Tuesday, November 5, 2024
I promote the idea of building a balanced, high-yield portfolio for my newsletter subscribers. This means that the bulk of a subscriber’s portfolio will consist of dull, but very powerful, income-producing investments. We view more aggressive investments as additions to the core holdings. Today, I want to highlight a remarkably stable, 8% yielding fund that […]
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. […]
Last week, in my 48-Hour Income service, we sold a cash-secured put on healthcare diagnostics company, Castle Biosciences (CSTL). In 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. We noticed CSTL put premiums were elevated with options expiration coming up. […]
My investment focus has centered on income stocks and ETFs. Since Bitcoin doesn’t pay dividends, I hadn’t had much interest besides keeping up with the news. The explosion in the issuance of new options strategy ETFs provides new ways to invest in existing asset categories. Three covered call ETFs currently use Bitcoin as the portfolio […]
We are in the early days of the 2024 second-quarter corporate earnings season. For many of the stocks I follow, earnings results are often the only “real news” I can get about these companies. Earnings results show whether or not a company remains on track, is improving, or is going in the wrong direction. Small-to-mid-cap […]
Last week, in my 48-Hour Income service, we sold a cash-secured put on premium electric vehicle company, Nikola (NKLA). In 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. NKLA has been seeing some buying action lately as the company has […]
On Friday, July 12, a short Bloomberg article on Arbor Realty Corp (ABR) caused the share price to drop 20% in minutes. Let’s look at how the piece, titled “Arbor Realty Probed by DOJ Over Lending Practices, Loan Book,” was more a hit piece than some factual reporting. What first got my attention was that […]
The Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) share price has been on a wild ride through the first half of 2024. The stock’s volatility gives us an opportunity to see how the new breed of single-stock, covered call ETFs perform under extreme market conditions. TSLA opened 2024 at $250.08 per share. The stock proceeded to fall like a […]
Due to the holiday last week, we didn’t make a trade in my 48-Hour Income service. Typically, In 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. We had considered selling puts in B. Riley Financial (RILY). The short attack on […]
If you regularly follow the news, you may, like me, feel that the world is slowly spinning out of control. In my world of investment research, these thoughts lead to the question: What investment products and strategies will protect my wealth, income, and lifestyle? My thoughts today were triggered by this Zerohedge headline (premium subscription […]
