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Strategies & Market Trends : The Covered Calls for Dummies Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: fmikehugo who wrote (3971)	10/10/2002 11:36:07 AM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5205

>> ...would like to invest that principal in one or two more stocks to write CCs against. QCOM seems an obvious choice, but after that how do I rank other candidates? Considering the depth of this bear market, that's a difficult question, Mike. Nothing seems obvious at the moment, in the sense that Mr. Market's valuation methods are undefined. That means you have to compare the value of an income stream from ccs against the potential of loss of investment capital. It's not a decision I'd care to make for anyone else. Regards, uf