TL;DR Covered call income during inflation tends to rise because higher implied volatility means richer option premiums. April 2026 headline CPI hit 3.8 percent year over year, the highest since May 2023, making real-return strategies more important than ever. A conservative covered call program on SPY or QQQ targets 8 to 12 percent annualized premium… Continue reading How Covered Call Income Protects Your Portfolio During Inflation
Gold Doesn’t Pay Dividends — But There’s a Way to Collect Monthly Income From It Anyway Gold has been one of the most remarkable asset stories of the past two years. From around $190 per share on the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) in early 2024 to over $435 in April 2026, the yellow metal… Continue reading GLD Covered Calls: How to Generate Monthly Income From Gold
You Can Build the Best Income Machine in the World — But If You Don’t Protect It, One Event Can Shut It Down I’ve spent 40-plus years in the markets, and I’ve seen incredibly smart investors lose staggering amounts of money — not because they picked bad stocks or wrote poor covered calls, but because… Continue reading Asset Protection for Income Investors: 5 Layers to Shield Your Covered Call Portfolio
