Insider Selling: Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLD) CEO Sells $1,756,035.71 in Stock

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLD) CEO Mary Erdoes sold 5,731 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $306.41, for a total value of $1,756,035.71. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 613,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $187,953,426.05. This trade represents a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN stock traded up $0.19 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $28.07. 15 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,010. Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN has a twelve month low of $14.30 and a twelve month high of $29.68.

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.