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Mar 10, 2010, Best Option Strategies
In your own quest for the best option strategies, the biggest potential mistake you want to eliminate beforehand is adopting a trading or investing philosophy that doesn’t actually suit you.
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Mar 6, 2010, Portfolio Rebalancing, Long Term Investing, Dividend Growth Investing
In a piece he wrote about portfolio rebalancing on Seeking Alpha, Joseph Shaefer of Stanford Wealth Management made some provocative comments about buy and hold investing. Here's my response.
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Feb 28, 2010, Marty Whitman at Columbia Investment Management Conference - 2/27/2010
Gurufocus.com has a piece featuring famed value investor Marty Whitman at the Columbia Investment Management Conference on 2/27/2010.
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Feb 25, 2010, Retirement Investment Options, What is Investing, Option Trading Strategies
When it comes to retirement investment options, I believe there are basically three categories of choices that determine what kind of retirement we're going to have.
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Feb 25, 2010, Investing in Index Funds, Long Term Investing, Self Directed Investing
There are what I consider to be three major drawbacks to investing in index funds.
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Feb 24, 2010, Rolling Down and Out - Adjusting a Naked Put Position
Here's a real example of rolling down and out to adust a short, or naked, put position I wrote on INTC.
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Feb 18, 2010, Performance of MLPs in Q4 2009
Here's a piece from Tickerspy's Owen Vater discussing the performance and run up of MLPs in the 4th quarter based on recent SEC filings by institutional investors.
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Feb 17, 2010, Updated Buffett Holdings - 4Q 2009
Hot off the presses - Berkshire Hathaway's SEC filings detailing changes to the company's equity holdings.
Buffett reduced holdings in COP, JNJ, PG, and XOM while increasing stakes in BDX, IRM, RSG, and WFC.
For more details and analysis . . .
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Jan 25, 2010, Option Adjustment Strategies and Option Adjustment Examples
Whenever I come across good examples of an option adjustment strategies, I like to write a page about it. Theoretical examples are OK, but I find that real world examples make better illustrations.
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Jan 25, 2010, Rolling Down - An Option Adjustment Example
Please note: this is an example of rolling down an option position (short or naked put) for illustration purposes. It shouldn't be construed as a specific trading or investing recommendation.
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Jan 25, 2010, Dividend Stock Investing, Dividend Investing, Stocks That Pay Dividends
Dividend stock investing is simply investing in stocks that pay dividends. But which are the best dividend stocks?
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Jan 20, 2010, Divided Government, the Stock Market, and Long Term Investing
As a long term investor in the stock market, I long for divided government.
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Jan 18, 2010, Long Term Investing, Quality Investing, Stock Investing Advice
Although stock options are short term instruments, there are powerful advantages to using them for long term investing.
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Jan 16, 2010, Trading Stock Options Q&A, Question About Options
The Trading Stock Options Q&A Page is a collection of discussions involving, and responses to, a variety of questions related to option trading.
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Jan 16, 2010, Interest and Options, Writing Puts, Option Income
Question: Interest and Options - Do I get charged interest for writing puts?
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Jan 15, 2010, The Essential Leveraged Investing Guide
The Essential Leveraged Investing Guide: Accelerate your investments and grow richer faster. All for less than the price of dinner.
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Jan 12, 2010, Option Income, The Hidden Risk of Option Income Trading, Option Trading
I certainly have nothing against option income, but there's a hidden risk involved in these kind of option trading strategies that the individual would do well to guard against.
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Jan 9, 2010, About Great Option Trading Strategies, Option Trading, Long Term Investing
About Great Option Trading Strategies
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Jan 7, 2010, Why Dividend Growth Investing is Superior to Growth Investing
The great advantage that dividend growth investing in superior companies has over growth investing is that your yield (and your income), increases in both bull and bear markets alike.
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Jan 6, 2010, Dividend Achievers, Dividend Aristocrats, Dividend Stock Investing
Dividend Achievers and Aristocrats - If you invest in dividend paying companies that regularly increase their payouts, your effective yield keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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