QEFA Dividend Type Payments

Although QEFA has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on SPDR MSCI EAFE StrategicFactors ETF to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Mon 2:15 PM ET):

QEFA Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls

With QEFA at 74.75, here's a table showing how big the annual "dividend" (i.e. total annual call premium received) would need to be to attain 3%, 5%, and 10% annual yields. Also shown is the equivalent number of cents/day necessary to achieve each yield:

So now we need to find out of the money covered calls that pay at least the prescribed cents/day amount of time premium. That will generate income and, because they are out of the money, leave room for some upside potential on the stock. Here are some examples:

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