RYLD News and Press, Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call From 09/30/22

Summary We all look to CEFs because of their high yields, but how often do you think about how much of that high yield you actually get to keep? Some funds claim they specialize in "tax-efficiency" by owning stocks that have qualified dividends while others specialize in 'tax-adva...

Summary Covered Call ETFs have provided large amounts of income through 2022, but the most popular hasn't been the best performer and RYLD has generated a better ROI. RYLD has been a better investment compared to XYLD and QYLD since 2021 and slightly trails XYLD for 2022. I il...

Summary In this article, we discuss how we deployed covered call strategies and how it differs from QYLD's income-generating strategies. Our case against QYLD is expecting yield from the Tech sector, structurally declining QYLD price, risk of detaching from NAV, and better prospec...

Summary The Global X Research Team is pleased to release the distribution and premium numbers for our covered call ETFs for August. Global X’s Covered Call suite of ETFs invest in the underlying securities of an index and sell call options on that index. These strategie...

Summary August was a month of significant changes in the structure of my overall portfolio, which now contains 22 securities. Thanks to the gain from the last securities that I purchased in the spring, I was able to close all previous positions that had been showing a continuous l...

Summary With more people getting closer to retirement age, more investors have looked toward income-producing investments to help offset the cost of living. XYLD continues to generate monthly distributions and has a double-digit yield based on its TTM distributions. XYLD has b...

Last quarter, we discussed the ongoing trends of sticky inflation and a hawkish Federal Reserve. These trends accelerated in Q2 as the U.S. Consumer Price Index rose again to 9.1% in June. Equity volatility remains elevated, but strategies such as covered calls can offer compelling op...

I reevaluate an investment in QYLD since the beginning of 2021 and 2022 to see how it has performed. QYLD has slightly outperformed QQQ in 2022 but has significantly underperformed QQQ since the beginning of 2021. Over the previous year, QYLD's net assets have grown 93.18% ($3.55 ...

I compare RYLD to XYLD and QYLD for different periods, including 2021 - present and 2022 YTD. I illustrate the numbers behind an investment in RYLD since its inception if the distributions are taken or reinvested monthly. RYLD comes out ahead of QYLD and XYLD as an income investme...

RYLD and NUSI are popular funds for their ginormous yields. One follows a covered call strategy and the other uses collars. We tell you why we prefer one over the other, though we would not buy either today. The total return concept is something one would think would be ...