Posts Tagged ‘Puts’

Bottom Fishing For High Dividend Stocks – Part 5

In this series, we screened for 6 parameters:
1. High Dividend Yield – Above 5 % (The S&P 500 average dividend yield is approximately 3.42%).
2. Moderate Dividend Payout Ratio – Below 50 % (The S&P’s payout ratio is approximately 59 %).
3. Less Than 40 % above 52-Week Low
4. Options Available
5. Current [...]

Covered Call Writing Using the Over Write Strategy

Writing covered calls is an excellent way to use options in a low risk way, to generate additional income on your existing portfolio of shares. If you buy shares at the same time that you write the calls then the transaction is known as a buy-write. If you write calls on shares you already hold [...]