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BMO US High Dividend Covered Call ETFZWH.TOCOMMENTNov 05, 2014
John DeGoeyUnknown
$16.67
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$26.75
As of Jun 05, 2026. Market Open.
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Main thing is it's not leveraged. Holds all the big, household names. Dividends are small on US stocks, so most of the premium you're getting is from the covered calls which are capital gains. Hasn't come back from April because it doesn't have all the super-charged tech stocks. Yield is around 6-6.5%.
John HoodOwned
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Likes it as a sector play--high-dividend US stocks--and for the dividend of 6%. It's broadly based, and bonds don't pay much or anything.
John HoodOwned
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COMMENT
There is space for these ETFs for yield seekers. One of the challenges in 2020 was that dividend paying stocks did terrible relative to technology that does not pay dividends. Still likes them for conservative investors.
Larry Berman CFA, CMT, CTAUnknown
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ZWE-T vs. ZWH-T. With covered calls, when you are in a slightly up or down or sideways market, the call brings in a premium and dampens the volatility. But when it is in a very strong uptrend, the covered write lops off the top of the uptrend. The upside is capped. In a sharp declined followed by a snap-back rally, the same thing applies. You should have both for covered write portfolios to increase diversification if you are going to have them.
BMO US High Dividend Covered Call (ZWH-T) or BMO High Yield Corp Bond US Hedge to Cdn (ZHY-T)? Corporate bonds are probably going to be riskier than covered calls. Covered calls gives you the guaranteed income and are more stable with regards to the underlying investments. The corporations are going to be giving a higher return if the market remains benign, but you are taking a risk in case we have a hike or there's a credit crunch with regards to those corporations. You don't need the hedging these days because the Cdn$ is, if anything, dropping. If you could get it with an un-hedged version, it would be better still. If he really had to choose, he would select the Covered Call.