5 ETFs You Might Not Understand, De-Mystified
Investor demand and market conditions have created an atmosphere for the availability of more complicated exchange traded funds (ETFs). Some of these might be especially confusing to investors.Here...
View ArticleHow to Use Options With ETFs
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are useful investment tools and trading options on ETFs is one of the many ways you can maximize the benefits of them. Trading options on ETFs could potentially allow...
View ArticleAlternative ETFs: Sophisticated Strategies in a Simple Package
An investor can bet big and win big, but there is always the chance of losing big, too. One way to get around this is to consider some “alternative” exchange traded funds (ETFs) that combine both...
View ArticleThese ETFs May Protect You in Down Markets
In crazy markets like these, you’re probably looking for exchange traded funds (ETFs) that protect you on some level, whether it’s by giving you income, protecting your principal or hedging you on the...
View ArticleAre Specialty ETFs Right for You?
With the proliferation of exchange traded funds (ETFs), the average investor is capable of investing in a multitude of market themes. Though, some fund providers believe that sophisticated or complex...
View ArticleBuy-Write ETFs Mimic Covered Call Strategy
More exchange traded fund firms plan to launch buy-write ETFs that provide investors with an indexed version of a covered call strategy. PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (NYSEArca: PBP) is...
View ArticleETF Spotlight: Buy-Write Strategy
ETF Spotlight on PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio ETF (NYSEArca: PBP), part of an ongoing series. Assets: $116.5 million. Objective: The PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio fund is...
View ArticleETF Chart of the Day: PowerShares S&P 500 Buy Write Portfolio
Institutional funds such as endowments and foundations as well as tax exempt entities and retirement plans have increasingly embraced “Buy Write” strategies from managers that incorporate the usage of...
View ArticleFour High-Yield Dividend ETF Options
As witnessed last year, dividend paying exchange traded funds offer investors the opportunity to receive additional cash on the side while they wait out any market condition. Still, if you want...
View ArticleMirae Planning Entry to ETF Business
The money manager Mirae Asset Global Investments will soon enter the fray in the U.S. markets as the company prepares to launch three new exchange traded funds based on covered-call strategies. The...
View ArticleWhy a Buy-Write ETF Generates a 10% Yield
As investors peruse the exchange traded fund universe in their ongoing search for income-generating opportunities, some have stumbled upon a buy-write ETF and its attractive double-digit yields....
View ArticleAdvisorShares Plans Actively Managed Buy-Write ETF
Investors interested in hedging against a bearish turn or high market volatility may have another tool at their disposal next Tuesday as AdvisorShares launches an actively managed exchange traded fund...
View ArticleWhat is an ETF? — Part 26: Buy-Write Strategies
Exchange traded funds continue to increase in number and popularity, growing to one of the most commonly traded securities on the stock exchange as both institutional and the average retail investor...
View ArticleETF Chart of the Day: Buy-Write Strategies
Readers know that we spend quite a great deal of time talking about ETF/Index options flow in our reports on a regular basis in terms of how they translate to notable market color, so it seems fitting...
View ArticleAmid Metals Crash, Credit Suisse Launches ‘Covered Call’ Silver ETN
With an uncertain outlook on the precious metals market, Credit Suisse has launched a silver exchange traded note that could provide some downside protection by generating income through a covered call...
View ArticleCovered Call ETFs Boost and Diversify Income Portfolios
In a rising interest rate environment, investors are using covered call exchange traded funds as an alternative way to generate income, and with the equity rally slowing down, the strategy could grab...
View ArticleA Covered Call ETF Helps Boost Your Income
Investors focused on an income generating portfolio don’t have to adhere to bonds. Instead, with exchange traded funds, people can accrue some extra cash with a covered call equity strategy. ETF...
View ArticleGenerate Income Through Financial Sector Covered Call ETF
Horizons ETFs, a new player in the U.S. exchange traded fund scene, is expanding its line of income generating strategies with a financial sector-focused covered call fund. The Horizons S&P...
View Article10 Unique ETF Sources of Yield
No longer is an investor’s search for yield confined to stocks and U.S. government bonds. The exchange traded products industry has helped drive the changing landscape of income investing by offering a...
View ArticleThe First Nasdaq-100 Covered Call ETF
Recon Capital Advisors, a new entrant in the exchange traded fund arena, launched the first ETF to track a covered call strategy based on the Nasdaq-100. The Recon Capital NASDAQ-100 Covered Call ETF...
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