Trade of the Week: Emerging Markets

Emerging Markets, Trade of the Week

 The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) is a very popular stock ETF which tracks companies in emerging market countries. The ETF is commonly used for asset allocation purposes in portfolios to gain exposure to the emerging markets asset class.  Last week, a very large block trade occurred, which was likely a covered call trade. The position is likely meant to produce additional cash flow from holding EEM, beyond what can be collected from the standard dividend.