You can’t row the boat without “making waves” and if you are not rowing the boat you are likely only drifting where the currents take you. ~ Jerry Nix
As many of you know I love to buy and sell options. However, due to the fact that an option contract on a stock is like an ice cube left out of the freezer and it starts to melt on day one ... the longer you hold it the faster it melts. I've written several …
Had you purchased Apple Stock on 09/10/2001 - just one day before Al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon - you would have paid only $1.25 per share had you bought at that day's high (this assumes a split adjusted price tag on the stock). Had you invested $1,000 into the stock back …
No one liked my last post on "Options and Brackets" … so let's try this one out. I call this investment scheme "Not for the Faint at Heart" because it is one of those that could give you a heart attack if you let it. If not a heart attack … at least heart burn. …
In a previous article "Pigs get fed and Hogs get slaughtered" I talked about the importance of having a money management plan in place for your more volatile investments. Actually it makes sense for all investments that have a ready made market. Sorry, not very viable for real estate owners. What happens when there is no money …
When it comes to investing ... be a Pig not a Hog! What do I mean by this? I mean you have to have a game plan to make sure your need for growth does not turn into a habit of Greed. Even though Michael Douglas as 'Gordon Gekko' in the movie Wall Street said, "Greed …
Last week I wrote about Tariffs and China and the fact that you can't time the market. I will continue on that story today because the markets are still not participating very well if you are a holder or seller. If you are a buyer ... you should be doing quite well. I've titled this …
Market Shock? I looked at my family investments at the end of the day on Monday May 13th and saw that they were down a little more than $40,000 for the day (remember I do a lot of options investing which is a lot more volatile than simply stock investing). Everybody in the media - …
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