Friday, May 15, 2026
In my world of income investing research and publishing, it’s easy to get wrapped up in reviewing the newest, hottest investment ideas. I’ve added more than 80 funds to my option-strategy ETF database over the last two years. These new funds are exciting, but our goal is to generate stable high-yield income, and some old […]
The 10 highest yield dividend stocks going ex-div this week. These are some of the top dividend stocks for this week.
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 […]
The 10 highest yield dividend stocks going ex-div this week. These are some of the top dividend stocks for this week.
For income-focused investors, Roundhill Investments has an exciting lineup of exchange-traded funds. They have been innovators in cryptocurrency covered call ETFs, zero-days-to-expiration (0DTE) ETFs, and their high-yield WeeklyPay ETFs, which use swap contracts. However, Roundhill also has a pair of ETFs that I believe are intended for a specific use and are not appropriate for […]
Private lending fears have spread far beyond the handful of companies that could be affected if there are actual problems with the $1.5 trillion that have been issued as private loans to corporations. It seems the contagion has spread to finance real estate investment trusts (REITs), which have nothing to do with private lending investments. […]
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.) […]
Subscribers who have been with me for a while know that I have a general negative opinion of closed-end funds (CEFs). I have heard them called the Junkyard of Wall Street. That said, I have added a few CEFs to the Dividend Hunter portfolio when I found ones with compelling potential. Currently, there are two […]
Over the last few years, innovation in ETFs has been happening at a breakneck pace. When I see a new fund with a different strategy, I take a closer look and try to find a good investment use for it. Launched on February 18, 2026, the Roundhill S&P 500® Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF (TPAY) […]
The Debasement Trade discussion has become a popular topic on the financial news outlets. I thought I knew what it meant, but I wanted to dig deeper to understand better. A query using AI produced this: The debasement trade is a financial and investment strategy (or market narrative) that gained significant attention in 2025 and […]
