LCM - News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha 'LCM' Tag RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/lcm An In Depth Look at the New Covered Call ETFs http://seekingalpha.com/article/37478-an-in-depth-look-at-the-new-covered-call-etfs?source=feed 37478 They include:

Advent/Claymore Enhanced Growth&Income (LCM)
Enhanced S&P 500 Covered Call Fund (BEO)
Dow 30 Premium & Dividend Income (DPD)
First Trust/Fiduciary Asset Management Covered Call Fund (FFA)
Madison/Claymore Covered Call Fund (MCN)
S&P 500 Covered Call Fund Inc (BEP)

What do these funds do?
Their techniques vary and they utilize covered call strategy to varying degrees — enough to put them in the covered call category, but that is not necessarily all they do, as their descriptions and returns indicate.

]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:35:21 -0400 Richard Shaw Richard Shaw (QVM Group) submits: Several new ETFs were recently released offering the covered call strategy on different indices or types of securities. They include:

Advent/Claymore Enhanced Growth&Income (LCM)
Enhanced S&P 500 Covered Call Fund (BEO)
Dow 30 Premium & Dividend Income (DPD)
First Trust/Fiduciary Asset Management Covered Call Fund (FFA)
Madison/Claymore Covered Call Fund (MCN)
S&P 500 Covered Call Fund Inc (BEP)

What do these funds do?
Their techniques vary and they utilize covered call strategy to varying degrees — enough to put them in the covered call category, but that is not necessarily all they do, as their descriptions and returns indicate.


Complete Story »]]> BEO BEP DPD FFA LCM MCN Richard Shaw Covered call closed-end funds in Business Week (LCM, JSN, EOS, NFJ, BEP, IGD, DPD, ETB, HCE, MSP, NAI, EEF, JLA, BOE) http://seekingalpha.com/article/663-covered-call-closed-end-funds-in-business-week-lcm-jsn-eos-nfj-bep-igd-dpd-etb-hce-msp-nai-eef-jla-boe?source=feed 663 The Businessweek dated July 4 has an article (I don't know if I utilized my subscription to access the article) about closed end funds that sell call options to create income, writes Roger Nusbaum. I have written about this product numerous times because I think it can be useful in a properly diversified portfolio.

]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:01:00 -0400 Roger Nusbaum Roger Nusbaum submits:

The Businessweek dated July 4 has an article (I don't know if I utilized my subscription to access the article) about closed end funds that sell call options to create income, writes Roger Nusbaum. I have written about this product numerous times because I think it can be useful in a properly diversified portfolio.


Complete Story »]]> BEP BOE DPD EEF EOS ETB HCE IGD JLA JSN LCM MSP NAI NFJ Roger Nusbaum