From time to time I come across age pensioners whose life is now miserable because they’ve found themselves with what is to them, overwhelming credit card and other debt. On a pension, unless they leave themselves short, they often find that can’t make the repayments.
When talking to me, some of [...]
I practice what I preach and I preach diversification. The answer to keeping your financial head above water in this unpredictable market is all about diversification. That doesn’t mean to spread your investment opportunities simply over a number of stocks or within a few commercial sectors. It means to broaden your investment opportunities over a [...]
Lost in all of the media frenzy surrounding Wall Street, the “meltdown” and the sub-prime lending debacle are certain lessons from history that can offer some useful perspective – and even have a calming effect. Economic “bubbles” are nothing new, and contrary to what the media might have you think, they don’t signal the end [...]
Stock option trading has always given the traders additional work of not just predicting correctly the security’s price. They also must choose the best option for trading strategies. But most stock traders incorrectly figure they can easily make the change from stocks to options.In order to make systems on option trading an on-going basis, the [...]
Warren Buffet has become something of a modern day financial icon. A beacon to the success that can be achieved in the free markets. He has just been officially named as the richest man in the world, worth a staggering $62 billion. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, has beaten the S&P 500 index by 14.65% over [...]
So it looks like we have avoided a 1930’s style depression however the current forecasts still suggest slow growth and a difficult time ahead. So what should you do in a difficult environment with your own finances?If we were to be honest with ourselves, then we should probably accept that we can improve on at [...]
Trader George Fontanills first began utilizing options in order to go “delta neutral” on his futures positions, which would allow him to “still sleep well at night.” Since he began using options in conjunction with his futures trading, Fontanills believes he has found a way to accelerate his profits while decreasing his risk.
Fontanills began his [...]
I’ll assume in this article that you already have the basic understanding of stocks and options. If not then it would be worthwhile to read about these investments first. The covered call strategy brings together stocks and options to form a third strategy…a cash flow strategy. The covered call strategy has a number of benefits [...]