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Covered Call Writing Exchange-Traded Funds

Jun 16, 2012 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Stock Option Strategies

As covered call writers we strive to generate monthly cash flow by selling call options in a conservative, low-risk environment. This approach is quite appealing to many retail investors but many look to fund managers to take advantage of this great strategy. As a...

Constructing a Covered Call Portfolio Using Select Sector SPDRS

Dec 3, 2011 | Exchange-Traded Funds

Select Sector SPDRs are unique exchange-traded funds that divide the S&P 500 into nine sector index funds.  They have the diversity of a mutual fund, the focus of a sector fund, and the tradability of a stock. Together, the nine Select Sector SPDRs represent the...

Beware of Leveraged ETFs; The Changing Face of Exchange-Traded Funds

Jun 28, 2009 | Exchange-Traded Funds

How would you feel if your best friend and next door neighbor was metamorphasizing into a monster? A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde if you will. Could that be happening to our old friend, the Exchange Traded Fund? The historical definition of an ETF is a security that tracks...

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Covered Call Writing

Apr 4, 2009 | Exchange-Traded Funds

Would you like a quick, easy, inexpensive and still safe way to invest with covered call writing? If so, why not consider using exchange traded funds? In chapter 14 of my first book, Cashing in on Covered Calls, I discuss diversification and dollar cost averaging as...
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