Saturday, December 21, 2024
As I work with a minus-14-degree wind chill outside, my thoughts often turn to natural gas. Four weeks ago, natural gas traded for $2.00. In mid-December, it’s at $3.37, up 68% over the last four months. While trading natural gas futures is not a good idea for anyone but professional traders, investing in upstream energy […]
Until fund sponsors developed ETFs that pay big dividends, I viewed cryptocurrencies as products without any practical use. But now, with the advent of covered call ETFs that use Bitcoin as the underlying asset, I have become a Bitcoin fan. A recent Wall Street Journal article discussed why the limited supply is fueling the Bitcoin […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is the sixth (and final) comparison article in my current series. You can find the previous ones here. This will be the end of the series in which I compare single-stock ETF results. I have enjoyed putting together my “dog fight” series of articles, comparing the results of ETFs operating in the new category […]
I have enjoyed putting together my “dogfight” series of articles, comparing the results of ETFs operating in the new category of single-stock, covered-call funds. Today let’s compare two ETFs that have Netflix (NFLX) as the underlying stock. The new category of single-stock covered-call ETFs has two sponsors offering competing funds covering the same underlying stocks. […]
Over the last couple of years, there has been a massive increase in new ETFs that employ more advanced portfolio management and options strategies. Earlier this year, we launched our ETF Income Edge service to help investors navigate the sometimes-bewildering world of these new types of ETFs. For example, we explain how an ETF can […]
A one-versus-one dogfight is one of the most challenging types of flights. This type of mission pits one pilot’s skills against his opponent. This air combat training that I received when I was a fighter pilot was not the type of mission where you wanted to come home second best. Single stock covered-call ETFs have […]
During my time as a fighter pilot, a one-versus-one dogfight was one of the most challenging types of flights. This type of mission pitted one pilot’s skills against his opponent. This air combat training was not the type of mission where you wanted to come home second best. The new category of single stock covered-call […]
We launched our ETF Income Edge service a few months ago to help investors understand the rapidly growing world of high-yielding, option-strategy ETFs. Fund sponsors launch new funds into the category every week. Since using options allows for many strategies, I love reading about how a new fund plans to operate and its investment strategy. […]
