IEI Dividend Type Payments
Although IEI has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Mon 4:16 PM ET):
| iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 119.04 | 119.06 | 119.09 | +0.24 | 1.7M | - | 7.5B |
IEI Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With IEI at 119.09, 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:
| Annual Yield | Annual Premium | Cents/Day |
|---|---|---|
| 3% | 3.57 | 1.0 |
| 5% | 5.95 | 1.6 |
| 10% | 11.91 | 3.3 |
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:
| 3% Yield On IEI Using Covered Calls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expiration | Strike | Call Bid | Days | Cents/Day | Upside Potential | |
| Aug 15 | 119.00 | 0.70 | 47 | 1.4 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| Oct 17 | 119.00 | 1.20 | 110 | 1.0 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
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