Tag: options
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Insurance for Investments
Most people (at least the responsible ones) can’t imagine driving a car without insurance covering it. The same goes for home owners and a lot of renters. Insurance is a mandatory cost for these expensive pieces of property. Jewelry is insured. Cell phones can be insured (if the buyer falls for the sales pitch on…
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Limit Order vs Selling a Put Option
A trader who thinks a stock might dip before moving higher has a variety of choices when deciding what type of order to place. Each choice has risks. Two of the easier-to-execute orders are a limit order and selling a put option (also known as “writing a put”). Both of these choices allow the trader…
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Does Your Investing Approach Match Your Investor Type?
Knowing what type of investor you are is one of the key principals of being a successful investor. An investor cannot make reasonable plans (and has an even harder time sticking to those plans) if he doesn’t know what he’s trying to achieve. Handling the ebbs and flows of the market become less emotional once…