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XYLG attempts to provide the best of two worlds, growth and yield. The fund holds the stocks of the S&P 500 Index and writes one-month, at-the-money Index call options on half of the portfolio value. The call options are held through expiration, either expiring or settling in cash. The fund looks to earn some premium income from half of the portfolio while allowing the other half upside potential. Holding the various positions and writing index call options inside an ETF wrapper is a more efficient way to access the strategy. The strategy should reduce volatility and help generate some income, compared to the index itself, but it also places a drag on the overall upside potential.
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A covered call ETF holds a basket of dividend-paying stocks while simultaneously selling call options on those same holdings. In return, you get paid a premium. That premium is extra income on top of your regular dividends. Covered call funds work best when stock prices are stable or rising slowly. If the stock price shoots up dramatically, your shares might get called away at the strike price. You miss out on that extra gain. That's the one caveat to covered call ETFs - you cap your upside.
S&P 500 Covered Call and Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:XYLG - Get Free Report) shares fell 0.6% during trading on Monday. The company traded as low as $28.90 and last traded at $29.02. 27,582 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 18% from the average session volume of 23,396 shares. The stock had previously
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Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF (XYLG) offers income generation and partial participation in the S&P 500 index upside. XYLG sells monthly at-the-money covered calls against 50% of its assets, offering a dividend yield of 4-7% depending on VIX (including SPY's dividend). The fund's performance is expected to outperform during bull markets and underperform during bear markets compared to XYLD.