RYLD News and Press, Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call From 02/28/23

Summary Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF implements a Covered-Call "Income" Strategy over the Russell 2000. The fund structure extracts expensive fees and high trading costs in return for the promise of monthly dividend income. This dividend income presents itself as forced withdr...

Summary RYLD is a covered call ETF that yields 13.2% but sacrifices capital appreciation for current income by capping upside potential through selling covered calls. RYLD has been a better investment by the numbers since 2021 compared to XYLD and QYLD. If you are able to reinvest t...

Summary Constantly swaying between narrative and reality, financial markets are supported and fueled by emotions, feelings, dreams, aspirations, and fears. When the narrative is shared, financial markets take a definite direction, drawing scenarios of growth or recession, as in the curr...

Summary We called RYLD's double-digit yield "imaginary" as in one that would see poor total returns. The thesis has played out and total returns have been nowhere in the ballpark of the yield. We examine where the fund stands today and give ideas for income investors not wanting the...

Summary Covered Call ETFs offer strong dividend yields to investors. Some yields reach double digits. Covered Call ETFs also outperformed in 2022, albeit still posted losses. Will these ETFs continue to outperform in 2023? Let's find out. Author's note: This article was ...

Summary I mostly write about dividend-paying equity and bond ETFs, perfect for income investors and retirees. Some of these are offering particularly high yields right now, and seem well-positioned for 2023. A look at some of the best of these. Author's note: This article wa...

Summary Funds such as the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call Fund should outperform most of the major indexes over the next several years as growth rates likely continue to slow. RYLD is uniquely well-positioned to offer strong income in a range-bound market because the fund is indexed ...

Summary Throughout the life span of the Global X Covered Call ETFs' December options contracts, implied volatilities across major U.S. equity market indices were relatively lower. Equity markets only declined marginally in value during the period and option premiums received by our cove...

Summary Global equities closed out their worst year since the 2008 financial crisis as central banks launched increasingly aggressive efforts to bring rampant inflation under control. Much of the US’s underperformance versus its peers is an outgrowth of its much larger exposure t...

Summary XYLD outperformed RYLD and QYLD in 2022 in yield on invested capital and total ROI. Since the beginning of 2021, XYLD has had the least losses from an initial investment perspective compared to RYLD and QYLD, but RYLD's distributions put RYLD ahead on total ROI. Of the three...