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 ...

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 ...

Income investors tend to gravitate towards covered calls, and blue-chip high yielding stocks are a great place to start. Pfizer (PFE) has been a strong performer in 2026 and is up 9.64% so far this ...

Occidental Petroleum (OXY) stock closed up 1.49% on Friday and has risen 23% since the end of February. Even if it's not a ...

Exchange-traded funds using options to generate income have become popular. They take a variety of approaches to providing income and growth. Exchange-traded funds that use covered call options to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...