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New Insights on Covered Call Writing

The Powerful Technique That Enhances Return and Lowers Risk in Stock Investing
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New Insights on Covered Call Writing offers a clear and practical guide to an investment strategy that blends the growth potential of stocks with the income stability of bonds. The authors, Richard Lehman and Lawrence G. McMillan, explain how writing call options against owned stocks can achieve long-term returns similar to the stock market, but with reduced volatility and downside risk. The book demystifies covered call writing, making this professional technique accessible to individual investors seeking consistent and sensible returns.
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This book is ideal for individual investors and those interested in personal finance who want to enhance their portfolio's returns while managing risk effectively. It suits readers looking for straightforward, actionable investment strategies without complex jargon.

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You want the long-term returns from stocks but don't like the volatility. You like the security of income from bonds and CDs, but the yields are too low. If so, then covered call writing may be the investment strategy you've been looking for. This title unlocks some of the secrets of covered call writing.

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Does this sound like you? You want the long-term returns from stocks but don't like the volatility. You like the security of income from bonds and CDs, but the yields are too low. You wish there was a sensible discipline you could follow that would provide the attractive returns offered by common stock yet with more consistency and less risk.

If so, then covered call writing may be the investment strategy you've been looking for. You can achieve long-term returns commensurate with stock market returns but with lower volatility and less downside risk. The trick is to combine stocks with call options by writing a call against a stock you already own. Professional investment managers have been using this strategy for years, and recent developments have now made it easier for individual investors to employ it as well.

Options experts Richard Lehman and Lawrence McMillan unlock the secrets of covered call writing in this groundbreaking, easy-to-understand guide. New Insights on Covered Call Writing offers a comprehensive overview of this investment strategy, tailored for both novice and experienced investors.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781576601334

Publisher: Bloomberg Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 May 2003

Country: United States

Imprint: Bloomberg Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 517g

Pages: 252

About the Author

Richard Lehman has more than twenty-five years of experience applying his expertise in options strategies. He has held executive positions at E. F. Hutton, Thomson McKinnon Securities, First Saxonia Securities, and at the New York Stock Exchange. As an independent adviser, he now runs an online advisory service at CoveredWriter.com.

Lawrence G. McMillan is recognized as one of the foremost options trading experts. He has written three best-selling books on options, including Options as a Strategic Investment. As president of McMillan Analysis Corporation, he writes the "Daily Volume Alerts" and edits and publishes The Option Strategist, a derivative products newsletter covering equity, index, and futures options, as well as the online resource OptionStrategist.com.

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