Sunday, July 12, 2026
On June 12, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp, a/k/a SpaceX (SPCX), launched the highest-market-value IPO in history, valuing the company at about $1.8 trillion. The current market value is $2.44 trillion. There is a great debate among investors over whether SPCX is overvalued ($155 per share as I write this), because it trades at many […]
When YieldMax launched the YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (ULTY) at the end of February 2024, investors got very excited about the 50%-plus (currently 60.16%) distribution yield. Over the last two years, realized total returns have disappointed. But now that there are a couple of newer competitors, let’s compare recent results. The investment thesis […]
Global X ETFs are among the old guard when it comes to option-strategy ETFs. Their SPY and QQQ option-strategy ETFs, the Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (XYLD) and Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD), both launched in 2013. Over the last three years, a number of new ETFs employing covered calls […]
The Nasdaq 100 index comprises 100 large-cap stocks of innovative companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The index is widely viewed as a proxy for investment in large tech companies. The Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (QQQ) tracks the Nasdaq-100 index and is widely used as a proxy for the index. In the growing universe […]
Investing in gold mining companies is a way to gain exposure to gold’s value. Mining stocks are viewed as a leveraged bet on gold, since the cost to produce an ounce is relatively fixed, so any gains in gold fall to the mining company’s bottom line. The VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is a popular […]
Two years (and a few months) ago, we launched our ETF Income Edge service to help investors profitably invest in the rapidly growing world of option strategy, high-yield ETFs sporting yields like 15%, 25%, even 40% or more. The challenge with these ETFs is managing them to turn those great yields into realized total returns. […]
After gaining 65% in 2025, gold continued higher by another 28% (from the 2025 close) to peak at over $5,500 per ounce on January 28, 2026. But gold now trades for about $4,600, down 15% from its peak, so the timing was not great when Nicholas Wealth launched the Nicholas Gold Income ETF (GLDN) on […]
March 7 marked two years since Roundhill Investments launched the first two zero-days-to-expiration (0DTE) covered call ETFs, the Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF (XDTE) and the Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF (QDTE). (A third fund, the Roundhill Russell 2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF (RDTE), launched on September 9, 2024.) […]
After a year-long parabolic rise, silver peaked at $118 per ounce on January 28. I hope you’ve accumulated some silver exposure in the $30 to $50 range and are still nicely profitable at the current $74 per ounce. After the recent sell-off, I want to slowly increase my silver exposure until the next up-leg starts. […]
The major stock market indices peaked at the end of October 2025 and have essentially moved sideways, with considerable volatility, for the last three and a half months. You can see it graphically with the charted returns of QQQ and SPY. The option strategy ETFs with QQQ or SPY as their underlying assets are outperforming […]
