Enhanced Income

Higher income to complement your portfolio.

Enhanced income strategies are designed for investors looking for higher income to complement their portfolios. They provide:

Professional Management. BMO ETFs is one of the largest providers of Covered Call ETFs in the world¹ and has been running derivative based strategies for over 10 years.
Higher Income. This is from the combination of both dividend and premiums earned from the derivative strategy.
Market Participation. Investors participate in the market movements. The level of participation will depend on the derivative strategy.
Tax Efficiency. The respective products provide income from a mixture of dividends, capital gains, return of capital and income to be tax efficient.
Diversified. Products contain a diversified basket of derivatives and equites that pay regular dividends.

BMO ETFs Road Map

What’s a Covered Call?

The covered call option strategy, also known as a buy–write strategy, is designed to provide an investor with a double source of cash flow: an option premium plus the dividend yield. This distribution is tax efficient. The strategy is implemented by writing (selling) a call option contract, while owning the underlying stock. It is considered an income enhancement strategy because it generates additional cash flows compared to only owning the underlying stock. It is also considered a defensive strategy as equity downside returns are reduced by the option premiums as a trade off from excess positive returns. Covered call strategies tend to outperform in flat or down markets, and underperform in periods of rapid market appreciation.

What’s a Put Write?

Put options offer downside protection on an underlying stock, much like an insurance contract. When an investor buys a put, they are simply securing a price floor for that asset. An investor who wants to sell the protection would write the put option. They will earn a premium, but must buy the stock if it drops to the pre determined price (the strike price).

Mechanics of Covered Calls on BMO ETFs

The BMO ETFs, generally, will sell out of the money (OTM) call options on 50% of the stocks which cap the return of the written positions at the option strike price until the option expires. For BMO ETFs, option expiries are generally 1 to 2 months. As an example, consider a portfolio that consists of 100 shares of a stock at a current price of $60, for a total value of $6,000. At the money (ATM) call options (strike price of $60) that expire in one month are valued at a premium of $1.50 per contract. To implement a covered call strategy, the Portfolio Manager writes call options on 100 shares and receives $150 in premium.

Payoff without exercise: Premium received adjusted for any difference in stock price. If the stock price remains at $60, the calls are not exercised, and the portfolio benefits from the premium received. The new portfolio value is $6,150.
Break even point: Stock purchase price less premium received. If the stock price drops to $58.50, the calls are not exercised, but the portfolio value drops. The new portfolio value is $6,000 ($5,850 + $150). The portfolio will devalue at any price below $58.50.
Payoff with exercise: Premium received adjusted for any difference between stock price and exercise price. If the stock price rises to $62, the calls are exercised at $60 eliminating the benefit of the rising stock price except for the premium received. The new portfolio value is $6,150.

What are Preferred Shares?

Preferreds combine the characteristics of both equity and fixed income securities and are chosen by investors to provide their unique balance of security and yield. Preferred shares rank ahead of common stock and behind Fixed Income in terms of claim on assets in terms of liquidation. In addition, they often have a priority over common stock in the payment of dividends.

WHAT TO EXPECT AT TAX SEASON
COVERED CALLS, DERIVATIVES, AND VOLATILITY LANDSCAPE
ALL-IN-ONE: BMO GLOBAL ENHANCED INCOME FUND (ZWQT)

BMO COVERED CALL ETFS METHODOLOGY
BMO ETF CANADIAN PREFERRED SHARES STRATEGY
BMO ETF US PREFERRED SHARES STRATEGY
BMO PREMIUM YIELD ETF (ZPAY)
BMO US PUT WRITE ETF: STRATEGY

¹ Source: ETFGI

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The portfolio holdings are subject to change without notice and only represent a small percentage of portfolio holdings. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any particular security.

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