As long as anyone is willing to loan me money at 3%, I'm going to keep right on borrowing it, whether I need it or not. The "pay off your house"...
SLE, so true. Tests are one thing, and the gut check is another.
We need to look over a lot of years. 2013 was mentioned as a case in point-a very bullish time. And backtests up to 5/31/07 are posted (geez,...
Selling premium on individual stocks requires stock picking skills and market timing skills. Doing it relentlessly and mindlessly will not work...
Well, there is always a way to try to make more money, but it involves more risk. Options are like aspirin, or alcohol: a little is good for you,...
Yes, kind of a narrow view, as you said. Also, people don't always buy options to make money. When I sell a bullish put spread, I'm basically...
Yes. And I am curious: why do you call this a Skill profile?
OP, this is a way to take more risk. You are already taking enough risk holding the individual stock--and this is doubling down. Better to do...
BTW, I don't think there is a bear market equivalent. The volatility is always higher in a bear market, so you cannot just turn a strategy like...
Good idea to first test your strategy through a bear market (and make sure you can identify a bear mkt in time).
Some credit card and car loan debt during med school and residency. Paid it off in about 3 or 4 years after I finished. Fortunately no...
Yeah, sort of. I had a negative net worth until I was about 37 or 38. If 40s is ancient then people should be paying an entrance fee to look at me.
It seems like people are only on these forums for few reasons: 1. Learn something about how to trade or bounce ideas around 2. Brag 3. Run other...
We won't get "outrage fatigue" over here on the left. We have an unlimited capacity for it. However, a little of it needs to be rechanneled....
He doesn't need to outdo Wall Street--only to match them with less volatility, which is the same thing as beating them when you consider...
If you pick good stocks and use a long-term filter to keep you out of bear markets, you may not need a stop loss (it may even be harmful rather...
Sorry, I see I misunderstood your question--did not read carefully enough. It's helpful to know something about the historical yield of the...
Yes, if you think you can pick that stuff. I can't. I wouldn't have touched GE in 2009. Anyway, I don't think this is the kind of stock we are...
The types of stocks he is recommending have probably rarely or never had yields of 6%. He is saying that stocks with lower dividends are safer.
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