Options Strategy: Short Call

Market View Bearish -- this strategy is a one option strategy for a trader who wants to maximize profit yield and believes that an asset will fall modestly. Strategy Advantage Unlike a basic long put option strategy, the short call gives some protection to an unexpected rise in the asset price.Risk is reduced as the trader takes a credit from writing the option, and is easily executed and risk parameters calculated. Unlike a basic long put option strategy...

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Tips to Increase the Value of Your Home

Invest in cost-effective home upgrades Remodeling magazine's 2012-13 Cost vs. Value report, which measures how much of the costs of remodeling projects are recouped in a home's resale value, showed that exterior replacement projects are the most valuable upgrades for homeowners. These types of home improvement jobs accounted for six of the top 10 most cost-effective midrange projects and eight of the top 10 upscale projects. - Steel entry door replacement - Wood/composite deck addition ...

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Options Strategy: Short Strangle

Market View Neutral-- this strategy is for the trader who expects an asset will trade range bound, perhaps between a level of support and a level of resistance, through to option expiry. Strategy Advantage Profit is made when the asset remains stable or range traded.Profit is made when the asset remains stable or range traded, and as the option involves writing options there is an immediate credit which reduces risk. This strategy has a higher chance of...

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How to Choose a Real Estate Agent

Selling your house can be a stressful and confusing business. Having a good real estate agent can make a huge difference to how smoothly the process runs, and to your bottom line. But how do you choose? What to Consider You know you've found a good real estate agent if they sell many or all of the properties that are listed with them, and if the people whose houses...

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Hedging Strategies Used by Hedge Funds

Risk being an inherent and precarious element of investing, hedging is basically an investment strategy employed to reduce risk by making a transaction in one market to offset a loss in another. Put more simply, hedging is taking equal and opposite positions in two negatively correlated (meaning if security A goes up, then security B goes down, and vice-versa) securities to lower risk of loss. Theoretically, a perfect hedge would be one that eliminates all...

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