Thursday, April 24, 2025
Over the last couple of years, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that use covered call strategies to generate income have become the rage. I have a tracking list of 98 ETFs, 55 of which have launched in the last two years. Today, I’m focusing my attention on two of these funds. Their sponsors only wish to gather […]
Among the subscribers to my Dividend Hunter, there is a wide range of stock market investing experience. From the emails I receive, I know that it is easy for both beginners and more experienced investors to have trouble keeping up with how companies announce dividends and when you’ll see the cash in your brokerage account. […]
When I spoke a few weeks ago at the Las Vegas MoneyShow, I was bombarded with questions about single-stock, covered-call ETFs, especially the ones from YieldMax. These ETFs sport massive dividend yields, and the YieldMax success at gathering assets is spawning competition from other ETF sponsors. YieldMax has several dozen single-stock ETFs. Kurv ETFs currently […]
Last week, I made a couple of investment presentations at the MoneyShow in Las Vegas. During and after my presentations, I was peppered with questions about the new breed of ultra-high-yield, covered-call ETFs, especially about funds managed by YieldMax. YieldMax pioneered covered call ETFs with single stocks as the underlying assets. These ETFs have caught […]
The two fund sponsors of single-stock covered call ETFs have six funds each that “cover” the same popular stocks. Single-stock covered call ETFs provide investment exposure to popular stocks like Amazon and Nvidia, with the added benefit of attractive dividend yields from selling call options. YieldMax offers this type of ETF on several dozen popular […]
As the ranks of option strategy ETFs continue to grow, it’s interesting to see which strategies fund sponsors will pick to set their ETFs apart from the crowd. The Defiance Income Target ETFs definitely follow a different approach. It will be interesting to see how they work out as they build up time in the […]
Today I am excited to have fellow Investors Alley editor Jay Soloff on to talk about options and trading. Jay is an experienced options trader who has had success both on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange and off the floor as what we call an “upstairs” trader. We spend some time talking […]
Last week, I made several presentations at the MoneyShow conference in Orlando. For one talk, I covered the pros and cons of covered call ETFs. These high-yield ETFs can bring a lot of income into your portfolio. This week, two of my recommendations announced surprisingly large distributions. I’ll take the money! Let’s take a look […]
A big deal in the grocery store space was announced last week with the potential acquisition of Albertsons (ACI) by Kroger (KR). The merger would create a grocery chain with roughly 12% control of the US market. It’s difficult to say if the deal will make it through antitrust scrutiny. Interestingly, short-term block options trades […]
Even with rates going higher, fixed income ETFs don’t tend to move all that much. One way to amplify your cash flow from a fixed income product is by using options. Last week, some appeared to have sold 25,000 put spreads in the Invesco Senior Loan ETF (BKLN). BKLN has only moved in a $2 […]
