Tuesday, August 12, 2025
High-yield, option strategy ETFs have become hugely popular. The number of new ETFs launched in recent years is staggering. I maintain a tracking system for this type of fund, and the number on my list has grown 300% to 120 since the start of 2024. Covered call ETFs are available with a wide range of […]
Gold has been a hot commodity, pun intended, with the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) up 42% over the last 12 months. While we hope the trend continues, gold can remain stagnant for an extended period, and income-producing gold-focused funds can be appealing. Covered call ETFs sell call options to generate income when the underlying […]
With Bitcoin recently setting record highs, interest in crypto-related stocks is also at an all-time high. Our ETF Income Edge service researches and recommends high-yield ETFs that pay exceedingly attractive yields. My subscribers have been asking about a newly launched crypto ETF. There are actually two high-yield ETFs whose portfolios focus on cryptocurrency stocks. Let’s […]
After receiving SEC approval, Bitcoin ETFs, as well as other cryptocurrency ETFs, were first launched in January 2024, just over a year ago. As of the end of June, assets in Bitcoin funds reached $131 billion. The ETF database that I use as a starting point for my various ETF investing newsletters currently lists 25 […]
In our ETF Income Edge newsletter service, we have performed very well with Bitcoin covered call ETFs, and less so with the lone Ethereum covered call ETF (but prospects are improving). Investors have been hoping for more new ETFs with different underlying crypto assets. On July 3, the team at Rex Shares launched the REX-Osprey […]
Each week, the Charlie Bilello Week in Charts email includes a ton of interesting economic and financial information. Recently, a set of asset yields caught my attention. Here are the reported yields on the five major U.S. asset classes: The spread of less than one percent between yields across the classes is a record low. […]
Over just a few years, ETFs using covered call strategies to generate income and dividends have become a massive phenomenon. These funds fall into two broad categories. There are covered call ETFs that use index ETFs or actively managed portfolios as their underlying assets, and there are single-stock covered call ETFs. The latter gives investors […]
The financial news media generally ignore gold and silver. You should not. While stocks now trade flat year-to-date, gold is up 29%, and the yellow metal has gained 45% over the past 12 months. It seems likely that the gold rally will continue. Foreign central banks are accumulating gold, while Chinese citizens are also increasing […]
With our ETF Income Edge service, we discuss, educate, and recommend ETFs from the newish—and rapidly growing—universe of high-yield option-strategy ETFs. With mid-year approaching, I thought it would be a good time to review year-to-date results. You may recall that the U.S. stock market experienced a rapid and steep decline from mid-February through early April. […]
There is a great “truth” put out by the financial advisory community that with ETFs, expense ratios are the only thing that matters. Lower expenses mean investors earn a greater return. Following Vanguard, which earlier this year cut fees on 66 funds, Schwab recently announced fee reductions on four ETFs with $66 billion in assets. […]
