Ethical Investing - The pitfalls

I was recently talking to a friend about investments and the subject of "Ethical" investing came up.
It's the idea of that investor who feels good with himself by not investing in companies whose practices go against his moral/ethical principles.

It sounds interesting....initially. Then you start to realize that depending on how completely "ethical" you want to be, you are quickly limited with your choices. Let's look at a few examples:

Comparison of BXM vs PUT indexes

This article appeared first on enhanced-investing.com (March 20, 2019)
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What is more efficient? Covered Call selling or Cash Secured Put selling? It obviously depends on the stock that is being played, but what we’d like is a “general” answer.

Passive Investing on Steroids

I recently had a chance to read Daniel Fernandez's  "Passive Investing on Steroids: Using Leverage to reduce Risk and Increase Returns" after months without reading anything investing related.

May SPX Elephant

Trade Details:

4 May SPX 2600/2590 Credit Put spread @0.65 credit each
2 May SPX 2960/2970 Credit Call spread @1.00 credit each

2 May SPY 297 Long Calls @0.50 debit each