Making a Trade
Of all the aspects of trading and investing, this is one of the most simple and, potentially, tricky. It is also (in my humble opinion) one of the most fun. The reason it can be tricky is because of...
View ArticleCollars
Taking our options trades one step further, another one of the options strategies I use quite often is the Collar. With a Collar a Call is sold against shares that are owned (or purchased at the time...
View ArticleLeverage
Whether we realize it or not, from the time we are little we make use of leverage. In the simplest of terms leverage is defined as: noun lev·er·age 1. the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots...
View ArticleMini Options
On March 18, 2013 Mini Options will begin trading on many exchanges. The new Mini contracts will represent 10 shares of an underlying security, rather than the 100 shares standard options contracts...
View ArticleWill The Rally Continue?
This morning I read the following article which was provided by The Wall Street Journal’s “The Morning MarketBeat.” Though the facts are interesting, and though the case for a continued market rally is...
View ArticleFundamentals (The Nitty Gritty of Investing)
Catch me a fish and I will eat today, teach me to fish and I will eat every day. One of the most important tasks an investor must undertake is the careful oversight of his or her investments. Like that...
View ArticleDéjà vu All Over Again: Is the S&P 500 Stuck In A Sideways Trading Pattern?
“Maybe God isn’t omnipotent. Maybe he’s just been around so long, he knows everything.” For those who may be familiar with the movie, the above quote comes from Bill Murray’s character Phil Connors in...
View ArticleUSB: An Unusually Safe Bank — OR — An Unscrupulous Self-serving Bank?
Company: A long-time favorite of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, U.S. Bancorp (USB), over the decades, has been considered one of the safest U.S. financial institutions in which to invest. Over the...
View ArticleOutsiders Sometimes Know Best
After posting my last article, I decided to go back in history to locate some information that I thought would be pertinent for this particular moment in time. I decided to do so because I felt very...
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