For months, the share prices of most stocks have been in the doldrums or worse. Large-cap tech stocks have been the exception, posting nice gains so far this year.
Let’s check how a couple of covered call ETFs have performed compared to the most popular tech stock ETF.
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- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
- Apple Inc. (AAPL)
- Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)
- NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)
- Meta Platforms Inc. (META), a/k/a Facebook
- Alphabet Inc. Class A (GOOGL), a/k/a Google
- Alphabet Inc. Class C (GOOG), also a/k/a Google
- Tesla Inc. (TSLA)
- PepsiCo Inc. (PEP)
- Broadcom Inc. (AVGO)
As of May 17, QQQ has gained 25.2% this year to date. For comparison, the S&P 500 has gained 8.75%, with almost all of those gains coming in January. QQQ has climbed steadily higher every month.
Covered call ETFs use an option selling strategy to generate cash income with an underlying portfolio. Selling calls can generate excellent cash income, but it also puts a cap on potential capital gains.
Two option-selling ETFs use the QQQ or Nasdaq 100 as their underlying assets.
From one website: “The Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) follows a ‘covered call’ or ‘buy-write, strategy, in which the Fund buys the stocks in the Nasdaq 100 Index and ‘writes’ or ‘sells’ corresponding call options on the same index.”
The JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPQ) throws in some active management. The fund strategy, taken from its website, says JEPQ…
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