Trade of the Week: CSTL

Trade of the Week: CSTL

Last week, in my 48-Hour Income service, we sold a cash-secured put on healthcare diagnostics company, Castle Biosciences (CSTL).  In 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. We noticed CSTL put premiums were elevated with options expiration coming up. […]

Buy These Stocks for Big Dividend Yields from Bitcoin

Buy These Stocks for Big Dividend Yields from Bitcoin

My investment focus has centered on income stocks and ETFs. Since Bitcoin doesn’t pay dividends, I hadn’t had much interest besides keeping up with the news. The explosion in the issuance of new options strategy ETFs provides new ways to invest in existing asset categories. Three covered call ETFs currently use Bitcoin as the portfolio […]

3 CEOs With High-Yield Stocks You Need to Listen To

3 CEOs With High-Yield Stocks You Need to Listen To

We are in the early days of the 2024 second-quarter corporate earnings season. For many of the stocks I follow, earnings results are often the only “real news” I can get about these companies. Earnings results show whether or not a company remains on track, is improving, or is going in the wrong direction. Small-to-mid-cap […]

Trade of the Week: NKLA

Trade of the Week: NKLA

Last week, in my 48-Hour Income service, we sold a cash-secured put on premium electric vehicle company, Nikola (NKLA).  In 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. NKLA has been seeing some buying action lately as the company has […]

Buy This 13% Yield After a Short Attack

Buy This 13% Yield After a Short Attack

On Friday, July 12, a short Bloomberg article on Arbor Realty Corp (ABR) caused the share price to drop 20% in minutes. Let’s look at how the piece, titled “Arbor Realty Probed by DOJ Over Lending Practices, Loan Book,” was more a hit piece than some factual reporting. What first got my attention was that […]

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Time to Buy This ETF Paying a 70% Yield?

The Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) share price has been on a wild ride through the first half of 2024. The stock’s volatility gives us an opportunity to see how the new breed of single-stock, covered call ETFs perform under extreme market conditions. TSLA opened 2024 at $250.08 per share. The stock proceeded to fall like a […]

Trade of the Week: RILY

Trade of the Week: RILY

Due to the holiday last week, we didn’t make a trade in my 48-Hour Income service. Typically, In 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. We had considered selling puts in B. Riley Financial (RILY). The short attack on […]

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High-Yield Investments Outshine Tech Stocks

If you regularly follow the news, you may, like me, feel that the world is slowly spinning out of control. In my world of investment research, these thoughts lead to the question: What investment products and strategies will protect my wealth, income, and lifestyle? My thoughts today were triggered by this Zerohedge headline (premium subscription […]

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Get a 25% Yield from Apple

The new world of single-stock covered call ETFs is the latest step in the long line of ETF innovations. Before the advent of exchange-traded funds, only individual stocks traded on the exchanges. Investors who wanted to invest in portfolios of stocks were stuck with mutual funds. ETFs provide a whole new way for investors and […]

Trade of the Week: WBA

Trade of the Week: WBA

Last week, in my 48-Hour Income service, we sold a cash-secured put on drug store giant, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA).  In 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. Put premiums were elevated in WBA due to upcoming earnings. The […]