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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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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The US Government’s debt ceiling has been one of the most talked about. Themes in financial and non-financial circles for weeks. The un-parallelled levels of debt that have been created, almost beggar belief at more than $17trillion. A staggering figure and here is the question. What exactly does the US have to show for this
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Through the AIE Trade Me Recommendation service, all the hard work has been taken out of the decision-making process. Our analytical team explores the markets, crunches the numbers, evaluates the Risk, and selects trading positions. Each one of us has started with a various amount of investment capital, and with our own personal goals in
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The past couple of weeks have seen the pawl of smoke. With investors concerned over a US default – something that was never going to happen. The consequences for the long term health of the World’s largest economy. Were beyond what would be a pyrrhic victory for Republican party. This will likely be revisited again
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Trade of the Week RIO (ASX:RIO) – Bear Call Spread Option Strategy This week we took an early profit on a RIO bear call spread, 14 days prior to options expiration. The trade was entered on 11th Sept as a pair of spreads, namely a bull put on BHP. And the abovementioned bear call
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Dominating the headlines over the past week has been the US shutdown – where federal workers have been told to stay at home – effectively on unpaid leave. The reason for this – since the end of the US financial year (30th Sept) a new budget for 2013/14 has yet to be approved and hence
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This is an interesting headline and the sort of thing that many people view as being passive income. However, on considering this a little more, there are a few investment strategies that effectively work this way. With the stock market back at record highs, many are back out there. Promoting all sorts of systems for
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When it comes to investments, our main goal is the return. That’s why we get involved with trading the markets, investing in property, investing in growing industries and other types of investments. The big question is, if the main goal to make a return is there why do so many traders and investors struggle to
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Our mid-year Gold Price Prediction. In December last year, we published a report on potential future gold price movements. The following is from the final paragraph of our December article. “Take a stand and pick a direction, purely because contrarians are remembered. I will go out on a limb and say $1,200 an ounce here
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