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
To answer this question let's first look at what a covered call is. What is a covered call? A covered call is when you buy (or already own) at least 100 shares of stock and you want to generate income by selling call options against the stock that you own. EXAMPLE: You believe that Microsoft …
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Why do I like Selling Put Options? Because for very little work one can generate a lot of income and positive returns that are better than normal stock market investment returns. Notice I said I am selling them and not buying them - but later you will see that I am also doing that (buying …
NOTE FROM AUTHOR: Working as a Financial Advisor to the general public for more than 42 years I was able to help a lot of people build a lot of wealth. Since I retired as a financial advisor and started writing stories on the blog almost 3 years ago, I've written several articles on Stocks …
If you end up "old and broke" you can blame the younger you for being broke! CASH and INFLATION Many people have been setting on the sidelines through the election of 2020 and the aftermath not sure of which way the market is headed. This is not to mention those that have been sitting on …
Are options better than stock? That is a question that I am asked often. In this live example I hope to show you why I like options better than stock. First in researching options I follow the same rules I'd follow if purchasing stock. Rule 1: does the chart of the stock show the price …
Yes this is the Big Lots! I am referring too. It seems that they now want to get into the credit card business. Of course they are doing this with the assistance of some bank knows as Comenity Capital Bank. I don't know much about this bank ... but if you would like to learn …
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Many times you may have heard some investment GURU exclaim that, "It is wise to Make the Trend your Friend." What are they referring too. Well it could be any number of stock technicals ... but today we will focus on only one ... the Moving Average of the Stock Price over various periods of …
The world was hit with a pandemic that we first heard of in February 2020. This pandemic was/is known as Coronavirus (aka Covid-19). It is called the China Virus by our current president Donald J Trump because it originated in Wuhan China. Needless to say by March 23, 2020 the market was at a low …
In this article it is my intent to share some money management techniques you can employ to protect your investments from taking severe losses during normal and abnormal market downturns. You've often heard that having an investment plan is important. Unfortunately, most believe in an investment plan when it comes to buying a security ... …
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There is not much that I like better than putting together a watch list of stocks that I can track and eventually come up with some good investment ideas that I can take advantage of. Before going much further it is important that you understand the following facts: Hindsight is 20/20. There is no guarantee …
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