billb's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/61391/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/93250-chart-of-the-day-palin-on-intrade?source=feed#comment-241773 241773 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:44:12 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/93095-will-you-look-back-on-today-as-your-greatest-missed-opportunity?source=feed#comment-241047 241047 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:44:49 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/92677-stock-screen-price-momentum-fundamentals-profits?source=feed#comment-239083 239083 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:51:01 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/90958-a-quick-buywrite-etf-update?source=feed#comment-230288 230288 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:57:05 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/88730-more-of-the-same-numbers-for-employment?source=feed#comment-221465 221465 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:42:49 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/88344-the-recession-began-in-q4-07-is-the-end-near?source=feed#comment-219607 219607
I count only 1.
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I count only 1.
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I have not tried this myself, have only read of it.]]> Thu, 22 May 2008 10:38:44 -0400
I have not tried this myself, have only read of it.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/77872-expecting-a-ppi-shock?source=feed#comment-170140 170140 Mon, 19 May 2008 14:52:58 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/77539-etfs-a-screened-list?source=feed#comment-168789 168789 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:07:13 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/77267-compound-stock-earnings-programs-how-much-is-hucksterism?source=feed#comment-167563 167563
Seriously though, just like any other option strategy, there are risks. Options can be as conservative or as risky as you want them to be. From a pure risk/reward perspective, a covered call is one of the riskiest of strategies. You still hold all of the risk of the stock going to 0 and only a slight percentage gain if the stock goes to the moon and therefore called away. The probability that the stock is going to 0 or to the moon is pretty slim and this is why CC's can seem like viable strategies over time. I think on low vol stocks over time, this may be a reasonable strategy for someone who's not concerned with taxable events being generated and having to actively manage their account.

Just to add my 2 cents, if anyone thinks a newsletter, a seminar or a website is going to let them in on "little known secrets the pros don't want you to know", then all I can say is I hope whatever you lost was small and the lesson learned was big. There are no shortcuts, do your own homework.]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 13:50:22 -0400
Seriously though, just like any other option strategy, there are risks. Options can be as conservative or as risky as you want them to be. From a pure risk/reward perspective, a covered call is one of the riskiest of strategies. You still hold all of the risk of the stock going to 0 and only a slight percentage gain if the stock goes to the moon and therefore called away. The probability that the stock is going to 0 or to the moon is pretty slim and this is why CC's can seem like viable strategies over time. I think on low vol stocks over time, this may be a reasonable strategy for someone who's not concerned with taxable events being generated and having to actively manage their account.

Just to add my 2 cents, if anyone thinks a newsletter, a seminar or a website is going to let them in on "little known secrets the pros don't want you to know", then all I can say is I hope whatever you lost was small and the lesson learned was big. There are no shortcuts, do your own homework.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/74971-yield-curve-looks-like-may-2003-again?source=feed#comment-159708 159708 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:00:11 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/74548-market-is-partying-like-it-s-1999?source=feed#comment-158468 158468 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:33:24 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/73540-will-u-s-markets-crash-now-or-later?source=feed#comment-155097 155097 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:50:06 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/72516-how-to-solve-the-housing-crisis-tomorrow?source=feed#comment-151732 151732 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:17:33 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/66898-commodities-bubble-needs-to-burst?source=feed#comment-121692 121692 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:58:27 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/66089-is-this-the-end-of-the-small-cap-cycle?source=feed#comment-119162 119162
But you're saying that you think this is some sort of long term change from small to large. I see no indication that that's true. Why would this time be any different? ]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:36:18 -0500
But you're saying that you think this is some sort of long term change from small to large. I see no indication that that's true. Why would this time be any different? ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/57537-can-the-average-investor-profit-from-the-very-rich?source=feed#comment-113718 113718 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:28:19 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/62089-chinese-bear-market-enters-unlucky-numerical-ground?source=feed#comment-113482 113482 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:45:03 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/59708-this-bear-s-just-about-played-out?source=feed#comment-109402 109402 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:06:20 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/59529-mark-cuban-is-the-stock-market-still-for-suckers?source=feed#comment-109265 109265 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:17:26 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/59551-why-i-m-buying-circuit-city-calls?source=feed#comment-109198 109198 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:49:30 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/59551-why-i-m-buying-circuit-city-calls?source=feed#comment-109160 109160 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:44:26 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/59398-the-stock-market-an-excellent-predictor-of-u-s-recessions?source=feed#comment-108916 108916 themarketskeptic.com/a...

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