Saturday, April 19, 2025
In February, we launched the ETF Income Edge service to help investors sort through the rapidly growing world of high-yield (mostly) option-strategy ETFs. To find the best ETFs to recommend to subscribers, I maintain a database of this type of fund. As I write this, I have 82 option strategy ETFs on my results tracking […]
I don’t look at fixed income based exclusively on Wall Street expectations. The news media and large investment firms like to play the interest rate game, investing based on where they think interest rates will go. I prefer using fixed-income investments to generate stable, high-yield cash income streams. Recently, one of my favorite income ETFs […]
Single-stock covered call ETFs have become a hot investment category. Investors are drawn to yields of 50% to more than 100% on underlying stocks like Tesla, NVIDIA, Meta, Palantir, and Coinbase. These ETFs pay great yields derived from selling call options. If you invest in one or more, you want the underlying stock to also […]
Bitcoin recently exploded from the $55,000-to-$65,000 trading range it had been in for months. As I write this, Bitcoin trades at $88,000, and it seems destined to crack the magical $100,000 level. I have long been a Bitcoin skeptic, but some new ETFs in the market have me all in to join the run to […]
The shipping stocks sector has been in a five-month severe decline. I have a couple of shipping companies in the Dividend Hunter portfolio, and the stock charts are not pretty. Should we average down, or will this get worse? The SonicShares Global Shipping ETF (BOAT) has 50 component stocks in its portfolio. The ETF’s 52-week […]
My ETF Income Edge services provide investment ideas to subscribers from the rapidly growing world of option strategy and ultra-high-yield ETFs. I have a research universe of over 70 ETFs (and growing!) funds that I review regularly to bring the best ideas to my newsletter subscribers. For ETFs with a long enough track record, I […]
NextEra Energy Partners (NEP) was a dividend growth superstar for almost a decade. The company increased its dividend every quarter by 3% to 4%, giving 15% annual dividend growth. The average yield of 4% or so put NEP’s yearly compound total returns in the very high teens. However, the way NEP structured the debt it […]
The universe of high-yield, covered call option strategy ETFs continues to grow. Our ETF Income Edge service provides research and recommendations concerning this type of ETF. I review the investment strategies and historical returns for dozens of these funds for the newsletter. Since many of them are so new, I revisit them every few months […]
Recently, Goldman Sachs shocked investors with its analysts’ stock market forecast for the next ten years. Stock returns have roared for the last decade, and investors who count on continued low-teens annual returns could be severely disappointed. More importantly, if your retirement goals and plans rely on continued excellent stock returns, you may not be […]
When I sold bonds in the 1990s, using a bond ladder—or even laddering CDs—allowed investors to maximize their investment yields and retain flexibility and liquidity. With the yield curve starting to steepen and the future of interest rates unknown, employing the current version of a bond ladder strategy can add safety and income to your […]
