The new BMO
Enhanced Equity Income ETFs range is a first for passive investors says Christine Cantrell (pictured), sales director, ETFs, at BMO Global Asset Management.
The Guggenheim
Enhanced Equity Income Fund provides one example.
Not exact matches
We also complement our
equity and fixed
income investments with the selective use of the covered call option strategy to further
enhance returns.
To avoid such concentration, a better choice is Horizons AlphaPro
Enhanced Income Equity ETF (HEX - TO).
Horizons AlphaPro
Enhanced Income Equity ETF (Ticker: HEX) There was a time when dividends and bond coupons could make for a good steady i
Income Equity ETF (Ticker: HEX) There was a time when dividends and bond coupons could make for a good steady
incomeincome.
In January 2011, Algebra Capital Limited (now Franklin Templeton Investments (ME) Limited) joined our team, adding a wealth of expertise in Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
equity and fixed
income investment and
enhancing the products Franklin Templeton offers across the globe.
Very simplistically, we look to purchase
equities selling cheaply relative to our estimate of their intrinsic value and to build out the portfolio with bonds that
enhance income and reduce volatility.
This shift has been stimulated by a combination of influences, including greater demand by families at all economic levels, increased public understanding of the importance of early learning, greater support for investment in programs for low
income children as a matter of
equity, and growing concern about the threat of economic globalization and the need to
enhance the nation's human capital by building a strong foundation early in life
And
equity would be further
enhanced if we targeted choice programs toward low
income students in low performing traditional public schools.
The Horizons
Enhanced Income Equity ETF (HEX), for example, currently sports a yield of over 10 %, yet its total return over the 12 months ending in June was — 11.8 %, worse than the overall Canadian market.
Horizons launched a whole slew of covered call ETFs last year of which the Horizons
Enhanced Income Equity ETF (HEX) turned out to be the most popular.
Income generated for the 1 - year period ending March 31, 2012 Horizons
Enhanced Income Equity ETF (HEX): 13.34 % iShares S&P / TSX 60 Index ETF (XIU): 2.25 %
Life -
enhancing benefits of homeownership include the opportunity of building
equity, deducting a percentage of your mortgage interest and property tax on your annual
income tax return, and most importantly, living in the house of your dreams!
The investment objective of the scheme is to generate capital appreciation and
income by predominantly investing in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivatives segment of the
equity market, and
enhance returns with a moderate exposure in
equity &
equity related instruments.There is no assurance or guarantee that the investment objective of the scheme will be achieved.
In our view, the prospective low - return environment calls for a capital - efficient approach that pairs actively managed bonds with passive or
enhanced equities in target - date, core and retirement -
income allocations.
London Company will act in a prudent and diligent manner intended to
enhance the economic value of the assets of the
Equity and
Income Fund's account and will give substantial weight to the recommendation of management on any issue.
This strategy is designed to
enhance the defensive role the fixed
income allocation plays within the total asset allocation of an institutional investor's portfolio and to further offset losses from
equity market downturns.
(5) Distributions for the Horizons
Enhanced Income US
Equity (USD) ETF are declared and paid in U.S. dollars, including those listed under the Canadian dollar - traded ticker HEA.
The fund invests (i)
equities (ii) convertible securities of U.S. companies without regard to market capitalization and (iii) employs short selling and enters into total return swaps to
enhance income and hedge against market risk.
Investment Objective: To generate capital appreciation and
income by predominantly investing in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivatives segment of the
equity market, and
enhance returns with a moderate exposure in
equity &
equity related instruments.
They are:
Enhanced Income Equity ETF (HEX),
Enhanced Income Financials ETF (HEF),
Enhanced Income Energy ETF (HEE) and
Enhanced Income Gold Producers ETF (HEP).
When combined with traditional
equity and fixed
income investments, ALTS is designed to
enhance risk - adjusted portfolio returns.
In January 2011, Algebra Capital Limited (now Franklin Templeton Investments (ME) Limited) joined our team, adding a wealth of expertise in Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
equity and fixed
income investment and
enhancing the products Franklin Templeton offers across the globe.
Interestingly, the second most popular among ETFs launched in 2011 is another covered call product: the Horizons
Enhanced Income Equity ETF (TSX: HEX).
While once upon a time there were few reasons to purchase a deferred annuity besides the preferential tax - deferral treatment, since the early 2000s annuities has been increasingly popular for their guaranteed living benefit riders, along with
enhanced death benefit, unique investment features (in the case of certain
equity - indexed annuities), or outright superior fixed
income yields (with some fixed annuities).