Each recommendation is explained in a detailed commentary on the underlying stock. Each recommendation is explained in a detailed commentary on the underlying stock. Put selling is ideal for investors looking to generate income in their portfolio with the possibility of acquiring a quality blue-chip stock at a price below current levels. Most of the time, however, the put sold will expire worthless, allowing the investor to pocket the premium without ever having to buy the stock. Each recommendation is explained in a detailed commentary on the underlying stock.
Options trading is a subject of considerable depth and breadth.
Bernie Schaeffer is chairman of Schaeffer's Investment Research, Inc., senior editor of The Option Advisor, Fund Profit Alert and Schaeffer's Research Review newsletters. Bernie's market t iming prowess earned his induction into the Dick Davis Digest Hall of Fame for calling the 1987 crash. He is also widely recognized as an expert on equity and index options. Bernie is a CNBC Market Maven and he also appears on CNN and on the Nightly Business Report. His views on the stock market and the economy are regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, Investor's Business Daily and USA Today.