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Best High-Yield and Monthly Income ETFs

Funds built to pay out as much as they can, often monthly. They reach for yield through high-yield bonds, preferred shares, covered-call strategies or option income on a single stock. A larger payout usually means a larger risk to the principal. Each fund is graded against the other funds in its own category.

Categories for High Income

The categories for High Income, by Group
CategoryFundsAssetsCategory return, YTDA or B shareTop graded fundCheapest fund

Built for this goal

High Yield Bond

US High Yield85$116B+0.1%49 of 85ASPHYASCYB
International High Yield Bond13$4.31B+0.4%7 of 13AHYDBAHYDB

Option Income

Nasdaq-100 Option Income31$80B+11.4%15 of 31AQQACQCLR
S&P 500 Active Option Income15$60.4B+6.5%7 of 15AJEPIASPIN
S&P 500 Option Income52$40.2B+10.7%29 of 52ACSHIBPEPS
Active Option Income51$12.6B+10.7%19 of 51ARECIARECI
Index Option Income25$10.6B—13 of 25ALQDWALQDW
Other Index Option Income24$5.03B—10 of 24ADJIACDYLG
Single-Stock Option Income71$3.64B—30 of 71AKWINAKWIN
Treasury Option Income13$3.49B+0.5%4 of 13ABENJATLTW
Russell 2000 Option Income9$2.95B+9.2%5 of 9ARYLDARYLG
Crypto Option Income21$2.46B—4 of 21ABITAABITA
Gold & Metals Option Income12$2.05B−7.6%4 of 12AIAUICYGLD
Nvidia (NVDA) Option Income7$1.49B—1 of 7BNVIT—XVNV
MicroStrategy (MSTR) Option Income5$1.18B—2 of 5BWNTRCMSST
Sector Option Income22$971M+14.7%12 of 22AXLSIBXLEI
Tesla (TSLA) Option Income9$783M—2 of 9BCRSH—XVTS
Autocallable Income10$131M————IACL

Specialty Bonds

Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO)34$58.1B+3.6%13 of 34ACLOAAPAAA
Preferred Securities31$40.6B−2.5%16 of 31APFFDBEVPF
Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar)17$23.5B−1.1%10 of 17AVWOBAVWOB
Bank Loan11$11.7B+2.3%4 of 11BLVLNBLVLN
Multi-Sector Bond Income23$4.6B+0.5%9 of 23AVGMSBHISF
Multi-Sector Securitized Bond11$3.37B—1 of 11ANSCICWDE

Target Maturity Bond

Defined-Maturity High Yield21$5.99B+1.5%12 of 21AIBHFAIBHF

Multi-Asset & Alternatives

Multi-Asset Income15$3.66B+6.6%7 of 15AINCMBFTBI
Closed-End Fund Portfolios7$2.06B+2.4%3 of 7BFCEFBCCEF

Also fits this goal

Municipal Bond

High-Yield Municipal Bonds19$18.6B−1.4%14 of 19ACGHMAFMUB

Specialty Bonds

Emerging Markets Bonds (Local Currency)7$6.63B+1.3%3 of 7AEMLCAEMLC

Themes

Listed Private Markets12$3.73B−4.4%5 of 12AGTPEBGPZ

Single-Stock Leveraged

Leveraged Single-Stock Income17$835M+31.1%7 of 17AAAPWCTDAX

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