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A Profitable Tip When You Take Profits If you're willing to use a slightly complicated strategy using options, you can boost your profits without taking on any more risk than you're comfortable with.  |
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Squeeze More Income From Your Stocks The covered call strategy is a great way to produce income in a challenging environment for income investors.  |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Chuck Saletta |
Are You Too Old to Start Investing? No matter how little working time you have left, you should be investing. Even if retirement is just around the corner, remember that you're looking for money to help get you through the rest of your life.  |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
The Upside of Broker Fees The more frequently you trade, the more you'll pay your broker in commission fees. But many people may not know that factoring in the cost of those commissions can reduce your capital gains -- and cut the taxes you owe.  |
The Motley Fool December 24, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Tax-Smart Way to Lock In Gains Today A variation of the popular covered call strategy can help you preserve your stock market gains without immediately creating a taxable event.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Earn Higher Returns on These 5 Stocks Covered calls can help you to buy low and sell higher.  |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 John Rosevear |
Get Rid of a Massive Annual Headache Use these steps -- and these stock ideas -- to build your IRA. Stocks are cheap right now. Money you invest now could lead to big returns over time.  |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2010 Bryan Hinmon |
Better Than Buy and Hold Use call options to boost your returns.  |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Seductive Strategy That Will Leave You Poor As hard as it is to buy stocks at the lows, you really have no choice.  |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2009 Todd Wenning |
How to Profit From Fear You can protect your downside risk by buying put options on the stocks you own. A put option gives you the right to sell your stock at a certain price by a certain time.  |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How to Buy Cheap Stocks Even Cheaper Use put options to grab even better bargains.  |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Bryan Hinmon |
5 Manufactured High Yielders How to create a high yield on your stocks with call options.  |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Get More Cash From Your Winners Long-held winning stocks create tax problems if you sell, but there's another way to draw income from them.  |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 |
The Stock Market Is Risky Learn to take fewer chances when you invest.  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2009 Jeff Fischer |
Profit on a Flat Stock Here are two simple income-generating strategies.  |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2009 Jim Royal |
Double (or Even Triple!) Your Payouts A low-risk strategy to fatten your income. I've found a surrogate for fatter dividends by selectively using a specific type of option to generate bonus cash on my income-producing stocks.  |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2011 Alex Pape |
How to Yield 14%-Plus on These Stocks No dividend? No problem. Use options to build your own.  |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Wait Another Minute to Do This The bear market will inevitably push some investors to take less risk than they should. But you don't have to sacrifice your dreams out of fear. Start investing today and get yourself on the road to financial security.  |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Stay Away From Covered Calls This options strategy promises income, but at too high a price.  |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2009 Chuck Saletta |
Get Back What You Just Lost What you can do now to salvage your retirement.  |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2011 |
Exactly Why Your Broker May Be Dangerous Be careful out there, because the broker you choose may have an agenda.  |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
Double Your Yield on These 7 Blue Chips By selling a put on a stock you own you can either double the dividend you receive on the stock, or add to your stock position at a discount to the current price.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Covering the Risk If the market continues to move sideways, a classic investment strategy may make sense - selling covered calls.  |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Rick Steier |
Be Smart About Options Writing covered calls can lead to big profits, but how do you pick the right stock?  |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Overcome the Market Meltdown Despite the recent rally, the market is still some 40% off its highs. And that probably means that your retirement funds have taken a substantial hit. But change your game plan and you can still win the game.  |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
5 Great Ways to Trim Your Taxes Here are the five best things you can do to trim your taxes, both now and in the future.  |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Handy Tool That Protects Your Portfolio Covered calls can give you more than just extra income.  |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let the Doomsayers Destroy Your Retirement Now more than ever, many investors don't believe that they'll have enough to be financially independent during their senior years -- and they're planning on taking some draconian steps to remedy it.  |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2008 Claire Stephanic |
Millionaire on Minimum Wage How much does it take to make millions? Not as much as you may think.  |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Profit From the Stalling Rally Anybody can make money when stocks are going up, and if you know how to sell stocks short, you can profit when stocks drop, too. But what the heck are you supposed to do in a flat market? Here's how even flat markets can produce profits.  |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Prepare for a Different Kind of Retirement A flexible strategy now can help you enjoy your golden years.  |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2009 Jeff Fischer |
5 Stocks for Strong Income Boost your returns in any market with these stocks: 3M... Johnson & Johnson... McCormick & Co. ... PepsiCo... Conoco Phillips...  |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2011 Bryan Hinmon |
Buy and Hold Is Dead Don't miss out on this portfolio-boosting options strategy.  |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2009 Todd Wenning |
One Strategy You Should Be Using in This Market A market with no direction -- a market like this one seems to be -- is the perfect time to reap profits by selling covered strangles.  |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Forgotten 401(k)s If you have money sitting in a former employer's retirement plan, consider taking control of that dough. Doing so gives you more investment options at a lower cost.  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
A Surprising Way to Improve Your Investing When you're looking for a doctor or a lawyer, you focus not just on professional qualifications and expertise, but you also want someone who will fit well with your personality. The same holds true with picking a broker.  |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2011 Bryan Hinmon |
How to Strangle More Profits Out of Your Winners This options strategy can boost returns from steady stocks.  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Where Smart Investors Put Their Money More investors are taking advantage of this strong retirement-based opportunity. Are you?  |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 |
60-Second Guide to IRAs Take a moment -- just a minute! -- to contribute to your retirement.  |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Don't You Dare Retire Early! You might regret leaving that job. As appealing as early retirement seems, for many Americans it's not so wonderful.  |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2009 |
Term Life vs. Cash Value Insurance Policies Make sure you're getting the right insurance protection for your family.  |
The Motley Fool September 12, 2011 John Rosevear |
A Simple Options Strategy for Everyone Do options scare you? They scare a lot of folks. But this simple strategy boosts your profits with minimal risk. Really.  |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2008 Claire Stephanic |
Guarantee Greater Returns Simply seeking advice can boost your earnings from thousands to millions.  |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2011 Todd Wenning |
How I Earned Tens of Thousands in Extra Income You can do it, but you must avoid these simple mistakes.  |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2011 Jeff Fischer |
Profit As Stocks Go Nowhere Writing covered strangles is a flexible, powerful way to earn extra profits owning quality stocks.  |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2009 Chuck Saletta |
Investing Still Beats Doing Nothing It's about way more than just capital gains. The discipline enforced by saving regularly will help you focus the rest of your spending on those things that are most important to you.  |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2010 Chuck Saletta |
Invest Your Tax Cut in Your Retirement With a one-time, one year benefit from this tax cut, this opportunity to improve your retirement won't last forever. Take advantage of it while you can in order to shore up your future.  |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Give Up on Your Dreams Yet 2008 ruined a lot of investors' plans, but here's how to recover.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Worst Move You Could Make Now Unfortunately, some of the changes people are making to their portfolios right now won't do anything but cause them more heartbreak in the long run.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2009 Brian Orelli |
A Healthy Way to Juice Your Stock's Yield These aren't your parents' dividends. Selling covered calls to increase the income you receive from owning the shares can juice the yield.  |