Options

19 Mar
Here’s How To Short Stocks With Almost No Risk
Shorting can also be like buying insurance. Have you insured your car and house? Of course you have, but have you insured your portfolio?

I’ll discuss a few ways to hedge yourself but also how to make money on the downside.

Introduction

In my last few articles I’ve discussed the macro view on going short, the micro view on what to look for, and why you shouldn’t even think about going short. But if you’re still interested in going short, this article will go more into detail on the process of going short and will also discuss a few shorting/hedging opportunities to see what the returns could be, and most importantly, what the risks are. More →
By Sven Carlin Investiv Daily Options Shorting
11 May
Sven’s View On Options
Options allow for outsized returns, but unlike most stocks, they can also lead to unlimited losses or a total loss of the investment in the best case negative scenario.

However, returns of 1,000% aren’t rare and options are a great way to increase your income or protect your returns.

As options have an expiration date and some carry unlimited risks, you should really only use them if you know what you are doing.

Introduction

An Investiv Daily subscriber recently asked me what I think about options as I never write about them.

Options have become very attractive in this environment of low dividend yields and high price to earnings (P/E) ratios, especially for those who want to achieve extra income by writing options (writing an option involves opening an option position with the sale of a contract where the buyer gets the right to buy or sell a certain stock at a certain price for a period of time while the seller gets the option premium).

Today we’ll discuss options, different types of options, how can they be used, and when and who should use them. More →
By Sven Carlin Investing Strategy Investiv Daily Options
09 Apr

Sunday Edition: How Bad IS the Worst-Case Scenario?

If there is any single issue that generates more uncertainty, anxiety, and questions than any other about the Rebel Income system, I think it may be the perceived downside that comes with a stock assignment. Some of that uncertainty is a good thing, because it is true that selling put options (considered a naked transaction by brokers) without an understanding of the potential consequences leaves you more exposed to risk. However, I also believe that most of the fear that people tend to have about put selling is misinformed. More →

By Thomas Moore Investing Strategy Investiv Daily Options Sunday Edition
02 Apr

Sunday Edition: Should You Use Stop Losses?

Occasionally I get emails from subscribers about my approach to stop losses on the stocks I hold in my portfolio. If you’ve subscribed to my Rebel Income, I expect that you’ve noticed I never write about stop losses on stocks I am assigned from my put selling trades. This isn’t a simple case of omission, but instead a deliberate piece of the income generation system I use. I don’t use stop losses on any stock I am assigned on purpose. More →

By Thomas Moore Investing Strategy Investiv Daily Options Sunday Edition
01 Jan

Sunday Edition: Pitfalls & Risks Of Chasing Yields

When the purpose of your investments is to generate useful income, it’s natural to look around at all of the different investment vehicles available to you to find the highest yield for your dollar. The problem is that in today’s economic environment, investment yields work much differently than they did 20 or 30 years ago. More →

By Thomas Moore Dividends Investing Strategy Investiv Daily Options Sunday Edition
11 Dec

Sunday Edition: Pigs Get Fat – Hogs Get Slaughtered

The saying I’m using for today’s headline gets used in a lot of different settings, so the odds are pretty good that just about everybody has heard it at one time or another. When I started to learn about directional, short-term trading strategies like swing and trend trading, I had this idea drilled into my head to reinforce the mindset that acting quickly on exit signals, especially if I was profitable, was far better than waiting on the mere hope the stock might keep moving in my favor and give me a bigger profit. It was useful to me then because it helped me start to learn and develop the discipline to disconnect my emotions as much as possible from the investments I made. More →

By Thomas Moore Dividends Investing Strategy Investiv Daily Options Sunday Edition
02 Oct

Sunday Edition: Diversification or Accumulation?

Joel Greenblatt, in my opinion, is one of the greatest value investors of all time.

One thing that sets him apart from many other investors is his willingness to concentrate on a handful of deeply undervalued companies rather than diminish his returns through over diversification, or as Warren Buffett once said “diworsification.”

So how many stocks is the right amount to own to be diversified enough, yet not diminish your potential returns? More →

By Thomas Moore Diversification Investing Strategy Investiv Daily Options Sunday Edition
25 Sep

Sunday Edition: Why Assignments From Put Sales Enhance Income Generation

I have wanted to write this for quite some time because it needs to be said. I’m sure I will piss off a few people but I can live with that if a few others grasp the wealth building concept I’m trying to make.

A little over two years ago we launched our Rebel Income newsletter with a focus on income generation by selling put options, collecting dividends, and writing covered calls.

The impetus behind launching this service was the current retirement crisis where most retirees have severely underfunded retirement accounts—the average account balance of those between the age of 55-64 is $104,000—and we live in a world of negative interest rates. More →

By Thomas Moore Dividends Investing Strategy Investiv Daily Options Panic Selling Sunday Edition
28 Aug

Sunday Edition: The Misunderstood Role of Stock Dividends

In Today’s reprint of Thomas’ Rebel Income newsletter ($1,164 annual subscription), he discusses the often overlooked but incredibly important role dividends play in your overall returns.

As you’ll see, over the last 25 years, $1 invested in 1990 has grown to almost $10 today including dividends. Whereas that same $1 without dividends has only grown to $6. That’s a 40% difference in overall wealth creation.

In the Rebel Income picks, Thomas always looks to sell put options on fundamentally solid companies that pay strong dividends, since dividends are the single best indicator of true company strength. More →

By Thomas Moore Dividends Investiv Daily Options Stocks Sunday Edition
21 Aug

Sunday Edition: Stop Losses and Value-Oriented Income Generation

Today’s Sunday Edition discusses the biggest reason why your investments might be underperforming, and why the Rebel Income system isn’t subject to this one fatal flaw, which might explain the nearly 30% annual returns over the last two years.

In a study conducted by Dalbar Inc.—the nation’s leading financial services market research firm—through 2014, the 20-year annualized S&P return was 9.85% while the 20-year annualized return for the average equity mutual fund investor was only 5.19%, a gap of 4.66%. More →

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