Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (NYSEARCA:VYLD) CEO Mary Erdoes Sells 5,732 Shares

Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (NYSEARCA:VYLD) CEO Mary Erdoes sold 5,732 shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $312.78, for a total value of $1,792,854.96. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 619,136 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $193,653,358.08. This trade represents a 0.92% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF Stock Performance

VYLD stock opened at $28.36 on Friday.

Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (NYSEARCA: VYLD) is an exchange-traded fund managed by Vanguard that combines broad exposure to large-cap U.S. equities with an options overlay designed to generate incremental income. The fund holds a portfolio intended to approximate the performance of the S&P 500 and implements a covered‑call (buy‑write) strategy, selling call options against the equity exposure to capture option premiums. This approach seeks to provide higher income than a plain‑vanilla S&P 500 index fund while maintaining substantial participation in the U.S.