Category: Stock Investing
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How to Find Stocks with High Option Premiums
Stock options provide traders and investors with a lot of flexibility when leveraging returns or generating income. While there are many different strategies, success often boils down to a consistent,…
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What Are the Components of Asset Allocation?
It’s easy to see that many financial assets are highly correlated — especially large assets. If there is a new sign of an economic slowdown, investors expect the entire S&P…
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What is Tax Loss Harvesting?
This strategy is known as tax-loss harvesting and it’s a common technique used by wealthy investors to reduce their tax exposure.
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Should You Sell Your Company Stock?
Many people hold an oversized chunk of their portfolios in company stock. While it may be performing well, there is a large body of research that has shown that holding…
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9 FAQs About Paying Taxes on Investment Income
Income taxes are complicated enough with a couple full-time jobs, some children, and a mortgage without investments adding a whole new layer of complexity. The good news is that taxes…
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Calls and Puts: The Basics of Trading Options
When most people think about investing, they think about trading stocks, but that’s not necessarily the only (or best) choice for those looking to generate income from an investment portfolio.…
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The Evolved Investor: Why Behavioral Finance Matters
Few things make us as emotional as the prospect of losing money. Wouldn’t investing be easier if you were a robot? Imagine the market crashes and yet, there you are,…
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The Process of the Tender Offer
The stock market is a place where buyers and sellers congregate to trade. Usually, when you sell shares, you can just click sell and the broker will match a buyer…
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Emotions are an investor’s worst enemy
We are hardwired to seek out predators and react to warning signals. While this innate behavior may have helped keep our ancestors alive, it also makes it almost impossible to…
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What are House Margin Requirements?
When buying shares of a stock, you may occasionally receive an alert that reads something like this: “You are attempting to purchase a security that may be held to a…