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News articleYahoo Finance· May 18, 2026

Bonds Used to Be the Income Answer for Retirees. Then Came the Covered-Call ETF That Pays Over 7%.

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  • The premiums earned from selling options mathematically reduce the cost basis of each stock accordingly

    60% confidence
  • Low pandemic-era interest rates severely impacted retirees who rely on fixed-income investments for their retirement nest eggs

    60% confidence
  • YieldMax created an entire catalog of covered call ETFs with variations on the income model for both single stocks and portfolios, using volatility as a crucial component, featuring double-digit yields and monthly or weekly payouts

    60% confidence
  • JEPI has $45.61 billion in total assets under management

    60% confidence
  • The covered call ETF strategy for income generation was initially introduced by Invesco in 2007

    60% confidence
  • JEPI holds a portfolio of 120 to 130 low-volatility S&P 500 dividend stocks

    60% confidence
  • JEPI's strategy is predicated on slow stock volatilities, with the majority of ELNs expiring worthless, generating extra income beyond intrinsic stock appreciation

    60% confidence
  • The unnamed analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 named a new top 10 stock list and JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF was not one of them

    60% confidence
  • 30-year mortgage rates started at 3.75% and fell to 3.0% by summer 2020 following central bank rate cuts

    60% confidence
  • 15% of JEPI assets are used to package calls into Equity Linked Notes that serve as synthetic out-of-the-money calls against the full portfolio

    60% confidence
  • JEPI sells near-term out-of-the-money calls and focuses on stocks that are not overly volatile, unlike some competitors such as YieldMax

    60% confidence
  • JEPI has delivered 8.38% annualized returns over 5 years

    60% confidence
  • The JP Morgan name does not necessarily mean JEPI is suitable for all investors

    60% confidence
  • JEPI generates an 8.29% yield through monthly payouts backed by Equity Linked Notes

    60% confidence
  • JEPI regularly advertises on Fox Business News and MSNBC

    60% confidence

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