The U.S. bourses, which ended the first half of 2015 in red and were beaten down heavily by concerns over China and Greece to start the second half, are now on the mend. Positive sentiment has built ...

Put-writing strategies have been around for many years and are often used to help investors generate income in flat and rising markets. In summary, put options are contracts that give their owner (or ...

PUTW ETF writes put options on the SPY ETF while investing proceeds into treasuries. Put/write strategies have similar payoffs as covered calls. However, in rising markets, put/write may outperform as ...

When you mention put writing to someone, their eyes widen, pupils dilate, their brain shuts down and tohu vavohu (Old Testament Hebrew term meaning "chaos" or "pandemonium" and still used in modern ...

With the post-crisis market recovery now in its tenth year and equity indexes near all-time highs, investors understandably may be thinking that no bull market can charge ahead forever. We are now in ...

Consider the sturdy Midwestern bank that, for generations, earned a stable income loaning money to credit-worthy companies and families. But decades removed from its origins, the bank grows bold and ...