I received an email from a client this week asking me to take a look at a promotion they had received. It stated returns for a Covered Call position, a strategy I’ve been using for a decade with great success. But when I crunched the numbers, it seemed to a little bit mis-representative. Any good […]
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Our 2014 outrageous prediction for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) 2013 has been an interesting year for the Consumer giant as it has for the company’s shareholders. With huge pressure and expectation in the two years since Steve Jobs passed away, the business has continued to make inroads on a massive scale, as only Apple can. From
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ASX Dividends: Who’s our next target? ASX Dividend stocks have been the best friend of many investors over the last two years, providing substantial returns on share price movements, but also providing cash flow that comfortably exceeds the current RBA cash rate of 2.5%. From the beginning of 2013 through to the end of October,
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Depending on your point of view, the unembellished rise of the Stock Market throughout 2013 is either a well deserved return to profitability, or it is a precursor to the mother of all stock market collapses. If your view is the latter, then right now is the pinnacle of a bubble that could eclipse the
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Much has been made of the performance of the share markets, both here in Australia and in the US. Markets close to record highs, huge dividends and money being made left right and centre. However, despite the facts, there are plenty out there that are yet to be convinced. I guess the question is what
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Of course it is! Especially for the inexperienced investor. However, as a seasoned professional. I know there is a reasonable probability of achieving this type of return. And that the key to ongoing success is Money Management. Quite often novice traders are enticed to participate in the stock market with the dream of making riches.
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We entered an Iron Condor position on FaceBook (NASDAQ:FB) on the 23rd October 2013. This strategy is a non-directional outlook for the underlying share price. Using both Call and Put options. We sell the strategy to receive premium. And benefit from Time Decay and declining Implied Volatility. In fact, the strategy has very little to
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Covered Call writing has become the mainstay of my market exposure. It is my bread and butter, so to speak. I’ve implemented this strategy since 2003, dealing mostly with positions on the US stock markets. And while how I approach this strategy has changed very little in more than 10 years, there are some subtle
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With CSL Limited (CSL.AX) running hard since October options expiration, we have seen a decent improvement in our trade. At options expiry, we opted to roll our calls forward to November 67.00 Calls, collecting an additional $1.41 in call income and maintaining exposure to CSL. Today having closed at a combined price (stock and call)
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Apologies for the play on words – couldn’t help myself 5.10am at the airport and mulling over the week’s trading! That said and in all sincerity did you get your piece of the action this week with ANZ and NAB. Both announcing chunky profits and an outlook takes us right back to the halcyon days
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