JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF

JEPQ

Market cap $40.2B

The Nasdaq-100 income ETF category has grown crowded fast, and expense ratios now vary by nearly a full percentage point between the cheapest and priciest options.

If you own JPMorgan NASDAQ Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) for the fat monthly checks, the fund is doing exactly what the brochure promised.

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The JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) is doing something that should not really work, paying roughly a 10.5% distribution yield while its share price grinds toward record territory in a Nasdaq-100 rally.

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Investors who bought JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) got a straightforward pitch: keep most of the Nasdaq-100's upside, collect a fat monthly check, and let JPMorgan's equity-linked notes do the options work.

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