July 2011 – Monthly Income from Investing

New Listing of Business Development Companies (BDC) for Monthly Income

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Business Development Companies (BDCs) allow public shareholders access to portfolios that resemble private-equity funds. However, BDCs are not for the faint of heart. Most offer liquidity, income, upside potential, professional management and the opportunity to invest in some attractive areas. But there are significant risks includinghigh fees, leverage, conflictsof interest and risky underlying investments, to name a …

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Covered Call on Invesco (IVZ)

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Invesco Ltd (IVZ) is an independent global investment management company. Invesco provides a range of investment strategies and vehicles to its retail, institutional and high-net-worth clients globally. It has operations in the institutional and retail segments of the investment management industry in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, serving clients in 150 countries. As of December 31, …

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Update on Monthly Income Portfolio

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Below is the updated portfolio value from today for the August positions. All of the positions are working and looking good so far with maybe PCS being on the fence. We are up $1,970.50 since these positions were entered. This about 33% of the $6,190 total premiums we sold in July. Our portfolio value is …

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United Rentals (URI) – Covered Call Trade

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STRATEGY: Look at the December 22 covered call. For each 100 shares of United Rentals (URI) stock you buy, sell one December 22 covered call option for a 20.46 (24.81 – 4.35) debit or better. That’s potentially a 7.5% assigned return. The technicals for URI are bearish with a weak downward trend. The stock is under accumulation with support …

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The Safe Trade for a 15% Yield

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As a reader of this blog, you know we focus on generating monthly income from investing. A favorite and safe way to accomplish this goal is through writing calls on stocks. Done correctly, you can achieve yirlds in the double digits without the worry of a dividend cut or significant price decline. When you hear …

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List of Calendar Spread Trades for August 2011

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Below is a list of potential calendar call spreads for further evaluation. There is an option to purchase shown in the buy side column. These options are the January 2012 call options. The sell side column shows the option to sell in the August 2011 listing for each stock. All other metrics are based on …

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Managing Calendar Spreads for More Profit

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In the past, we discussed setting up calendar spreads using a LEAPS. The theory here is to leverage returns using less capital to fund the trade. This can be an effective strategy to add to your monthly trades for income. Today, we will discuss how to manage the calendar spread when prices changes. For the …

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Monthly Income Investments with 10% Yields

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It is getting difficult to find high yields in the closed-end funds (CEF) these days. Below is a table with 5 potential candidates. All of these CEFs trade at a premium except Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend (AOD) which is trading at a -3% discount. PIMCO High Income is trading at a 52% premium of net …

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Covered Call Trades for August 2011

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As we get close to July expiration, we are looking for covered call trades with August expiration. We just got a terrible jobs report so the market will continue to be choppy. The U.S. economy added a paltry 18,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate climbed to 9.2 percent from 9.1 percent as laid …

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Month: July 2011