Category: Investments
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Using Covered Calls to Generate Retirement Income
Many retirees draw down their portfolios to finance their retirement, but generating income can help stretch your savings much longer. While dividend stocks and bonds are popular income investments, covered…
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5 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Covered Calls
Here’s a hard truth: not every investor succeeds at building a profitable portfolio. Sometimes it’s the market’s unpredictability, but more often it’s because newer investors lack a clear strategy. In…
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The Risk of Covered Calls: What You Need to Know Before Trading Options
Covered calls are one of the most popular options strategies for generating extra income. They’re often considered less risky than many other option strategies, but that doesn’t mean they’re risk-free.…
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Starting a Position with a Covered Straddle
There are many different option strategies that investors can use to generate an income. While covered calls generate income from an existing long stock position, a covered straddle can be…
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Generating Income with Cash Secured Puts
Options are often seen as speculative instruments for traders, but many investors use them to generate income. In fact, the most sophisticated option traders use them to reduce risk, limit…
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Generate Portfolio Income in Retirement
In an ideal world, retirees would have so much money saved before retirement that they could hang up their hat without having to work for another dollar. However, portfolio income…
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Can Option Trading Really Give You Safer Retirement Income?
Option trading may sound like a risky endeavor, but like most investments, it’s only as risky as you make it. After all, stock investing can be incredibly risky if you’re…
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Emotions Are an Investor’s Worst Enemy
Humans are hardwired for survival, but this innate motivation to stay safe can be fundamentally at odds with investment success. Emotional responses to market volatility—especially fear and greed—can trigger impulsive…
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When Should You Roll a Covered Call?
Covered call options are often pitched as a low-risk way to generate an income on a long-term stock position. While you boost income with a covered call, there can be…
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How to Choose the Right Covered Call Expirations
Covered calls are a popular strategy for generating income from a portfolio of stocks. While the strategy may seem straightforward, investors must decide between various strike prices and expiration dates…