Ranked by total return minus what the thing it writes on returned, in points, one year, as of . Rebuilt every trading night.
Every income ETF that writes on ACWI
5 funds write on All-country world (ACWI). Ahead means a holder ended with more than holding ACWI would have given them, cash included, over the same days.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Ahead or behind | Total return | ACWI returned | Cash paid | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XYLG | Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF | −1.1 pts | +18.1% | +19.1% | 13.3% | 0.35% |
| 2 | XYLD | Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF | −1.2 pts | +17.9% | +19.1% | 11.0% | 0.60% |
| 3 | GIAX | Nicholas Global Equity and Income ETF | −3.4 pts | +15.8% | +19.1% | 23.3% | 1.03% |
| 4 | VEGA | AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF | −8.3 pts | +10.9% | +19.1% | 1.4% | 1.25% |
| 5 | XRMI | Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF | −8.7 pts | +10.5% | +19.1% | 12.1% | 0.60% |
Method
Every fund here sells options on ACWI, so they can be compared with each other on the one thing that separates them: what a holder finished with against simply holding ACWI. Cash paid is not that. A fund can lead this category on cash and sit at the bottom of this table, which is the whole reason the measure exists. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.
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