Wednesday, July 2, 2025
There is a widespread belief that renewable energy sources are replacing traditional hydrocarbon energy sources. That is not the case. Here is the global crude oil demand for the last 20 years. Consumption has grown from 83.65 million barrels per day (mbpd) in 2005 to a forecast of 105.5 mbpd for 2025. The use of […]
The 10 highest yield dividend stocks going ex-div this week. These are some of the top dividend stocks for this week.
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. […]
On March 7, 2024, Roundhill Investments launched the first 0DTE (zero days to expiration) covered call exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These funds introduce new strategies to the ETF space, enabling fund managers to respond to rapidly changing markets with greater speed and agility. Traditional covered call trading involves owning an underlying asset (such as individual stocks […]
The gains from the so-called “Magnificent Seven” stocks powered the 2023–2024 bull market. These mega-cap tech stocks—Tesla, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), and Apple—comprise over a third of the cap-weighted stock market indexes. The only Magnificent Seven tracking ETF, the Roundhill Magnificent Seven Covered Call ETF (MAGY), launched on April 11, 2023, and […]
On April 25, finance REIT Rithm Capital (RITM) reported the company’s first-quarter results, and the financials reinforced the fact that the RITM stock price is severely undervalued. Rithm reported earnings available for distribution of $0.52 per share for the quarter. A year ago, earnings came in at $0.48; two years ago, the number was $0.35 […]
The value of gold continues to rise. The precious metal has gained 15% this year to date and is up 38% over the last year. Investors often choose to leverage gains in precious metals by investing in shares of gold mining companies. Gold miners generate profits by leveraging the price of gold, which is driven […]
For my high-yield-focused Dividend Hunter newsletter, I tend to steer away from recommending closed-end funds (CEFs). I have been known to call CEFs the “junkyard of Wall Street.” Still, when I discovered the Amplify High Income ETF (YYY), I had hopes of finding a fund that would select the best in the CEF world. It […]
Over the past few weeks, the major U.S. stock market indexes have tumbled into correction territory. Of course, falling stock prices lead to news reports filled with warnings about continued price declines, the potential for a bear market, and even an economic recession. Every time stock prices enter a downturn, news outlets and many investors […]
On March 7, 2024, Roundhill Investments launched the first two ETFs utilizing zero-day-to-expiration (0DTE) options to generate income and pay dividends to investors. The team at Roundhill recently released a report detailing the returns and features of these two high-yield funds. The two Roundhill ETFs are: · Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call […]
