Wednesday, April 2, 2025
I read a lot of articles analyzing the stocks of business development companies (BDCs). The article authors invariably classify BDCs trading at a premium to book value as too expensive, and the “deals” are the BDCs that trade at a discount to book value or NAV. There are two reasons I believe this is the […]
This week, we are doing a covered call analysis on Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK). The stock price has been on a steady climb since the election last November. What’s more, volatility remains at higher levels, which could be conducive to a covered call strategy. We are looking at ARKK because there is a single stock […]
This is the second installment in my series, comparing single-stock covered call exchange-traded funds. These ETFs provide investment exposure to popular stocks like Amazon and Nvidia, with the added benefit of attractive dividend yields from selling call options. YieldMax was the first to introduce this type of ETF. It currently offers more than two dozen […]
The investing public has begun to realize that AI will require a massive buildout of data centers, and those centers will require vast amounts of energy to power their services and keep them cool. For example, a Chat-GPT query requires almost 10 times the power of a Google search. Energy midstream companies provide the gathering, […]
This week, we are doing a covered call analysis on Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM). The stock price has been on a steady climb higher over the last year. While it’s not a particularly volatile stock, the trend higher could be conducive to a covered call strategy. We are looking at TSM because there is a single […]
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 was the first to introduce this type of ETF. They currently offer more than two dozen single-stock covered call ETFs. Kurv launched six single-stock ETFs in November 2023. […]
A recent Wall Street Journal article titled “Your Fancy, New ETF Might Be a Little Too Fancy” highlights the value investors receive from my newish ETF Income Edge newsletter service. The article discusses how ETF companies are packaging more complex investment strategies into the ETF form. About 30% of new ETFs in 2024 indicated they […]
This week, we are doing a covered call analysis on Microstrategy (MSTR). The stock price has been both sharply up and sharply down over the past few weeks. Not surprisingly, volatility remains at elevated levels. Because of the high volatility levels, the stock could be an interesting, yet risky, candidate for a covered call strategy. […]
Main Street Capital (MAIN) usually sports the lowest yield and largest premium to NAV. Investors ask me why I recommend Main Street Capital with such a low yield compared to other BDCs and why I am willing to pay such a premium for the shares. As a start, based on its regular monthly dividend, Main […]
I knew this day would come. Every other investor and analyst did too. But I think most investors and analysts don’t understand what’s happening. Last week, the yield curve uninverted. That is likely to be the most significant event of 2024. I know that’s a bold statement. After all, we saw incredible events last year, […]
