My apologies on the tax issue. I didn't realize that MSTY distrbutions were mainly ROC. Around 95% is ROC which lowers your ACB so that you will eventually be taxed at the cap gains rate. Even dripping you will eventually end up with zero ACB and will have to pay tax on all future ROC but at capital gains rate. So until you reach zero ACB the distributions are almost tax free. My bad for making assumptions.. I was going by my BITO shares that doesn't return capital.
Where are you getting 95% from? LOL. You can look at each month's payout on their website to see what portion if any is ROC. Also, BITO returns capital too if you look at the prospectus.
why not? Borrowing because you can’t pay cash and borrowing for capital structure management are two different things.
Poor use of capital. True they are different but why borrow to buy a depreciating asset. If you have to borrow to buy it you probably don't need it right now. In our consumer society most people are buying things they don't need, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like.
If you don't want to buy the asset then it doesn't matter. The assumption is you are going to buy the asset anyway. I agree you shouldn't buy an asset you NEED to finance, but if you can and you can earn more in the market, it's worth doing it. A lot of wealth can be created using leverage properly. Personally i think it was worth an entire turn on my net worth (levering at the right times, and delevering at the right times).
I've gotta give props to @wxytrader for how he's managed to turn a discussion of covered calls, where he's obviously clueless, into one about taxes, cars, use of capital, the advisability of settling Mars, and the ineffable lightness of being a marriage-minded but lonely shell diver in the Outer Hebrides - everything and anything else, just so the issue of him being obviously clueless about covered calls fades into the background. Masterful job. Perhaps he can make some money tutoring aspiring politicians... REPORTER: Senator, are you for or against the MX missile system? SENATOR:Bob, the MX missile system reminds me of an old saying that the country folk in my state like to say. It goes like this: "You can carry a pig for six miles, but if you set it down it might run away." I have no idea why the country folk say this. Maybe there's some kind of chemical pollutant in their drinking water. That is why I pledge to do all that I can to protect the environment of this great nation of ours, and put prayer back in the schools, where it belongs. What we need is jobs, not empty promises. I realize I'm risking my political career be being so outspoken on a sensitive issue such as the MX, but that's just the kind of straight-talking honest person I am, and I can't help it. -- Dave Barry, "On Presidential Politics"
Covered calls are mechanical income trades. Whether you sell at-the-money (ATM) for higher premium or out-of-the-money (OTM) for more upside, the long-run expected return tends to balance out. You're just choosing: More income now (ATM, higher premium, less capital gains), or More room for price growth (OTM, lower premium, more potential gains) But over time, premium + capital gains = roughly the same total return, assuming efficient pricing.