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JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF

JEPI is an actively-managed fund that invests in large-cap US stocks and equity-linked notes (ELNs). It seeks to provide similar returns as the S&P 500 Index with lower volatility and monthly income.

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Safeguarding against downside risks remains an evergreen strategy for investors this year, with ETFs that offer a "buffer" increasingly in demand.

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Depending on investors' tax brackets and risk tolerances, JEPI's stellar dividend yield can offer excellent income during this uncertain macroeconomic environment. The recent banking crisis, the Fed's continuous interest rate hikes, and OPEC+ cuts may further contribute to the volatile market sentiments, sustaining JEPI's returns through 2024, if not 2025.

JEPI: Stellar Dividends In Volatile Market Conditions

ARK Innovation ETF

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF presently offers passive income investors an 11.7% dividend yield, paid monthly. ARK Innovation ETF offers investors a concentrated portfolio of high beta stocks and an aggressive investment strategy that could result in alpha if the market doesn't turn south.

JEPI Vs. ARKK: Which ETF Is The Better Buy?

JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Overall, ETFs pulled in $76.9 billion capital in the first quarter.

5 ETFs That Hauled in the Maximum Asset Flow in Q1

JEPI is a high-quality income ETF designed to help investors achieve equity appreciation potential while mitigating downside risks. The ETF has performed well since its bottom in October 2022. However, it was battered as it fell toward its March lows, as risk-on sectors outperformed.

JEPI: Got Left Behind By The Market Recovery

Ares Capital

BlackRock Science & Technology

Crescent Capital BDC Inc

Calamos Dynamic Convertible & Income Fund

Calamos Global Total Return Fund

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II

Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF

PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund

PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF

Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund

Royce Value Trust

Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF

Special Opportunities Fund Inc

Credit Suisse X-Links Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETN

Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund Inc

Reaves Utility Income Fund

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust

The world seeks complexity, but simplicity often trumps complexity. For my investment goals, I have made the choice to focus mainly on CEFs and ETFs, carefully weighing their merits and drawbacks.

My Income Portfolio - Keep It Simple, Sweetheart

Market volatility is growing and putting risk assets under pressure. As to JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF and PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund, both income funds offer investors double-digit yields and can help fight inflation.

JEPI Vs. PDI: Which Is The Better Buy?

We have covered JEPI several times in the past and favored it over NUSI. We now look at a newer offering from JPMorgan, i.e. JEPQ.

JEPQ Vs. JEPI: 3 Factors That Sway Our Opinion

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

JEPI and SCHD are popular income-yielding ETFs. I think JEPI will outperform SCHD for 4 key reasons: JEPI has greater exposure to the market index vs SCHD.

Why I Think JEPI Will Outperform SCHD

Enbridge

Kinder Morgan

Medical Properties Trust

Starwood Property

Verizon

The Dividend Harvesting Portfolio is now generating $862.30 in annual dividends, yielding 8.51%. The Dividend Harvesting portfolio has a 70.09% record of finishing the week in the black since its inception, 75/107 weeks.

Dividend Harvesting Portfolio Week 107: $10,700 Allocated, $862.30 In Projected Dividends

Realty Income Corp

Vici Properties

Brad Thomas, from iREIT on Alpha, joins us to discuss what the stress in the banking sector means for real estate. He shares his thoughts on the JEPI ETF or SCHD ETF for investors looking for dividend yield.

What Does Bank Stress Mean For REITs With Brad Thomas (IREIT On Alpha)

New York Community Bancorp

The Dividend Harvesting Portfolio is now generating $825 in annual dividends, yielding 8.09%. The Dividend Harvesting portfolio has a 70.75% record of finishing the week in the black since its inception, 75/106 weeks.

Dividend Harvesting Portfolio Week 106: $10,600 Allocated, $825 In Projected Dividends

Rising interest rates are driving strong demand for high yield funds. Both JEPI and QYLD are benefiting from this trend thanks to their sky-high yields.

Better High Yield ETF Buy: JEPI Vs. QYLD

The stock and currency fund has brought in nearly $5 billion so far year to date.

JP Morgan's JEPI Soars, Set to Become No. 1 Active ETF

Diversification is a term widely used when it comes to investing in the stock market. It means spreading your investment across different sectors and industries to minimize volatility's impact.

Diversify Your Income with These 2 High-Yielding Dividend ETFs

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

Dimensional US Core Equity 2 ETF

Dimensional US Targeted Value ETF

First Trust Preferred Securities & Income ETF

First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF

BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF

PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF

ETFs started out as just another form of index-matching alternative to mutual funds. But today, there are now over 1000 actively managed ETFs.

Consider These Market-Beating ETFs Now

VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF

SPDR Gold Trust

SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust

iShares Gold Trust

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

Some of the best performing ETFs over the last week have been focused on commodities, but don't tell markets that; commodities ETFs saw the most outflows across the asset classes over the last week, with the commodities sector seeing more than $1 billion in outflows, the most across all weekly asset flows.

Weekly Asset Flows: There's Gold in Those ETFs

The nominations for the 2023 ETF.com Awards are out, and the list of contenders for best ETF of the year fittingly capture the mood of the market in 2022 – it was a year of hunting for income and focusing on capital preservation in the face of an inflationary environment. Source: ETF.com.

Could JEPI Get Too Big To Be Effective?

iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF

Actively managed ETFs have started 2023 well, seeing 40% of total ETF flows this year compared to less than 14% last year. The actively managed class of ETFs was also the focus of a conversation between VettaFi's head of research Todd Rosenbluth and TD Ameritrade host Renita Young on “The Watch List” on Tuesday.

Todd Rosenbluth Chats Active ETFs on TD Ameritrade

JEPI has become a very popular ETF for dividend investors recently. However, JEPI is not an innovative approach and investors need to be wary of investing in a more complex and actively managed fund.

JEPI: Here's Why You Probably Should Not Own It

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund

Vanguard — few can question the company's stature as an asset manager, but it's not number one in everything. The firm's ETF-specific AUM sat at $1.97 trillion over the last week or so, close but just behind the $2.2 trillion in the iShares suite of ETFs, according to the ETF Issuer League table.

ETF Issuer League: Vanguard Hovering Near $2 Trillion

SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

Invesco QQQ

SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF

SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Money market funds (+$55.0 billion) were the only group to log inflows for the third week straight. The 10-two Treasury yield spread remained negative (-0.89), marking the lowest level since the 1980s.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Money Market Funds Attract $55.0 Billion, A Top 20 All-Time Weekly Total

Owl Rock Capital Corp

As in Led Zeppelin's famous song, for me, investments in high-dividend securities represent a kind of stairway to heaven. Indeed, their steady flow of money relieves psychological pressure during times of market uncertainty and helps me experience them with greater peace of mind.

My Income Portfolio: A Stairway To Heaven

Intel

PIMCO Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund

The Dividend Harvesting Portfolio is now generating $805.41 in annual dividends, yielding 7.79%. The Dividend Harvesting portfolio has a 74.04% record of finishing the week in the black since its inception, 77/104 weeks.

Dividend Harvesting Portfolio Week 104: $10,400 Allocated, $805.41 In Projected Dividends

Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF

Income ETFs are in high demand right now thanks to rising interest rates. Both PEY and JEPI seek to appeal to income investors by offering high yields.

Better High Yield ETF Buy: JEPI Vs. PEY

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