Covered calls let investors earn income from stocks they already own by selling the right to buy them at a set price.

Covered calls are a great strategy to add to any portfolio, and can offer enhanced yield from stock holdings, in some case, that can be a significant increase. To trade a covered call we need to own ...

For investors hoping to juice up the income from their stock holdings or preserve capital, covered calls could be an effective and relatively low-risk way to accomplish those goals. In its most basic ...

Covered calls are a great strategy to add to any portfolio, particularly in this era of low yields. Covered calls can offer enhanced yield from stock holdings, in some case, that can be a significant ...

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Income investors tend to gravitate towards covered calls, and blue-chip high yielding stocks are a great place to start. Wells Fargo (WFC) has been a strong performer in the last three years and is up ...

The Dogs of the Dow has long been a simple, rules-based approach to equity investing, built around owning the highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Each year, investors rotate ...

Covered call ETFs have evolved, offering both simple index-based and more exotic, ultra high-yield strategies. Yet, the key bottleneck has remained unanswered - the opportunity cost. This is where ...

Buying covered call ETFs can provide investors with near-term outperformance during market cycles in which stocks hover sideways or trend downward. But there are key downsides to buying such ETFs as ...

Covered call ETFs play an increasingly vital role for income investors. While they have inherent flaws, the benefits clearly outweigh them. In the article, I detail the rationale for including covered ...