Call writing closed-end funds can offer attractive monthly distributions, along with the opportunity to trade at discounts to their historical net asset values. That discount can create an opportunity ...

Statistically, about 80% of all call options expire worthless. Nevertheless, there is an unquenchable thirst in the market from buyers to consistently maintain open interest liquidity for anyone ...

Our last focus piece on the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (ETV) was in the market slump earlier in 2025. This was primarily a tech slump heading into the year, and then tariffs ...

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 ...

If stocks, bonds and mutual funds are the inner planets from Mercury through Mars, options trading is out there beyond Neptune, a dangerous place for ordinary investors. Except for writing covered ...

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 ...

Actively managed income focused ETFs can use derivative strategies to boost returns, although doing so can decelerate capital appreciation. Institutional level trading of Equity Linked Notes for ...

Covered call exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are all the rage. And as I’ve said here, there, and everywhere — I don’t get it. It is not that I’m anti-income. Just the opposite, in fact. But these ETFs do ...

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 ...