http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/covered-call Blog Articles Tagged with 'covered-call' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1114826?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call Got this in email yesterday:Looking at FNM this morning it was trading 4.85. The Sept 5.00 call was trading about 1.25. I realize this is just because the vol has blown out and selling this vol is probably the right thing to do. Were it a more nor... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:15:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1114826?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/1101446?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call I purchased 1,000 shares of American Express today (ticker:AXP), mainly based on valuation. AXP is a leading global credit card, payments and travel company. There two main businesses are:-Global Consumer group: US and international credit card servi... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:17:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/1101446?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/1097332?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call I think this may be a good time to look for high quality, low risk financials for longer term time frames. I think Met Life (ticker: MET) fits the bill at a price of 57 or less. To provide additional downside protection as well as more upside if MET ... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:48:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/1097332?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/1089929?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call My latest column is up at RealMoney.I usually want a stock to score highly in four out of five categories before giving it much consideration: earnings momentum, earnings quality, price momentum, free cash flow and return potential.This week, only th... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:00:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/1089929?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/1060575?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call Hansen Natural (HANS), which makes Monster energy drink, reported lower-than-expected quarterly results as cost increases drove down profitability, sending its shares down 13 percent after hours.The company posted a first-quarter net income of $28.8 ... Thu, 08 May 2008 07:26:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/1060575?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/1058086?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call It was all fun and games when WallStrip and AlphaTrends jumped on the Landstar bandwagon. Now that the company is profiled in BusinessWeek I m getting a little worried.Landstar: Trucking Ahead We think Landstar System (LSTR; recent price, 53), a no... Tue, 06 May 2008 11:05:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/1058086?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/1054534?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call Landstar (LSTR - Annual Report) has long been one of my favorite stocks. I have said before that I would be willing to own Landstar up to a parity yield with Treasuries, because I think the growth alone is sufficient premium for the risk. Based on th... Fri, 02 May 2008 10:07:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/1054534?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/1038019?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call Given the rocky market over the last six months, it doesn t hurt to have some solid longer term positions to help weather the storm. I recently purchased shares in the leading food distributor, Sysco (ticker:SYY) and wrote a long term covered call ... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:56:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/1038019?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cxo-advisory-group/1014617?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call Our trading strategy test seeks to exploit the size effect, the value premium, the turn-of-the-month effect and the volatility premium by timing sales of share-covered call options and cash-covered put options on the iShares Russell 2000 Value Index... Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cxo-advisory-group/1014617?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/992619?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call photo credit: lucasreddingerThis article is a reprint of my February 22, 2008 RealMoney columnForget the debate over whether telecom is a buy or sell. Make money being indifferent.The decisions by Verizon (VZ - Annual Report) and AT&T (T - Annual Re... Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:16:46 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-market-beat/992619?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/987881?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call So when I was a floor trader on the AMEX, the best option our crowd had was a drug stock called. American Home Products. It had some decent action for a pharmaceutical as they were alternatively taking over companies, rumored to be getting taken over... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:22:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/987881?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/958732?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call I'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!Most of my recent focus has been on closed end funds- playing for a tax loss bounce in January. But to keep things interesting, I thought I would write about a covered call opportunity.YRC Worldwide (ticker:... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:07:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/958732?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/958046?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call Tom Petty from Live Aid. Best Muttonchops. Ever.I can't find it on Youtube, but Martha Quinn interviews him right after this. He's zonked out of his mind, rambling on. All you see is his head, them one hand comes up and he puffs on a cigarette. Then ... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:53:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/958046?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/957112?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call First off, want to wish Roger Clemens and his personal investigation team luck finding the real steroid user.Roger Clemens' lead attorney told The New York Times that his firm is launching its own investigation into allegations the seven-time Cy Yo... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:44:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/957112?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/931924?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call I purchased a starter position in an Ambac preferred stock this morning which seemed to be selling at a ridiculous price level (800 shares @16.71). This AA rated security is yielding around 8.8%.Ambac is in the financial guarantee business which has ... Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:24:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/931924?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/crowder-investments/908621?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call Daily CommentaryThe S&P (SPY) traded in a fairly tight range today. Typically when we see this type of tight range-bound trading we often get a sharp move once the market decides which direction to take it.Seasonally, the market is moving into a soh... Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:07:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/crowder-investments/908621?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/the-kirk-report/907860?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call What do they know? Hopes grow that Europe will follow Fed Post-Fed curve is much steeper, a good sign for the economy Why the Fed's cut won't spark inflation Inflation muddies Fed policy The Great Inflation Fraud Sliding dollar hurts American consum... Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:39:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/the-kirk-report/907860?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/904158?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call Last week I added another starter position in a high quality company to my portfolio- Total System Services (ticker TSS). I would have liked to use a covered call strategy with this stock, but there are no leaps available, and the shorter term opti... Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:05:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/904158?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/884399?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call The VIX closed at 28.30 on Friday, and it looks like a very good time for writing out-of-the-money covered calls. I purchased some GE and wrote some GE Jan. 2009 45 leaps. I wrote leaps against half of my position. If GE bounces up higher next week, ... Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:46:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/884399?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/quant-investor/877609?rsstype=tag&tag=covered-call During sharp market corrections, I often like to buy high quality undervalued blue chips that are normally not available at cheap prices. I bought some Bank of America (BAC) on Friday. Since the market is so depressed now, I did not write a covered c... 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