Daily Posts Archive
The market will be closed on Monday in celebration of Labor Day, so if the market does not make a big move tomorrow, the price of options will get hit extremely hard. Why do options lose significant amounts of value ahead of a long weekend?
I often get asked, “How do you choose which call to sell when executing a Buy-Write?” Another question I often get is about volatility. Here are answers, using ABT.
Back on July 27, in a column titled “Sell Apple,” I told you that Apple, the world’s most loved and most highly valued company, was likely past its point of peak perception. I suggested that even though the company would continue to grow, its stock would suffer as investors slowly sold and went searching for the next Apple. (Precedents include both IBM and Microsoft.) Since that day, of course, the broad market has fallen apart, and it’s enlightening to see how certain stocks have behaved since then.
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Every month in his Investment Advisory newsletter, Stansberry & Associates Investment Research founder Porter Stansberry alerts his subscribers to several types of investments: 1) “No Risk” stocks that represent ultra-safe, long-term investments 2) “Next Boom” recommendations that feature undervalued stocks poised for growth, and 3) “Forever” stocks that are cheap...
Signal Investor provides members with investment strategies powered by sophisticated software systems, designed and developed by Mike and his team of software engineers. Mike’s background in finance, computer science and engineering provide a solid foundation for Signal Investor’s rule based trading approach. He doesn’t rely on instincts, emotions, or analyst...
Nate’s Notes is a monthly newsletter focused on helping individual investors grow their net worth over time via a disciplined, long-term approach to investing in the stock market. Emphasis is placed on finding companies with “best of class” products and management teams, and then establishing (and hopefully adding to)...
For more than two decades Roger Conrad has scoured the earth to help his followers make millions from the best income investments available. Today, Roger insists no income investor should overlook Master Limited Partnerships, because yields are high and capital gains are soaring—some more than 400%. These investments are tax-deferred,...