The put options that the fund uses are not ETF options but instead are S&P 500 index options. These options receive favorable tax treatment as Section 1256 Contracts under IRS rules. This means the options held at the end of the year are treated as if sold on the last market day of the...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Surging inflation in the United States has spurred the Federal Reserve to signal plans to raise interest rates more aggressively than previously expected, and that in turn could spark a sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks and precipitate a new recession, economists ...
Target Federal Funds Rate for 2002 DateFed Funds RateEvent Nov. 61.25%The Fed lowered rates to fight sluggish growth The GDP was 2.8% in 2003. Unemployment was 5.7%, and inflation was 2.3%. DateFed Funds RateEvent June 251.00%JGTRRA tax cuts enacted to spur growth ...
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Fixed income securities are subject to increased loss of principal during periods of rising interest rates. Fixed income investments are subject to various other risks including changes in credit quality, market valuations, liquidity, prepayments, early redemption, corporate events, tax ramifications and ...
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Those risks have to do in part with the historically low interest rates put in place in 2020 and in part with the scheduled expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2025. First, corporate debt that was taken on at the historically low interest rates put in place in response to...
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