Friday, December 30, 2011

A top ETF For Safe Income: dividends plus covered calls

Here is an ETF for income fro relatively safe stocks, plus extra income from selling covered cals: BMO's ZWU.

BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF has been designed to provide exposure to an equal weight portfolio of Canadian utilities, telecoms and pipeline companies, while earning call option premiums. The call options are written out of the money, selected based on the option's implied volatility, and are written in proportion to the securities weight. The option premium provides limited downside protection. The underlying portfolio is rebalanced in June and reconstituted in December. Options are rolled forward upon expiry.






Holdings:

Just Energy Group Inc 6.89%
Atlantic Power Corp 6.53%
Veresen Inc. 6.44%
Rogers Communications Inc 6.41%
TransCanada Corp. 6.31%
Enbridge Inc. 6.30%
AltaGas Ltd 6.26%
Capital Power Corp 6.26%
TELUS Corp. 6.25%
Cdn Utilities Cl A NVS 6.23%
BCE Inc. 6.21%
Fortis Inc. 6.16%
TransAlta Corp. 6.10%
Pembina Pipeline Inc 6.08%
Emera Inc. 6.07%
Manitoba Telecom Services 5.93%

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