Retirement Income Options Options includes all stock recs from Sustainable Growth and Dividend Collector. What sets RIO apart is the option selling overlay – covered calls and cash-secured puts – that generates extra income and helps manage equity risk.
Option selling is a professional strategy that takes some getting used to, however, if you are a long-term investor with a contrarian streak who likes to add income to the bottom line, this is THE strategy worth learning.
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A post merger SPAC has come under short attack in the window post deal and pre-institutional buyers get in. This has happened several other times as traders, including basement hedge funds, exploit low float stocks. This is not much different than with microcaps. The difference is institutions will buy shares soon, reversing the trend back up. Get in before that happens.
These are the Plug & Play focus stocks for Fundamental Trends. All of these companies are great or becoming great. Measured for fundamentals and timely technicals. Focus on surrounding your ETF asset allocation with these winning companies.
Quarterly update of our Very Short List (stock watchlist) with 5 new companies and quite a few deletions. Also includes some “hangers on” that require extra diligence. See what we are watching and get the short reasons why.
Summary This is my personal portfolio. Its purpose is supplemental retirement income through a relatively safe, growing dividend stream.Q1 began with 21 holdings. No positions were closed and 3 new positions were added, ending the quarter with 24 companies.Additions: Home Depot, Healthcare Trust of America and Prudential Financial.The gain for […]
This week we continued taking advantage of a hedge fund blow up that is giving us a couple great opportunities in media. Also have added a medical diagnostics stock that has fallen out of favor with traders, but management says is ripe for M&A.
There is a dramatic shortage of homes right now just as we are likely to add millions of immigrants. Also, there are hundreds of neighborhoods that need massive rebuilds. This homebuilder is poised for big total return in the 2020s.
This week we add 2 stocks to sell cash-secured puts on and a post deal SPAC to sell cash-secured puts on. All three can double to triple in the next few years. Premiums are currency high on volatility. We’re taking starter positions and selling puts.
A large hedge fund was subject to massive margin calls that drove two excellent stocks from great companies down over 50%. These are unique opportunities. A quick refresh reminds us why these stocks were on the VSL. One is a buy for any investor, including dividend investors, the other is appropriate for aggressive accounts as it is now a takeover target.
10 new ideas this week. Mostly cash-secured puts for securing income and entering great stocks at lower prices. Income, growth and risk management. Open to Retirement Income Options and RARE members.
Quick thoughts on a developing market correction and a possible 2015-16 scenario playing out. Choppy markets. Bifurcation. 1-2 years of indexes in a tight range. Free Library Card required.
Stocks of the Week. Our top stocks and what to do with them now. Buy, sell, trim, add. Sustainable Growth membership or higher for access.
A brief introduction to four sustainable energy utilities. These companies may offer the fastest growth and dividend growth for retirement investors. A way to be on the right side of secular trends and collect income along the way. Dividend Collector or higher membership.
Keeping our focus focused, I have been digging into our Very Short List – our focus stocks – and pruning a large tree or old ideas, bad ideas and mostly ideas where the thesis changed due to Coronavirus running up debt and running down growth for certain companies. Read this important piece on how we are getting rid of commies, oil, laggards and zombies. Sustainable Growth of higher membership required.
Covering 2 complex utilities that are worth the effort to learn. Dividend growth opportunities in a changing world. Both utilities have histories of generous dividend increases, though for at least one of them, future increases will not be automatic. Dividend Collector or higher membership.
This week we cover the VSL+ screener list I use from TradingView, 1 deletion from the Plug & Play Stocks, and 2 additions. Folks who wrote cash-secured puts last week are doing great. Retirement Income Options or RARE Investing membership required.
If you want a full game plan for what to buy on a correction, here it is. ETFs, stocks, SPACs everything we are focusing on if we get a September like correction or worse. Become a member today if you aren’t. This long form post will make all your money back for years worth of membership.
We are selling puts on and buying a starter position on a stock that has fallen recently. The company lost a key client, but might bring them back, as well as, has recently signed two major new clients, including the Veterans Administration. This stock is only valued at $500m but is a leader in a $30b+ space. Available to all stock memberships.
This week we update a dozen stocks that are pricing for great option entries. We remain cautious as the market churns and sets up for rolling corrections. Those sector to sector, stock to stock corrections will yield a steady stream of income opportunities. Become a member of Retirement Income Options or RARE today for these chances to add 5-10% per year to your portfolio conservatively.
Our Plug & Play ETFs are built on the premise that Asset allocation drives 50-90% of volatility, risk and returns so focus on asset allocation by sector, industry and nation above all else, with a core position in ETFs. For all paid members from Global Trends ETF to RARE.
Summary Most stocks on our watchlists are overbought or near overbought on the weekly RSI meaning you should be trimming and/or selling covered calls.There are a handful of stocks in our buy zones and/or oversold on weekly RSI that you should be selling cash-secured puts on.Volatility is picking up and […]