SVOL News and Press, Simplify Volatility Premium ETF From 05/25/23

2023-05-25 17:04:28 ET Summary Imagine stocks or funds that pay out their dividends once-a-month! Unlike waiting for quarterly, semi-annual or (ugh) annual payouts, your angst waiting for money is reduced by 300%, or more! These May U.S. exchange-traded monthly-paid (MoPay) divide...

2023-05-20 06:00:00 ET Summary While virtually no global market segment escaped the turmoil of the past year, US large cap equities were dealt a particularly sharp blow. As defensive industries have cycled into favor, the market turmoil has led many investors to seek a defensive s...

2023-05-16 23:35:00 ET Summary 2023 is now continuing that past pattern of growth and large-cap growth relative performance. If you look at the 10 and 15-year annualized returns across all the US equity asset classes, even straight value vs. growth, the returns are not all that ap...

2023-05-12 01:00:00 ET Summary Market participants' expectations, as reflected in implied volatility, maybe a more accurate reflection of future price movements than past price movements. When it comes to short-term moves, currencies have the most liquid short-dated volatility mar...

2023-05-04 02:44:00 ET Summary 2023 has smashed all previous U.S. large-cap stock-market extremes including those of 2021 and 2022. Regardless of whether there is a soft landing or not, current valuations especially for the largest U.S. stocks aren't compatible with contracting ec...

2023-04-26 22:55:00 ET Summary After taking a back seat to various flavors of small-cap and value factors earlier in 2023, the large-company growth risk factor is again leading the horse race, based on year-to-date returns for a set of ETF proxies through yesterday’s close (Apr...

2023-04-26 14:12:53 ET Summary The VIX futures curve suggests rocky times ahead this summer. SVOL is a net-short volatility ETF that generates a high yield by selling VIX derivatives premium. I'm a seller of SVOL here based on a currently low VIX ahead of some possible bearish...

2023-04-25 11:41:00 ET Summary The month of April has seen the S&P 500 move within less than a 100-point range during regular sessions, adding only a few points more if one were to include overnight futures trading. It is absurd for the Fed to be hiking interest rates next wee...

2023-04-23 04:16:00 ET Summary The Nationwide Nasdaq-100 Risk-Managed Income ETF uses options to generate income and protect downside. The fund employs a protective collar strategy that sells calls to buy puts and pay distributions. Unfortunately, investors end up with a produ...

2023-04-18 04:29:00 ET Summary On Friday, the S&P 500 Volatility index (VIX) saw a new 2023 closing low vs. the S&P 500 itself. The last time the VIX got that low there was a drawdown on the S&P 500 from 4195.44 to 3808.86 on the Monday after the SVB failure. Unles...