Rate Cuts On the Horizon? Seek High Income With More Upside Potential – ProShares – 9.12.24

Rate Cuts On the Horizon? Seek High Income With More Upside Potential - ProShares - On Demand

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Title: Rate Cuts On the Horizon? Seek High Income With More Upside Potential
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 1 hour

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Recent signals from the Federal Reserve have given markets confidence that a rate cut is likely at the next policy meeting in mid-September. While a sustained rate-cutting cycle could be a positive for stocks, as companies benefit from lower borrowing costs, it may also signal an end to an 18-month period where investors could generate healthy yields from cash, treasuries, and other so-called "risk-free" assets. In other words, the hunt for yield—a dominant theme in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis—might be back for an encore.

As investors reevaluate their income opportunities, they may also confront the classic trade-off between upside and yield. This conundrum is evident in many of the covered call and derivative income funds that surged in popularity over recent years, but have largely failed to keep pace with the S&P 500 on a total return basis.1 Fortunately, developments in the daily options market offer a new path, which our Global Investment Strategist, Simeon Hyman, will illuminate by expanding on:

  • The innovation behind writing daily call options
  • How investors can conveniently access the benefits of a daily call options strategy in a portfolio
  • Why exposure to the small-cap Russell 2000 Index via a daily call options strategy could be appealing as we enter a market environment complicated by rate cuts, an election, and uncertain economic growth prospects
 

Speakers:
Simeon Hyman, CFA Simeon Hyman, CFA® Global Investment Strategist, Head of Investment Strategy

Simeon Hyman joined ProShares in 2013 and is currently the firm’s Global Investment Strategist and Head of Investment Strategy. Mr. Hyman leads a team of investment professionals engaged in portfolio analysis, product research and development, education, and the delivery of investment strategies using the company’s ETFs. He and his team are also responsible for the development and publication of research, white papers, and other content to present ProShares as a leader in the ETF industry.

Prior to ProShares, Mr. Hyman spent several years at Bloomberg, where he was Chief Investment Officer for Bloomberg’s technology-driven wealth management business, BloombergBlack. He also served as Chairman of the Investment Committee and led the team of investment professionals tasked with the continuous delivery of investment advice, research content, and strategic and tactical asset allocation guidance. Before joining Bloomberg, Mr. Hyman was Head of Investment Strategy and Due Diligence for UBS. There, he established asset allocation and investment strategies for the $300 billion UBS U.S. Wealth Management business and directed due diligence for the $50 billion separately managed account business. Prior to UBS, Mr. Hyman served as the Chief Investment Officer of Lehman Brothers Trust Company.

Mr. Hyman earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He holds Series 7, 24, 63, and 66 FINRA registrations and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Kieran Kirwan, CAIA Kieran Kirwan, CAIA Director, Investment Strategy

Kieran Kirwan joined ProShares in 2013 and currently serves as Director, Senior Investment Strategist. His responsibilities include portfolio analysis, education, product research and development, and the presentation of investment strategies using the company’s ETFs.

Prior to joining ProShares, Mr. Kirwan served in a variety of roles during a 15-year tenure with Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche Bank). Most recently he was a Vice President, serving as lead investment specialist representing several strategies in the global equity, commodities, infrastructure and real estate asset classes to prospects and clients. Before that, Mr. Kirwan was Vice President, Product Strategy and Economics, responsible for the platform’s product profitability and distribution strategy initiatives, Vice President, Finance and Controlling Group, and an Associate Vice President with the Financial Reporting Group.

Mr. Kirwan earned a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, holds Series 7, 24 and 63 FINRA registrations, and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.
Troy Goldstein Troy Goldstein Executive Director of Distribution

Troy Goldstein joined ProShares in 2011 and currently serves as Executive Director of Distribution. Mr. Goldstein is responsible for running distribution, overseeing the sales team and heading national accounts for the full lineup of ProShares ETFs and ProFunds mutual funds. Mr. Goldstein previously served as the Executive Director, Head of National Accounts. Mr. Goldstein brings vast industry experience from multiple roles in London, Zurich, and the United States. Before joining ProShares, he was Executive Director, Head of Portfolio Distribution Europe with UBS AG. Mr. Goldstein managed sales specialist teams across Europe focused on discretionary and non-discretionary fee-based portfolio solutions and supporting structured products, funds, and ETFs. Before that, Mr. Goldstein was Executive Director, Head of the Investment Solution Sales Team in UBS’s U.S. headquarters in Weehawken, NJ. He also held two positions within UBS’s Products & Marketing Group, in Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Goldstein began his career in financial services as a Financial Advisor with PaineWebber, which later became UBS. Mr. Goldstein received a JD from Kensington University Law School and a bachelor’s degree in business administration–financial management from California State University, Long Beach. In addition, he has received his certificate of completion from the Securities Industry Institute at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
1 Based on a ProShares analysis of a study group composed of 17 U.S. large-cap covered call ETFs with more than one year of performance history and at least $20mm in assets under management. The study group produced an average annual return of 9.9% compared to the S&P 500's average annual return of 16.6% since each ETF’s inception. The group utilizes covered call strategies based on the S&P 500 (11/17), the Nasdaq-100 (4/17), and Dow Jones Industrial (2/17) indexes. The group represents 90% of ETF assets under management in Morningstar's Derivative Income category. Data as of 6/30/24.

The Funds seek to replicate a daily covered call strategy by investing in equity securities and derivatives. The Funds do not sell (write) call options.

Index information does not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged, and one cannot invest directly in an index.

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. These ProShares ETFs are non-diversified and entail certain risks, including risks associated with the use of derivatives (swap agreements, futures contracts and similar instruments), imperfect benchmark correlation, and market price variance, all of which can increase volatility and decrease performance. Please see summary and full prospectuses for a more complete description of risks.

There is no guarantee any ProShares ETF will achieve its investment objective. The performance of the Funds may not correspond to the performance of their respective indexes, the Funds may not be successful in generating income for investors, and the Funds may not capture returns that traditional covered call strategies may sacrifice.

The Nasdaq-100® Daily Covered Call Index replicates the performance of a covered call investment strategy that combines a long position in the Nasdaq-100 Index with a short position in Nasdaq-100 Index® call options. In particular, the index is designed to replicate a daily covered call strategy that sells call options with one day to expiration each day. The Fund intends to make distributions each month of an amount that reflects the dividends and call premium income earned by a daily Nasdaq-100 Index covered call strategy (net of expenses).

The S&P 500 Daily Covered Call Index replicates the performance of a covered call investment strategy that combines a long position in the S&P 500 Index with a short position in S&P 500 Index call options. In particular, the index is designed to replicate a daily covered call strategy that sells call options with one day to expiration each day. The Fund intends to make distributions each month of an amount that reflects the dividends and call premium income earned by a daily S&P 500 Index covered call strategy (net of expenses).

The Cboe Russell 2000 Daily Covered Call Index replicates the performance of a covered call investment strategy that combines a long position in the Russell 2000 Index with a short position in Russell 2000 Index call options. In particular, the index is designed to replicate a daily covered call strategy that sells call options with one day to expiration each day. The Fund intends to make distributions each month of an amount that reflects the dividends and call premium income earned by a daily Russell 2000 Index covered call strategy (net of expenses).

There can be no guarantee that the Funds will make distributions and the amount of such distributions, if any, may vary significantly from month to month. Some or all of such distributions may be characterized as a return of capital.

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