My Financial Independence Journey » Entries tagged with "puts"
A subjective comparison of investment strategies
I’ve been involved in investing in some form or fashion for well over a decade. Over that time I’ve tried a number of different strategies including index funds, dividend growth (current favorite), and speculating. Each different type of investment requires a different level of knowledge to achieve entry level proficiency and carried with it a different level of risk. Hopefully, the list below will help you better understand which style of investing you may be … Read entire article »
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Selling Put Options with a Margin Account
I’ve written a lot about options in my three part options primer. I also wrote a brief primer about how a margin account works. What we need to do now is to put these two concepts together and discuss why you should be excited about the prospect of selling put options using a margin account. Using this strategy can seriously juice your returns if you are willing to take on the additional risk associated with … Read entire article »
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A Brief Primer on Options: Part 3 (Two ways to enhance your dividend growth portfolio with cash-secured puts)
In part one, we discussed what options are and why you might want to use them. In part two, we discussed how to read an options table as well as how to open and close option positions. Now that we’ve made it to part 3, we’re going to look at two ways that you can use cash-secured puts to enhance your dividend growth portfolio. Cash-secured puts are my flavor of options, and after reading this, … Read entire article »
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A Brief Primer on Options: Part 2 (Reading an options table, opening and closing options)
Previously, in part 1 of our options primer we discussed what options are and why you might want to use them. Now it’s time that we move onto part 2, where we’ll focus on how to read an options listing and how to go about selling cash-secured puts and covered calls. We’ll also cover how to escape from an option that you no longer want and remind you once again of the risks of dabbling … Read entire article »
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