SPYI's 12% Yield Hides the Real Cost: 95% of Last Year's Payout Was Your Own Capital Coming Back

If you own NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF (CBOE:SPYI) for the roughly 12% monthly payout, look at your last statement and ask a harder question: how much of that check was income, and how much was the fund handing back the money you already gave it?

24/7 Wall Street • 7 hours ago

A Record $8.4 Trillion Sits in Money Markets Earning 3.5%, Exactly What Inflation Runs. Real Return: Zero

Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF (NYSEARCA:JAAA) holds floating-rate, AAA-rated collateralized loan obligation tranches from issuers like.

24/7 Wall Street • 11 hours ago

JEPI Holds $46 Billion and Is Up 5.8% This Year. Four Funds With the Same Job Beat It by Double Digits

Editor's note: This comparative analysis references six ETF tickers (JEPI, GPIQ, GPIX, DIVO, SPYI, FYEE) to fully evaluate the incumbent against its closest peers.

24/7 Wall Street • Aug 21, 2026

JEPI vs SPYI: After Comparing the Two Biggest S&P 500 Income ETFs, One Lets You Keep Far More of the Money

Income investors comparing the two largest S&P 500 covered-call ETFs, JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPI) and NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF (CBOE:SPYI), tend to fixate on headline distribution yield, but the figure that actually reaches a brokerage account after the IRS takes its cut can differ sharply between these two funds.

24/7 Wall Street • Aug 20, 2026

Two Yields, One SPYI ETF: 12% for the Marketing, 0.47% for the SEC

The NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF (BATS:SPYI) publishes two yield figures that appear to belong to different funds.

24/7 Wall Street • Aug 19, 2026

$500,000 and One Income ETF Slot: Which of SPYI, JEPQ and GPIQ Holds Up in a Dead Quiet Market?

The CBOE Volatility Index closed at 15.19 on August 17, 2026, sitting in the 12th percentile of its trailing 12-month range.

24/7 Wall Street • Aug 19, 2026

NEOS's ‘Boosted' S&P Fund Pays 17% While the Nasdaq Version Pays 21%

If you hold the NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF (NASDAQ:SPYI), you own it for one reason: a monthly distribution tied to the S&P 500 that clears roughly 12% annualized without asking you to sell equity.

24/7 Wall Street • Aug 19, 2026

5-15% Yields: The Ultimate 6 Monthly Dividend Mix For Early Retirement

Monthly dividend stocks are attractive income instruments, especially for retirees. I share a powerful mix of 6 high-quality monthly dividend payers. These monthly dividend payers yield between 5-15% and have strong underlying quality.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 19, 2026

Most of the SPYI ETF's 12% Payout Is Your Own Money Coming Back. The IRS Waits Until You Sell.

NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF (BATS:SPYI) holds the S&P 500 and writes index calls against it, producing an annualized payout of nearly $6.36 per share, with the ETF closing at $54.26.

24/7 Wall Street • Aug 18, 2026

Forget the 4 Percent Rule: These 3 ETFs Pay Up to 12 Percent So You Never Have to Sell a Share

The classic 4% withdrawal rule asks retirees to sell shares every year to fund living expenses, a plan that works until a bad market forces liquidation at the wrong time.

24/7 Wall Street • Aug 18, 2026