Safest way to make 1% per month

What you are describing is a recipe for day trading. I think the OP is asking for a is passive investment strategy that averages 1% gain per month.

 

junior debt in small companies will pay 10 percent.

 

Buy and hold TQQQ, Stasi big tech is essential for authoritarian regimes.

 

I was thinking about cumulative non-redeemable preferred shares actually - they sit just above the junior in a waterfall.

 

same idea.

there will be marked to market risk if it’s publicly traded.

 

How is this a safe way when there are multiple drawdowns of more than 50% ?

 

you can try QYLD etf. yield is about 11-12% if you can overlook the shitty growth

 

are the QYLD monthly distributions considered a dividend from a tax perspective?

 

forget that, this strategy is underperforming its own index.

 

https://www.globalxetfs.com/content/files/Global-X-Covered-Call-ETF-Tax-Primer.pdf

In 2019, for example, the Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) made total distributions of $2.322700 per share. Of these distributions, $1.977693, or 85%, was treated as ordinary dividends/short term capital gains. $0.064376 (3%) was treated as long term capital gains. Last, $0.280631 (12%) was treated as return of capital