Investment Strategy
Contrarian investing means to invest against the crowd, and to be skeptical of general market sentiment. It’s an investing strategy that rewards patience, confidence, and rationality with high returns, and is the strategy that most of history's world-class investors applied to earn their outsized gains. It goes against human nature to stand … [Read more...]
The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), used by federal civilian and military personnel, is one of the best retirement systems in the world. Since it consists of simple index funds, it's a straightforward investment account that is accessible and understandable for all employees. It has among the lowest fees you'll find anywhere, and it's very … [Read more...]
If you already own a stock (or an ETF), you can sell covered calls on it to boost your income and total returns. Income from covered call premiums can be 2-3x as high as dividends from that stock, and then you also get to keep receiving dividends and some capital appreciation as well. This article will show in detail how covered calls work … [Read more...]
You don’t have to let the market dictate what price you’ll pay for an awesome company. You can name your own price instead, and get paid to wait for the stock to dip to that level. That’s what selling put options allows you to do. When you sell a put option on a stock, you’re selling someone the right, but not the obligation, to make you buy … [Read more...]
The popularity of index funds has absolutely exploded over the last 20 years, with investors collectively transferring a couple hundred billion dollars every year from actively managed to passively managed funds. And the reason for this has been clear: index funds vastly outperform actively managed funds. Although a minority have stood out as … [Read more...]