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The CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (ticker symbol BXM) is a benchmark index designed to show the hypothetical performance of a portfolio that engages in a buy-write strategy using S&P 500 index call options. The term buy-write is used because the investor buys stocks and writes call options against the stock position. The writing of the call ...
The largest ETF, as of April 2021, was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE Arca: SPY), with about $353.4 billion in assets. The second-largest was the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF with around $270.0 billion ( NYSE Arca : IVV ), and third-largest was the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF ( NYSE Arca : VTI ) with $213.1 billion.
The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, [5] is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and includes approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies, with an ...
As was noted, the Dividend Aristocrats ETF is simply an equal-weighted assembly of the 66 S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stocks that have raised their per-share payouts for at least 25 consecutive years.
Buffett's company currently owns 43,000 shares of the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, an admittedly small position when compared to his other holdings, but he's made his endorsement of funds that track the ...
There are currently over 120 PowerShares ETFs. [4] PowerShares cover and emulate a variety of market indices; for example, the PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQ) is designed to replicate the NASDAQ-100 Index. The PowerShares QQQ is one of the most widely traded shares on the stock market, according to writer John J. Murphy. [5] [4]
The ETF has generated a 435.9% cumulative return over the past decade as of the end of 2024, which is well ahead of the 242.5% return of the S&P 500 over the same period (or the 241.4% return of ...
In 2000 and 2001, options portfolio managers requested that the Chicago Board Options Exchange develop benchmark indexes for buy-write strategies. The CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM) was introduced in 2002, and the CBOE DJIA BuyWrite Index (BXD) was introduced in 2005. Investors have used covered call strategies for more than three decades.