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To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (8933)	1/13/2010 10:24:20 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20435

No disagreement - just a quest for understanding. "My line of thought is that being Short Calls and Puts is not conservative for a retiree. Being one myself. I guess we will just have to agree to disagree." Do you consider a covered call being short the call? If the call was not covered by shares I would agree. As for cash secured puts - do you see any difference in the risk vs holding the shares? I would agree that covering with long put positions is very good insurance and very conservative.