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 ...

Despite the turmoil from the war in Iran, oil prices may be near a peak, at least in the short term. Analysts have pushed up ...

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 ...

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

Long call and covered call approaches both involve call options, but they serve very different purposes in a portfolio. A long call is typically a speculative strategy, allowing investors to profit ...

Covered-call strategies can be an income investors’ best friend. Whether the broader stock market goes up, down or merely grinds sideways, selling covered calls pays. Fortunately, we can buy ...

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 ...

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 ...

For covered-call ETFs, you basically have exposure to an underlying stock position and then you sell a call option against it, which caps your upside a little bit but gives you some income in the near ...

Covered Calls are a way to reduce your portfolio volatility and add a modest amount of hedge for a down market. Unfortunately, there are 50 different ways this can be done with most funds focusing on ...

There are several ways investors can earn a return from a long position in a stock. One of the most tax-efficient is to let management reinvest profits internally to compound the share price over time ...