A 6.9% Dividend With Crash Insurance? We’ll Take It!
July 02, 2020 at 05:00 AM EDT
Most of us know we need to stay in stocks through this crisis—but some days it’s easier said than done! Let’s be honest: we could all use a break—a way to hedge against the nasty drops we see when we log into our trading accounts in the morning. My first suggestion—try not to log into your account every morning! But if you insist on doing so, then my second suggestion is to take a close look at a popular hedging vehicle called a covered-call fund. Covered-Call Funds: 6%+ Dividend With “Crash Insurance” Covered-call funds are a kind of closed-end fund (CEF) that holds stocks but gives us an income stream we’d never see from an S&P 500 company—yields of 6% to 10% are the norm among covered-call funds.… Read more
