Stocks Mutual Funds

Surely “they” wouldn’t let the worst happen, would they? The “subprime” debacle in the last few weeks seemed to come from nowhere to suddenly infuse panic into financial markets from stocks to mortgages to hedge funds to banks to precious metals to consumer spending. Of course, as I have explained …

Example: Profits Becoming Unlikely: You recently bought a put for 4. However, expiration date is coming up soon and the stock’s market value has risen above striking price. When the put expires, you face the prospect of losing the entire $400 premium. Time has worked against you. Knowing that the …

Picking and choosing a mutual fund appear to have turned out to be a very many-sided matter. There is no shortage of funds in the market the most crucial factor in determining which one is better than the rest is to look at returns. Returns are the easiest to measure …