Thursday, August 30, 2007

Ideal Strategy for Covered Calls

Buy a stock on a dip. Let the stock recover, and then sell a covered call.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Covered Call Weekly 8/26/2007

Buy 100 shares of Motorola (MOT) at 30.97 for $3097.
Sell the September 2007 Call at 30 at 1.60 for $160.
One month return is 5.16%.

Covered Call Weekly 8/26/2007

Buy 100 shares of CV Therapeutics (CVTX) at 10.05 for $1005
Sell September 2007 Call at 10 for 1.25 for $125
One Month Return = 12.4%

The Golden Years: European Style: Weekend - Yahoo! Finance

The Golden Years: European Style: Weekend - Yahoo! Finance Technorati tags:

Tax havens in Switzerland, Andorra, Italy, and the UK for retirement.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Covered Call Weekly 8/20/07

Buy 100 shares of Nokia (NOK) at 29.65 for $2965
Sell one Nokia 30 call for August 2007 at 1.05 for $105.
One month return of 3.5%.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Just Live, Baby! - New York Times

Just Live, Baby! - New York Times: "“These are the greatest athletes in the world,” John Madden once said. “They’re like artists. And if you take their creativity away from them by making them robotic, then they’re going to play like robots.” "

Greatest John Madden quote ever.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Covered Call Weekly

Buy 100 shares of Nokia (NOK) at 29.37 at 2937.
Sell 1 September 07 contract for 100.
Return 3.4%.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Covered Call Weekly

MOT 100 shares at 16.84.
Sell September Call at 17 for 0.55
3.26% return

Sunday, August 05, 2007

Covered Call Weekly 8/05/07

100 Shares of Texas Instruments (TXN) at 33.74
Sell September Call at 35 for 1.09
Total Profit if price reaches 35 is $225 in one month on a $3374 initial investment. This is a 6.6% return.

The Rich Are Willing to Take Risks - New York Times

The Rich Are Willing to Take Risks - New York Times

Take big risks for a short term profit or to make the next eBay (EBAY) or Microsoft (MSFT).

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