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Secular Bear Market, Secular Bull Market, Bull and Bear MarketSecular Bear Market Investing: investing in individual, high quality, dividend paying and dividend growing companies is always a sound strateg, but it's essential during secular bear markets. Volatility Risk, Volatility vs Risk, Volatility and RiskVolatility Risk - How the risk of volatility differs between investors and traders. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Volatility Risk, Volatility vs Risk, Volatility and Risk" The Essential Leveraged Investing GuideThe Essential Leveraged Investing Guide: Accelerate your investments and grow richer faster. All for less than the price of dinner. Permalink -- click for full blog post "The Essential Leveraged Investing Guide" Best Option StrategiesIn 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. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Best Option Strategies" Portfolio Rebalancing, Long Term Investing, Dividend Growth InvestingIn 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. Marty Whitman at Columbia Investment Management Conference - 2/27/2010Gurufocus.com has a piece featuring famed value investor Marty Whitman at the Columbia Investment Management Conference on 2/27/2010. Retirement Investment Options, What is Investing, Option Trading StrategiesWhen 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. Investing in Index Funds, Long Term Investing, Self Directed InvestingThere are what I consider to be three major drawbacks to investing in index funds. Rolling Down and Out - Adjusting a Naked Put PositionHere's a real example of rolling down and out to adust a short, or naked, put position I wrote on INTC. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Rolling Down and Out - Adjusting a Naked Put Position" Performance of MLPs in Q4 2009Here'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. Updated Buffett Holdings - 4Q 2009Hot 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 . . . Option Adjustment Strategies and Option Adjustment ExamplesWhenever 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. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Option Adjustment Strategies and Option Adjustment Examples" Rolling Down - An Option Adjustment ExamplePlease 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. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Rolling Down - An Option Adjustment Example" Dividend Stock Investing, Dividend Investing, Stocks That Pay DividendsDividend stock investing is simply investing in stocks that pay dividends. But which are the best dividend stocks? Divided Government, the Stock Market, and Long Term InvestingAs a long term investor in the stock market, I long for divided government. Long Term Investing, Quality Investing, Stock Investing AdviceAlthough stock options are short term instruments, there are powerful advantages to using them for long term investing. Trading Stock Options Q&A, Question About OptionsThe Trading Stock Options Q&A Page is a collection of discussions involving, and responses to, a variety of questions related to option trading. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Trading Stock Options Q&A, Question About Options" Interest and Options, Writing Puts, Option IncomeQuestion: Interest and Options - Do I get charged interest for writing puts? Permalink -- click for full blog post "Interest and Options, Writing Puts, Option Income" Option Income, The Hidden Risk of Option Income Trading, Option TradingI 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. About Great Option Trading Strategies, Option Trading, Long Term InvestingAbout Great Option Trading Strategies
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