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Selling Covered Calls on Guidewire (GWRE)
Yesterday I tried something new – selling covered calls in my IRA account. It’s a strategy I’ve been reading about, and pondering, for years. And what better experimental ground than my IRA and this...
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Playing the US Housing Rebound via the Homebuilders
The stabilization and surprising recent strength of the US housing market is starting to make the headlines – but if you’ve been following the charts of the homebuilders, the latest “good news” is no...
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Update on Guidewire Stock and Covered Call Position
Our covered call sale on Guidewire is backfiring a little bit – the stock keeps going higher! An excellent quarterly earnings report is to blame. Guidewire keeps on closing deals and collecting...
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Guidewire Calls Expire Worthless, Fortunately
Those GWRE calls gave us more than a bit of a scare in terms of getting our shares called away, as Guidewire reported blockbuster earnings and the stock spiked last month. Since then, shares have...
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Selling Covered Calls Against a Post-PC World
The tech contrarian in me wants to believe that the post-PC era is going to be less apocalyptic for stalwarts like Intel and Microsoft. Sure, Dell and HP are toast – but they’ve been dead in the water...
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Microsoft Bounces – Slinging Those Covered Calls
Have to love that volatility when you’re slinging covered calls on blue chippers! The market has now decided that Microsoft’s outlook is not fatal, at least for the time being. We initially bought...
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Is Intel Bottoming? A (wait for it…) Covered Call Strategy
Intel looks like it may be finally carving out a bottom, after a relentless decline (by blue chip standards) that saw it give back all of its 2012 gains. The specter of a post-PC world continues to...
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Sky High Option Premiums on Zombie Apocalypse
Many investors are betting on social unrest, soon. Gun manufacturers Smith & Wesson (SWHC) and Sturm, Ruger & Company (RGR) are close to new breakout highs – check the trend on the multi-year...
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Trading Facebook’s Trading Range for Steady Income
Facebook has quietly carved out – and bounced up from – solid support in the high teens. Signs that monetizing mobile may not be as hopeless as previously thought have helped buoy a FB rally of 50%...
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A 5% Return in 28 Days on a Fav Stock
Sometimes the option buyers we lovingly refer to as degenerates really outdo themselves. As we’ve discussed many times, I have been selling covered calls on favorite stock Guidewire (GWRE) since its...
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