You Don’t Want to Buy Vol, You Want to Sell Vol!
That headline was a response I received from a handful of friends regarding my last post on buying puts as tail risk insurance.
And I agree. Well, sort of.
It's been long known that there exists a premium for selling insurance...hey, otherwise why would anyone do it?
Now what if you could combine the best of both? Selling vol to capture the...
Nervous About The Market? It Might Be Time for This Strategy
When the tech bubble collapsed back in 2000, the Nasdaq fell from 5,132 to just 1,470 a few months later. Many popular stocks found their market prices gutted. For example, Cisco lost 86% of its market cap, while Amazon fell over 90% from $107 to $7. Losses such as these decimated investor portfolios.
In 2008, it happened again. The average...
Owe $160,000 for an MBA, or Get Paid to Receive a Masters in Investing?
Do you want to spend two years and owe roughly $160K for an MBA? (I'm not even counting the lost wages of not working during that period – for many, that means tack on another $100k+) Or instead, would you rather receive the equivalent of a Masters in Investing – and get paid to do it?
Still on the fence?...
No? or Yes, Yes?
South Park is an award-winning, animated TV show on Comedy Central.
In one particular episode, we’re introduced to Ms. Claridge, an invalid who communicates only through a series of computerized beeps. One beep means “yes” and two beeps meaning “no.”
There’s a scene in which an accident leads to several buildings burning down. Everyone believes the culprit is the local deviant, Trent...
The #1 Investing Book
I get asked all the time by friends and investors variants of the same question:
“If you could give someone just one comprehensive book to learn about investing, what would it be”?
So we chatted about it on the podcast the other day and I still don't have a good, single answer.
We then put together a survey and received almost 1,000 responses. I...
