High-yield ETFs using covered call strategies have become hot investments. Assets in this type of fund have grown tenfold over the last few years, with new option strategy funds launched every week. In February, we launched the ETF Income Edge service to provide understandable research and recommendations in the new world of covered call ETFs. […]
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When to Pay Higher Expense Ratios For Higher Yields
I communicate with many investors, and there is a widespread misconception amongst them about fund (mutual fund, ETF, CEF) expenses. Financial advisors and fund companies perpetuate this myth for their own benefit. Fund expenses are quoted as a percentage of assets. Expense ratios are published on fund web pages and many financial websites. Fund expenses […]
7% Yield and Consistent Dividend Growth
An attractive yield plus solid dividend growth is a surefire strategy for building investment income and wealth. Energy midstream stocks offer a hard-to-beat combination of yield and dividend increases for investors who want to follow this strategy. Energy infrastructure/midstream companies are split pretty evenly between those organized as Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and C-corporations. Managed […]
Dogfight: Netflix Covered-Call ETFs One v. One
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 flight in which you wanted to come home second best. The new category of single stock […]
The Best Way to Get Double-Digit Income from ETFs
We launched our new ETF Income Edge two months ago, and the response has been tremendous. I want to share with you what we do at ETF Income Edge—maybe what we do will help you invest better. ETF Income Edge provides research and recommendations in the new world of what I call option strategy ETFs. […]
Timeliness is Next to Cleanliness
If my editors leave the headline, I apologize. [Editor’s note: we did, for which we also apologize.] My point is to highlight the timeliness of the launch of our new ETF Income Edge service. Even the Wall Street Journal is figuring it out. Last week, the WSJ published an article titled “The Short-Vol Trade Is […]
The Best Dividend ETF
My experience has been that it is best to be cautious when everyone else is piling into a trade. A consensus on Wall Street often turns out to be completely wrong. The latest example of this occurred a year ago, after a bad year for both stocks and bonds in 2022. Wall Street was telling […]
Is the Energy Sector Positioned to Outperform for the Rest of 2023?
Today, we’re continuing to monitor the current situation in the energy sector. As we’ve been telegraphing to our clients, we believe there’s an increasingly better chance that we’ll see this energy sector outperforming for the remainder of 2023. Looking at the monthly chart of the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) you can see a […]
This Uranium ETF is a Bullish Investors’ Dream
Today, I want to show you the chart on uranium. I’m seeing a tailwind trend right now that’s likely to have some legs to it long term. A tailwind trend signifies a circumstance or condition that contributes to the enhancement of growth prospects. For example, when gasoline prices decrease, it can bolster the profitability of […]
How ETFs Really Work – And Why It Matters
Active investors typically hold a lot of different types of securities in their brokerage accounts. From interacting with my newsletter subscribers, I know that many of them think of every investment in their brokerage account as “stocks”; however, much of what we own may not be common stock shares. This may seem like a minor […]