RYLD pays a headline yield that looks generous until you compare it to what the same small-cap stocks returned without the options overlay. The gap between those two numbers has a name,…
A covered-call ETF built on small caps instead of Big Tech is dangling a 13% yield, but the tradeoffs hiding behind that number could make or break your portfolio depending on how…
The Russell 2000 is up 20% this year, but blindly owning the benchmark means owning hundreds of unprofitable companies with shaky balance sheets. There is a more selective small-cap ETF built to…
RYLD's double-digit yield looks generous until you examine the mechanism funding every monthly payment and what five years of payout history reveal about where that income stream is quietly heading.
Small-cap stocks are staging their most dominant run against the S&P 500 in over two decades, and three ETFs are competing for the best seat at the table. Which one actually comes…
IWM is the default small-cap ETF on every financial channel, but that familiarity carries a hidden price tag that quietly compounds against buy-and-hold investors year after year. Before your next contribution, it…
The momentum trade that powered the US stock market through the first half of 2026 is showing cracks, and Bloomberg US Equities Reporter Natalia Kniazhevich says the unwind is already underway. On…
Kevin Warsh went to Sintra and said what bond traders have been waiting to hear all summer. Inflation looks like it has peaked. Oil is cooperating. The tail risk of a July…
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM | JPM Price Prediction) posted a fortress quarter as passive flows shovel capital into the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM). JPM printed record markets revenue while the Russell reconstitution…
The S&P 500 is sitting at around $734 on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) proxy, up 7.4% year to date and 20% over the past year, and a strategist appearing…
The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) isn’t exactly an income powerhouse. After deducting its 0.19% expense ratio, the ETF currently sports a 0.95% 30-day SEC yield as of May 31, 2026. Small-cap…
Tony Dong If you’re new to options, there are two strategies that are generally less likely to blow up your account than outright speculation. The first is the covered call, where you own 100…
Are you tired of paying ETF providers a fat management fee to sell covered calls for you? If you think you can do better yourself, especially using a zero-commission brokerage, there is…
The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) has given small-cap holders a year worth celebrating. IWM is trading at $296, up 20% year to date and 41% over the trailing 12 months, breaking…
You check your portfolio and it looks like every other portfolio in America. Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, and a heaping side of S&P 500 index fund that is, when you…
