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Yield Enhancement

Income with a steadier ride. A focused income family in two profiles — a conservative, cash-plus core, and a moderate build that adds Main's BuyWrite overlay for equity-linked income.

Compare the two profiles
Income, without the reach.

Most income strategies ask you to stretch — longer duration, lower credit, or a single concentrated source of yield — and you wear the volatility that comes with it. Yield Enhancement is built the other way around: a high-quality, cash-plus core does the steady work, and an optional BuyWrite overlay adds an equity-linked income stream that behaves differently from rates.

Because the two pieces are modular, the strategy comes in two profiles. Match the one that fits how much equity participation a client wants alongside the income — and step between them as needs change.

Two profiles

Pick the income build that fits.

Same goal — a durable income stream with a steadier ride — at two points on the risk spectrum.

Conservative

Cash-plus core

No options overlay

A high-quality, short-leaning fixed income and cash-plus core built for stability. The most conservative way to hold the income sleeve — steady income with the lowest volatility profile in the family, and no equity-linked overlay.

  • Built fromCash-plus & high-quality fixed income
  • Equity participationMinimal
  • Best forThe most conservative income need
Moderate

Core + BuyWrite overlay

Adds the BuyWrite overlay

The same income-first foundation, with Main's BuyWrite strategy layered on — long-dated, in-the-money covered calls over a core equity portfolio. The overlay adds an equity-linked income stream and a measure of upside participation, for clients who can take a moderate step up in risk.

  • Built fromIncome core + BuyWrite overlay
  • Equity participationHedged, via covered calls
  • Best forIncome with some equity upside
What's inside

One foundation, one optional layer.

Both profiles start from the same income core. The Moderate profile adds a single, well-understood overlay on top.

Conservative

High-quality fixed incomeCore income
Cash-plusStability & liquidity

No options overlay. The income comes from the core itself, keeping the volatility profile low.

Moderate

High-quality fixed incomeCore income
BuyWrite overlayEquity-linked income

The BuyWrite overlay writes long-dated, in-the-money covered calls over a core equity portfolio — adding income that doesn't move with rates.

Where it fits

The income sleeve, matched to the client.

Yield Enhancement is the income-and-cushion piece of a portfolio. Lead with Conservative when stability is the priority; choose Moderate when the client can trade a little more volatility for equity-linked income and upside. Both pair naturally with the rest of Main's lineup.

Talk through the income picture.

Tell us what the income sleeve needs to do — we'll walk through which profile fits and how it sits alongside the core.