Replacing a $60,000 salary with monthly dividend ETFs is a popular target because it mirrors what a middle-class household actually spends. Monthly distributions also map cleanly to monthly bills, which is why…
Monthly income is having a moment. Retirees and active income investors are pulling cash from money-market funds yielding less than before, and the ETF industry has responded with options-based and high-dividend products…
NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (NASDAQ:QQQI) offers a roughly 13.8% distribution yield, paid monthly, on a portfolio holding NVIDIA, Apple, and Microsoft. For income investors tired of 4% Treasuries and 2% dividend…
With the ceasefire with Iran supposedly going permanent, the market is facing a fork in the road. The NEOS Nasdaq 100 High-Income ETF (NASDAQ:QQQI) is rallying, up 3% so far today, but…
Income investors own the JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) for one reason: a Nasdaq-100 portfolio that pays a high monthly distribution from an options overlay, cheaply. Its 0.35% net expense ratio is…
Three options-overlay ETFs are quietly paying double-digit annual distribution rates on a monthly (or weekly) schedule, and most income investors have never touched them. YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:ULTY) is…
A $66,000 annual income is roughly in line with the median U.S. household income and represents a common retirement target for investors who want meaningful cash flow from their portfolio. The challenge…
At age 58, Robert wants to replace his $90,000 salary with investment income. For many investors, covered call ETFs have become an attractive option because their advertised yields are substantially higher than…
The NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (NASDAQ:QQQI) has grown to roughly $9.4 billion in assets in just over two years. The pitch is simple: QQQI gives you Nasdaq-100 exposure plus a distribution…
The NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (NASDAQ:QQQI) paid out $0.6589 per share on May 22, 2026, the latest in a steady run of monthly checks that produce a headline distribution rate near…
Today, there’s no denying that the NASDAQ-100 has been a potent vehicle for capital appreciation. For example, the Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (NASDAQ: QQQM) has returned 15.39% annualized over the past five…
Income investors have spent the last two years quietly migrating away from traditional dividend stocks toward a newer category of fund that generates cash flow from options premiums rather than corporate payouts.…
A listener named Carrie Anne wrote into the Rich Habits Podcast with a problem most adult children would recognize. She wants to pay her late 60s parents $1,000 a month for watching…
A 7% yield sounds compelling until you ask the question that separates income investing from return-of-capital illusion: where is the money actually coming from? A fund that pays 10% annually while losing…
Covered call ETFs have moved from a niche income strategy to one of the most discussed categories in retirement investing, and three names keep coming up in the same conversation, and all…
