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Hamilton Utilities YIELD MAXIMIZER TM ETF (UMAX)
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Harvest Premium Yield Treasury ETF (HPYT)
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YieldMax Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF (GDXY)
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Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Call ETN IOPV (SLVO)
Basically I'm wondering if Trump is the perfect storm for options .....
Certainly volatilty of any kind typically increases options premiums and we think the thesis posed in the question has some validity. Because many of the noted ETFs pay out a large portion of return of capital, one still needs to be careful when looking at stated yields vs total returns. SLVO, for example, has an indicated yield of 33.54% but one-year total return of 16.45%. We would also note that the underlying sector asset performance is still going to be the main driver of performance of course, regardless of any option pricing changes. But for these types of funds, volatility can be a benefit.
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