bunhill/E+ via Getty Images There are three strategic reasons why we could consider covered call ETFs: Portfolio yield (income) enhancement. Access to unexplored asset classes without suffering a yield drag. Slight downside protection under certain market conditions (rarely works). It would be wrong to expect alpha performance from covered call ETFs. It would also be wrong to express a bullish vie...
bunhill/E+ via Getty Images There are three strategic reasons why we could consider covered call ETFs: Portfolio yield (income) enhancement. Access to unexplored asset classes without suffering a yield drag. Slight downside protection under certain market conditions (rarely works). It would be wrong to expect alpha performance from covered call ETFs. It would also be wrong to express a bullish view on a particular asset class if the expectation was that the price could surge in the near term. The upside cap that is associated with sold covered call options is what limits gains. However, we could take the covered call ETF investment game to another level if we could capture relatively stable income streams and solid absolute total return levels. The former is obvious: Who wouldn't want to enjoy high and stable dividends? The latter is more conceptual and may be more applicable to income investors looking to grow their dividend portfolios in a less risky fashion (rather than chasing record-breaking performance). It is difficult to implement in practice, but the key ingredients to this recipe are the following: Value-oriented, less cyclical underlying index on which options are formed. Out-of-the-money options to avoid potential NAV drag that might occur right after steep drawdowns, where a tightly capped covered call ETF might completely lose out on the recovery. Leverage-free. As I have elaborated on this in some of my previous articles , there are not that many covered call ETF vehicles that tick these boxes. My Top 3 picks are the NEOS Real Estate High Income ETF ( IYRI ), the NEOS MLP & Energy Infrastructure High Income ETF ( MLPI ) and the NEOS Gold High Income ETF ( IAUI ) - all underpinned by OTM processes and value-oriented underlying exposures. In this article, I would like to present two covered call ETFs that embody the inverse characteristics and would therefore never be considered in my portfolio. I also think that this is the right moment to ditch both o...
Welcome back to Bloomberg’s Auto Monitor , a weekly roundup of stories on the automotive industry from reporters around the world. Sign up now if you’re not already on the list. Volkswagen’s premium Audi brand has lost much of its luster in recent years, dragged down by trade tariffs, stiffening competition and a patchy electric-vehicle roster. Its spectacular Nuvolari supercar, named after an Ita...
Welcome back to Bloomberg’s Auto Monitor , a weekly roundup of stories on the automotive industry from reporters around the world. Sign up now if you’re not already on the list. Volkswagen’s premium Audi brand has lost much of its luster in recent years, dragged down by trade tariffs, stiffening competition and a patchy electric-vehicle roster. Its spectacular Nuvolari supercar, named after an Italian racing driver and unveiled last week, is meant to send a signal that the German manufacturer is fighting back. Read more in our big story section below. We also have items on JPMorgan’s controversial Tesla upgrade , the growing number of Americans opting for used EVs and an EV startup backed by the Mexican government. Market Snapshot Volkswagen €89.35 +0.0% Tesla $391.00 -6.6% Toyota ¥2,822.50 -1.0% Market data as of 09:14 AM ET. Data is subject to provider delays. The big story Tazio Nuvolari was a storied Italian racing driver from the 1930s, famous not just for winning, but for making even the most formidable rivals appear suddenly vulnerable. Audi has chosen his name for a car with a heavy symbolic burden: proof that the four rings can still quicken the pulse. The $686,000 Nuvolari is Audi’s most dramatic road car in years, a limited-run hybrid supercar with hardware borrowed from Lamborghini, Volkswagen Group’s in-house provider of Italian thunder. Only 499 are planned. It will not transform Audi’s sales volumes or repair its margins. Its purpose is more emotional than financial: to restore glamour to a brand whose soft underbelly has become harder to hide . Audi has long been one of VW’s most dependable profit pillars, selling a mix of precision, restraint and “Vorsprung durch Technik” confidence. Lately, that formula has looked less secure. US tariffs are weighing on earnings . China, once a growth engine, has become a far tougher battleground . And some of Audi’s electric cars have struggled to stand out against cheaper, sharper and faster-moving rivals. At an ...
The Dow’s industrial-era anchors are quietly outpacing the broader market. Over the past year, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA: SPY) returned 24.37%, and the Dow tracker returned 20.22%. Three “old economy” Dow components have left both benchmarks in the dust, and they share more than just a ticker on the same index. What ... These 3 ‘Old Economy’ Dow Stocks Are Quietly Crushing the Market, a...
The Dow’s industrial-era anchors are quietly outpacing the broader market. Over the past year, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA: SPY) returned 24.37%, and the Dow tracker returned 20.22%. Three “old economy” Dow components have left both benchmarks in the dust, and they share more than just a ticker on the same index. What ... These 3 ‘Old Economy’ Dow Stocks Are Quietly Crushing the Market, and Here’s What They All Share
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang drew a lot of attention last week at a tech conference in Taiwan when he called Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) the next trillion-dollar company. But I think Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) is more likely to reach that milestone first. Rising revenue and improving margins are signs of AMD's major catalysts, which are attractive tailwinds for long-term investors. Here...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang drew a lot of attention last week at a tech conference in Taiwan when he called Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) the next trillion-dollar company. But I think Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) is more likely to reach that milestone first. Rising revenue and improving margins are signs of AMD's major catalysts, which are attractive tailwinds for long-term investors. Here are some other reasons why AMD has the advantage. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
The Roundhill Memory ETF (CBOE:DRAM) closed Friday, June 5, 2026 at $55.79, down 15% on the day from a prior close of $65.70. Over the two-day window from June 3 through June 5, the fund dropped 20%, going from $69.71 to that Friday close. If you had $10,000 in DRAM at Wednesday’s open, you had ... Guidance Miss Becomes a Bloodbath: DRAM’s 15% Implosion is At The Center
The Roundhill Memory ETF (CBOE:DRAM) closed Friday, June 5, 2026 at $55.79, down 15% on the day from a prior close of $65.70. Over the two-day window from June 3 through June 5, the fund dropped 20%, going from $69.71 to that Friday close. If you had $10,000 in DRAM at Wednesday’s open, you had ... Guidance Miss Becomes a Bloodbath: DRAM’s 15% Implosion is At The Center
If you owned ProShares UltraPro QQQ (NASDAQ:TQQQ) into the close on Friday, you watched a position open near $85.22 and finish at $73.05, a 14.28% single-day drawdown that turned a $10,000 position into something like $8,570 before the weekend started. The underlying, Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ), fell 4.8% on the same session, its worst day ... TQQQ Turned $10,000 Into $353,789, but Friday’s 14...
If you owned ProShares UltraPro QQQ (NASDAQ:TQQQ) into the close on Friday, you watched a position open near $85.22 and finish at $73.05, a 14.28% single-day drawdown that turned a $10,000 position into something like $8,570 before the weekend started. The underlying, Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ), fell 4.8% on the same session, its worst day ... TQQQ Turned $10,000 Into $353,789, but Friday’s 14% Crash Shows Leverage Cuts Both Ways
(RTTNews) - kneat.com, inc. (KSI.TO, KSIOF), a digital validation and quality process automation company, Monday announced its definitive arrangement agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, L.P., a privately held software-focused investment firm.
(RTTNews) - kneat.com, inc. (KSI.TO, KSIOF), a digital validation and quality process automation company, Monday announced its definitive arrangement agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, L.P., a privately held software-focused investment firm.