An options strategy called a "box spread" is gaining steam by the billions as an alternative to Treasury bills and traditional loans. The tactic gets its name from the four-sided structure of options ...

Houston, we have liftoff. Treasury bill and other fixed-income yields soared past 5% in April 2023 and have stayed there, with the 1-year Treasury bill reaching 5.4% by September. This has sparked a ...

The Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF is a unique ETF that mimics 1-3 month T-bills using a complex box spread strategy. BOXX potentially offers tax benefits compared to traditional T-bills. I rate ...

BOXX ETF offers a unique value proposition by using box spreads for low-risk returns and tax efficiency, similar to short-term treasury ETFs. Despite its tax-deferred design, BOXX paid a distribution, ...

Exchange-traded funds have been praised for their improved tax efficiency over mutual funds, but the ETF tax advantage only applied to stock funds. Until now. Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF BOXX ...

CHICAGO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Unusual volume in options on the Standard & Poor's 500 index <.SPX> with strike prices more than 50 percent below the index's current level has tongues wagging in the ...