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About BMO COVERED CALL UTILIT ETF CAD UNITS
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Inception date
Oct 20, 2011
Structure
Canadian Mutual Fund Trust (ON)
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Eligible dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Primary advisor
BMO Asset Management, Inc.
The fund applies a covered call option (or buy-write) strategy on the utilities segment of the Canadian equity market. The fund holds underlying stock positions on utilities, which is defined widely as it also includes telecommunication and pipeline companies, and writes call options out of the money. Call options, which are either exchange-traded or over-the-counter, are selected based on the option's implied volatility. The funds strategy enables investors to earn call option premiums and have tax-efficient distributions. The option premium provides investors with limited downside protection. The funds underlying portfolio is equally weighted and undergoes annual rebalancing and reconstitution in June and December, respectively. Options are rolled forward upon expiry.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Utilities
Communications
Industrial Services
Stocks94.69%
Utilities59.51%
Communications21.60%
Industrial Services13.25%
Bonds, Cash & Other5.31%
ETF4.88%
Government0.65%
Cash0.13%
Rights & Warrants−0.35%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
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Dividends
Dividend payout history