Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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. […]
The 10 highest yield dividend stocks going ex-div this week. These are some of the top dividend stocks for this week.
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, […]
A recent article about a liquified natural gas (LNG) ship caught my attention and made me think about investments that take advantage of this one ship’s dilemma. Recently, Bloomberg reported that a sanctioned Russian LNG carrier ship almost circumnavigated the world looking for a buyer for the LNG on board. The ship was at sea […]
This week, we are doing a covered call and covered put analysis on Tesla (TSLA). The stock price has been both sharply up and sharply down over the past few weeks. At the same time, volatility has been near the top of its 52-week range, which suggests there could be some downside risk. Once things […]
A recent article highlighted the trend of the number of publicly traded companies shrinking and the rocketing number of private companies. Instead of looking for a big IPO payday, company founders and their private equity partners are choosing to stay private and keep profits to themselves. This chart shows changes in public vs. private companies […]
