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-snip- While I'm glad you expressed your opinion, a covered call strategy has its advantages and shouldn't be ignored because it "underperforms." The strategy has its own advantages that make me interested in it. Everyone has a different investment strategy and what fits me may not fit ot...

@Captinspoke It's not for capital appreciation. It pays a stable "dividend" by selling call options on its holdings. Once you take into account its "dividends" and them being reinvested it'll look completely different. Hence, you have to look at it from a different perspective fr...

Hi all, first-time poster here. I'm contemplating buying the covered-call etf QYLD. In the states, I hear that its "dividends" are treated as a return on capital. Which gives it some beneficial characteristics that are different from normal dividends issued by companies. Does anybody know ...