How does 3.9% average return in one week grab you?
An investor investing in ten S&P500 high potential return covered calls on May 9, 2008 would have experienced a 3.9% return in just one week and would have outperformed the S&P500 by 1.1% (S&P500 return was 2.8%).
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To enter a covered call investing position, an investor sells a call option against a stock. The stock can be newly purchased or can be an existing position in an investor’s portfolio. Covered call investing is a great way to delay paying taxes and to potentially generate an income stream.
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The covered call investing positions returning an average of 3.9% in one week are shown below:
S&P500 High Return Covered Call Positions – One Week | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Company | Symbol | Stock Price (5/9) |
Option | Strike Info |
Option Bid |
Actual %Return (5/16) |
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MGIC Investments Corp. | MTG | 12.20 (-0.36) | MTGEV | 08 MAY 12.5 (8) | 0.4 | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tesoro Petroleum Corp. | TSO | 21.96 (-1.27) | TSOEX | 08 MAY 22.5 (8) | 0.6 | 5.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehman Brothers Hldgs. Inc. | LEH | 43.54 (+0.61) | LYHER | 08 MAY 44.0 (8) | 1.06 | 2.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
D.R. Horton Inc. | DHI | 14.83 (-0.36) | DHIEC | 08 MAY 15.0 (8) | 0.35 | 3.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. | WFR | 64.38 (-1.04) | WFREM | 08 MAY 65.0 (8) | 1.35 | 3.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nordstrom Inc. | JWN | 34.39 (-0.28) | JWNEG | 08 MAY 35.0 (8) | 0.7 | 3.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ALCOA Inc. | AA | 39.04 (-0.61) | AAEH | 08 MAY 40.0 (8) | 0.78 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Agilent Tech. Corp. | A | 31.90 (-0.08) | AEZ | 08 MAY 32.5 (8) | 0.61 | 3.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valero Energy Corp. (New) | VLO | 44.56 (-1.71) | VLOEI | 08 MAY 45.0 (8) | 0.85 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. | CBG | 22.15 (-0.14) | CBGEX | 08 MAY 22.5 (8) | 0.4 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average | 3.9 |
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