One comparison of owning the S&P 500 compared to writing covered calls is to look at BXM and SPTR. All the data comes from the CBOE.
We compare the BXM Buy-Write Index with the SPTR, the total return S&P 500 index which includes dividends. The S&P index has near zero return for this time period.
The BXM return is slightly higher than SPTR, but the standard deviation of return is much lower. So the return is much less volatile, so higher quality.
Since June 1986 $1 invested in BXM would grow to over $6 while SPTR would be $5.4 and three month T bills would grow to $2.73
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