Taiwan Stock Splits and ETF Unit Splits
Taiwan stock splits happen two ways: a company par value change and an ETF unit split. Where each is announced, and what actually changes for a holder.
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Covered Call Closed-End Funds vs ETFs
Covered call closed-end funds trade at a premium or discount to NAV and pay by policy, which makes a headline yield mean something different than in an ETF.
Monthly Dividend ETFs: Who Actually Pays
Monthly dividend ETFs pay 12 times a year. See which fund families actually do it, why the headline yield is not comparable, and when the cash lands.
Mutual Fund Frequent Trading Limits Explained
Mutual fund frequent trading limits explained: what Rule 22c-2 actually permits, and why the prospectus, not your broker, defines a round trip window.
Why ETFs Split and Reverse Split
Why ETFs split and reverse split: NAV per share divides, total assets hold, and a leveraged fund's reverse split resets the quote without undoing decay.
ETF Relative Strength and Alpha Attribution
ETF relative strength ranks funds by 20-session return versus SPY. See what alpha attribution does to the intercept once the benchmark actually fits.
How Buffer ETFs Work: Caps and Resets
Buffer ETFs absorb the first slice of index losses and cap your upside to pay for it. Here is the payoff math, and why mid period buyers get a different deal.
ETN vs ETF: the credit risk you own
ETN vs ETF: one owns assets, the other is unsecured bank debt. See what happened to holders when issuers failed or called the notes, with the data.
Contango and Roll Yield in Commodity ETFs
Contango explains why a commodity ETF can lose money while spot stays flat. See the roll trade, the arithmetic over twelve rolls, and real fund data.
What Is Form N-PORT? Fund Holdings Filing
What is Form N-PORT? The monthly SEC portfolio report that lists a fund's full holdings, derivatives, borrowings and liquidity buckets, line by line.
SEC 30-Day Yield vs Distribution Yield
SEC 30-day yield vs distribution yield: what each number measures, and why the same fund can advertise two very different figures on the same day.
How ETF Creation and Redemption Works
ETF creation and redemption is the primary market retail never sees. How authorized participants swap baskets for shares, and why that loop pins price to NAV.
Return of Capital in ETF Distributions
Return of capital is the gap between a covered call ETF's headline distribution rate and its dividend yield. Here is what each part does to your cost basis.
ETF Premium and Discount to NAV, Explained
An ETF premium or discount to NAV measures the pricing mechanism more than the portfolio. Here is how the gap forms, and the checks that catch a false alarm.
Mutual Funds vs ETFs: What Actually Differs
Mutual funds vs ETFs: one price a day at NAV against a live market price. See what really differs in pricing, spreads, capital gains, and share classes.
SCHD vs VOO: Why the Dividend Yields Differ
SCHD screens for dividends, VOO holds the whole S&P 500. See how far apart their yields sit, what the screen selects, and how the SEC yield differs.
How Leveraged ETFs Work (and Why They Decay)
How 3x leveraged ETFs like SOXL actually work, why they can beat or lag their multiple over time, and why inverse funds such as SOXS keep reverse-splitting.
Sector Scorecard H1 2026: Winners and Losers
All eleven S&P 500 sector ETFs ranked for H1 2026: the winners and losers, the Q1-to-Q2 rotation, breadth inside each sector, and what each costs to trade.