homerbart

Looks Like It's Time to Buy Oil

write puts on the majors out of the money and collect fat paydays without the hassle of stock ownership

Five Sophisticated Gold and Silver Investment Strategies for 2009

you can do very nicely by writing out of the money puts on major oils,gold,and silver stocks..this will provide a wonderful source of cash flow on a monthly basis......beats the heck out of 9 to 5

Resolutions to Ensure a Smart Year of Investment

enhance the return by selling covered calls at a higher strike price and going a few months out to capture not only the dividend but the enormous option premium as well..


On Dec 29 11:58 AM Bob Lunn wrote:

> Good article. I would point out that the amount of risk you take
> is usually proportional to the amount of gain or pain that you will
> receive. I think a good starting position for investing is to invest
> in large cap, cash rich, good dividend companies.
>
> One example would be British Petroleum (BP). At a price of $44.7,
> it gives you a 7.5% return on your investment. Its not as safe as
> an FDIC insured 6 month CD, but its return is twice as high. As an
> investor you need to decide if the risk of BP going bankrupt is worth
> throwing away twice the amount of the return on the FDIC insured
> 6 month CD.
>
> Yes, if you loose your money, you may have not way to get it back,
> but the loss of potential gain going from a 100% no risk position
> to a 99% no risk position is usually very substantial. One thing
> you can be pretty sure of is that the bank offering that 100% zero
> risk investment is making a lot of money using your money. Its not
> necessary to go all in. Try it with a single share and see how it
> works. In the mean time pick up a few books on value or dividend
> investing. Knowledge is the key to investing. Always think along
> the lines of cutting out the middle men, particularly banks.

Five Sophisticated Gold and Silver Investment Strategies for 2009

truly a wonderful time to write covered calls on abx

Are Preferreds Staging a Comeback?

write covered calls instead


On Dec 27 01:56 PM hrant wrote:

> in 2009 I am looking for income period . PFF fits the bill .