Topic: How To Invest

What is your opinion of The Webb Enhanced Income Fund? It appears to be paying around 8% annually. Thanks.

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The Webb Enhanced Income Fund is a mutual fund whose portfolio mainly consists of large-capitalization stocks. It also holds some income trusts and bonds. Resource shares make up the largest component of its stock holdings, at 41%. The fund lost 26.5% in the year ended June 30, 2009, compared to a loss of 29.6% for the S&P/TSX Index. The fund pays a $0.05 monthly distribution, which gives it an 8.2% yield based on the current unit price. The Webb Enhanced Income Fund aims to increase its returns by writing call options. Call-option holders have the option to buy the underlying shares from the fund at a specified price. The fund earns a premium on the call option, whether or not it’s exercised. The problem with covered-call writing is that you have to hold the stocks on which you’ve sold calls, even when prices drop; if you sell those stocks, your calls are no longer “covered”, and you expose yourself to far…