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Keep Your Profits Without Missing the Next Rally This options strategy gives you the best of both worlds.   |
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Are Options Your Only Hope? With share values falling through the floor, some investors have turned to the options market for protection from further declines. But there's a catch. |
The Motley Fool
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You Can Cash In on Volatility Bouncy markets make these strategies more attractive. What many people don't realize is that the level of market volatility itself is a measure that investors can buy and sell. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2007
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Market Zigzags and Your Money Unless you stick with ultra-safe investments such as Treasury bills or bank CDs, volatility and investing go hand-in-hand. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2011
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Another Sign the Market Is Headed Up The VIX is hitting levels last seen before the financial crisis and that could mean that the market will continue its bull run. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2009
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The Low-Risk Way to Ride the Rally You can earn profits from a continuing rebound while capping your potential losses by using options. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2009
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The Handy Tool That Protects Your Portfolio Covered calls can give you more than just extra income. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Volatility Will Make You Rich Don't think of volatility as your enemy. Although big price drops can bring temporary pain to your portfolio, they also give you a shot to pick up stock market bargains and multiply your returns. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2009
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Why Wells Fargo Shares Are Down Today Wells shares -- along with its large bank peers -- have ridden the wave of exuberance that replaced the "great fear" of the first quarter. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2011
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Sell the Market, Buy These 5 Stocks The market isn't cheap, but these stocks are. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2009
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Are Stocks Too High to Buy? If you're still on the sidelines waiting for a pullback that may never come, consider this buy-half strategy. It could save you from a lot of future regret. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2009
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Keep Your Profits Without Missing the Next Rally This options strategy gives you the best of both worlds. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2008
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When Will the Wild Price Swings End? Better question: How can you profit from them? |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
You Should Sell These 7 Stocks Right Now These seven stocks have valuations that no longer make sense: Wynn Resorts... Masco... Monster Worldwide... Ryder System... Marriott... MeadWestVaco... Robert Half... |
The Motley Fool
December 24, 2009
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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
November 20, 2009
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Why These Big Winners Are Really Losers Some stocks have done extremely well during the rally, but they fell so much in the lead-up to the crisis that they're still trading well below 2007 levels. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2011
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A Glimpse of Market Panic The VIX goes boom. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2010
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Cracking the Code All portfolio strategies depend on the expected level of stock market volatility. The assumed future volatilities of equities and other risky assets have substantial implications for determining whether a specific portfolio is suitable to an investor's needs. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2009
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A Cheaper Way to Lock In Profits If you're looking to take advantage of a strategy that could help you preserve most of the money you've recovered in the past two months, there's good news: It's a lot less expensive to protect yourself than it was earlier this year. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2011
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Investors: See No Risk, Hear No Risk The fact that the VIX index is lower today than its average value going back more than 20 years does suggest that investors are being complacent about the risks associated with owning stocks. |
BusinessWeek
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Yellow Light On The Street? The VIX, a long-watched volatility index, is down, which could signal trouble for the stock market. |
Financial Advisor
December 2011
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The VIX Fix Where in the past there was a sense of sanity, today each morning brings only apprehensions about how to understand and manage market volatility. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2010
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What to Do in a Jittery Market Jumping at every correction will leave you crying. |
The Motley Fool
September 4, 2009
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How to Prepare for the Next Market Crash Don't panic. Be ready to buy. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2009
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3 Reasons Why Investors Will Panic Again Just as experienced long-term investors have kept the losses of the past year in perspective, so too should you not draw any major conclusions from a one-day rally. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2007
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Meet the Fear Index The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, also known as the VIX, is one way investors measure how volatile they expect the markets to be in the near future. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2009
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Is This the Ultimate Sucker's Rally? Learn from the lessons of the Great Depression. Although stocks will inevitably drop again at some point in the future, the best rewards come from promising companies that will survive no matter what happens. |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2009
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Don't Repeat This Wealth-Killing Mistake Your patience has now been rewarded. Don't blow it again. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2010
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The VIX Says Sell? Bull! A lot of investors are getting fired up about the VIX, the "fear gauge," lately. Is it time to sell? |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
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Why Small Caps Are Safer Than You Think While large companies will reel from the past year's implications for a long time to come, small companies are already in position to benefit. |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2010
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As Market Pessimism Grows, Should You Buy Stocks? Investors are disenchanted with the market. To contrarians, that constitutes signs of a rally |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2010
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Turn Fear Into Opportunity With These Stocks Fear's back. Here's how to handle it. The most recent weekly survey from the American Association of Individual Investors paints a bleak picture of investor sentiment. |
InternetNews
October 10, 2008
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Dow Ends Worst Week Ever with Wild Swings The Dow ended the worst week in its 112-year history with only a modest loss on Friday, while the Nasdaq fared a little better. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2009
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Is It Time to Get Back Into Stocks? One indicator Wall Street has been watching. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2009
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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. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2009
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How Long Should You Ride This Rally? This rally has been a great ride, but is it time to hop off? |
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October 2011
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Gold--The Fear Index As long as global markets remain volatile and investor fears grow, gold will continue to increase in price. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2009
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This Last-Minute Move Could Save Your Retirement With a certain strategy involving options, you can protect yourself against further downside risk while simultaneously giving yourself an exit strategy to build a more conservative portfolio in retirement. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2011
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Libya: Hedging Against Black Swans Is it desirable to hedge your portfolio against the Black Swan type of risk? And if so, how does one go about it? |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2009
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Hallelujah: Dow 8,000 Well, almost. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2009
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What This Rally Means for Your Money Just remember that as everyone got way too pessimistic at the depths of the financial crisis, so too will they likely get overly optimistic at any signs of a recovery. Keep your wits about you, and you'll do a much better job of protecting your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2010
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Are You Prepared for a Market Correction? Volatility is coming -- get ready for it. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2010
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Why Now's the Time to Get Defensive When others are calm, get nervous about your portfolio, consider options strategies, and build a list of stocks you'd want to buy at 10%-15% below current prices. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2010
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Will Earnings Season Make Stocks Look Cheap? Earnings season is upon us, but will it give us reason to buy? This year's fourth-quarter earnings season should bear little resemblance to last year's. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Do This and You'll Never Panic Again Invest in a way that makes you comfortable. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Dow 8,000? There is currently no shortage of investment professionals calling for a significant market correction. Would it be another great buying opportunity? |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2010
Jeff Fischer |
Use Options to Protect, Hedge, and Gain They're not just for speculators. |
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
December 15, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
5 Cheap Stocks, 1 Rich Trade Right now, two factors are combining to produce opportunities for enormous gains on specific stock option trades. |
Financial Advisor
September 2011
James Picerno |
Can Volatility Be Tamed? Yes, according to a new breed of equity hedging strategies. |
