IUSV Dividend Type Payments

Although IUSV has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Fri 9:45 AM ET):

IUSV Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls

With IUSV at 102.60, here's a table showing how big the annual "dividend" (i.e. total annual call premium received) would need to be to attain 3%, 5%, and 10% annual yields. Also shown is the equivalent number of cents/day necessary to achieve each yield:

So now we need to find out of the money covered calls that pay at least the prescribed cents/day amount of time premium. That will generate income and, because they are out of the money, leave room for some upside potential on the stock. Here are some examples:

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