Put Options : How to Use This Powerful Financial Tool for Profit & Protection

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How to profit from put options, the straightforward, versatile tool that any investor can use

Put Options provides complete information for understanding and using puts, the easy to-use investment designed to help investors lower risk and increase overall returns. Misunderstood by most investors as being far too complex, aggressive, and risky to bother with, puts are actually one of the safest end most versatile risk-hedging instruments available, and suitable for virtually any investor.

Put Options explains why and how.

Author Jeffrey Cohen outlines a foolproof, back-tested strategy for incorporating put options into any investment portfolio--or even creating a stock-free portfolio.

Put Options features:

9 put rules for saving both money and frustration
Put strategies for profiting in up, down, or sideways markets
Tips for using puts to increase trading leverage and success

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Not a bad strategy/silly written book.......2006-11-15

One-third of the book is an advertising of a strategy. Or maybe it just sounds like an infomercial?

One-fifth of the book is tables of almost all stocks and almost all options. Why?

And, as mentioned before, where is that tool that helps in calculating the selection parameters? It is actually one of the most ridiculous (and negative)points of the book. Here: "You are probably thinking that you could spend every waking hour doing this analysis. Fortunately, you do not have to. The automated toolkit I developed will allow most investors to properly analyze...portfolio in less than 30 minutes". Right. Good. Where is it?

As I said, the book is on a silly side as it tries to explain the strategy to ones who do not know what an option is.

The strategy and ideas (diversification, unpredictability of stock prices, the notion that the strategy does not guarantee gains all the time, factors to consider, etc.)in this book are not bad.

Good Concepts, easy read........2005-08-16

I found this to be a very good discussion of a strategy that I was already considering - Selling PUT options. The author makes a compelling argument for this approach and adds some additional twists to the idea that I had not considered. If you have a reasonable amount of capital to start working with, probably 20K+, you could implement this type of strategy with good results. Less capital than that and you will probably start to see the effects of brokerage fees eating up too much of you profits if you try to diversify.

Overall, a very good book - the one downside is that in the book the author keeps mentioning a software program he had written to help you implement the system, but after much searching, including on his website, I was not able to find it. Too bad, it sounded like a very helpful program.

Put Options.......2003-08-13

You should know I'm biased. Mr. Cohen is my personal financial consultant. Over the past three years while many of my friends were losing a fortune in the market, my portfolio grew substantially thanks to the principles discussed in this book. If you can't have Jeff as your personal advisor, the next best thing to do is read his book and see how he does it. - Wm.G.Hayden,M.D.

Opportunity to earn consistent double-digit stock market ret.......2003-07-31

If you were like most investors, you would leap at the opportunity to earn consistent double-digit stock market returns with greatly reduced risk. This excellent book on Put Options introduces you to an innovative, proven program designed to do just that--produce consistent and regular stock market returns while minimizing the risk of losing those returns during a down market.
The secret, as described in detail in the book, is in implementing a low-maintenance, easy-to-follow program of selling put options on quality stocks while hedging those investments by buying puts on the overall market. Far easier to implement and track than it sounds, this strategy is frequently used by institutional investors, whose reputations and careers depend on garnering decent returns without assuming unnecessary risk.
Put Options explains this proven technique in terms that virtually any investor can understand and implement. The rare investment book that supports its claims by providing the actual results of actual trades using actual household-name stocks, Put Options provides a step-by-step template on how you can use author Jeffrey Cohen's SafetyNet program.
This book is for the individual small investor that makes his own investment decisions. The existing base of such investors is huge, and growing rapidly, as evident by the subscriber growth rates of the online brokers. The reasons for these investors making their own decisions and thus controlling the performance of their portfolios is quite clear when you consider the following scenario:
The savvy investor is no longer content making a 2% annual return in a passbook savings account or 4% on a Bank Certificate of Deposit. Some mutual funds may do a little better than this but their performance is not always consistent.

Today, everyone wants his or her money put to hard work, aggressively generating more money. Since the stock market outperforms all other investments over time, people are increasing turning to the stock market and the options market, where much higher rates of return can be made with relative small increase in risk to capital.

Before the later part of 1997, it was difficult for the small investor to become actively involved in the stock market. The commission fees charged by the full service brokers were high. Research into companies and analysis of stocks were difficult, obtaining timely information was nearly impossible for the average person. It used to be that stock and option investing was considered the domain of professional money managers and the wealthy elite. The Internet has changed all that by providing a wealth of financial information and online brokerage firms. There are hundreds of Internet sites that provide free instant access to stock quotes, stock charts, company profiles, late breaking company news, detailed technical analysis, and even specific stock and options recommendations.

With computers and Internet connection available to everyone inexpensively, the small investor has opportunity like never before! These days, virtually everyone knows about the stock market. The number of mutual funds has grown 50 folds since the 1970's... 401(K) plans have flourished ... kids these days get stocks as birthday and graduation presents... there is 24 hour stock coverage on TV... online trading accounts are everywhere...

My point is this: we have become a generation of stock investors. We are raising our children to be stock investors. And with savings interest rates hovering around 1%¾there are trillions of dollars in cash still waiting on the sidelines¾with no place to go except right back into the stock market. All it will take is more good news from sectors recovering from over growth and the recent pullbacks.

The most important of all is the fact that investor expectation of reasonable return on investment has been moderated after the recent stock market bubble burst... and a 20% to 30% per year return on a sustainable basis is very attractive and acceptable. In my opinion, anyone who has a portfolio or manages investor or corporate funds is a potential reader [of the Put Options book] and user [of the SafetyNet program] by Jeffery Cohn.

Put Options will change the way you invest by literally changing the way you view investment. It shows you how to invest in today's best blue chip and technology stocks in such a way as to profit when they do well while protecting yourself when they do poorly. Packed with facts, figures, and actual examples of SafetyNet program in action, it unquestionably supports the bottom-line premise that writing options can, if done correctly, be far safer than owning shares of stock--and then shows you exactly how to do it.

Super strategy.......2003-07-30

Cohen's book is a compelling analysis of selling put options and covering the risk with the purchase of index puts. He compares this strategy with the purchase of long stocks and describes how the strategy reduces risk. Overall a solid description of a well developed strategy. Not some get-rich-quick scheme!

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In this book, Michael W. Kramer applies uncertainty reduction theory (URT)--a key theory in current communication scholarship--to the context of organizational communication. Examining URT and the range of research applicable to organizational settings, Kramer proposes a groundbreaking theory of managing uncertainty (TMU), which synthesizes prior research while also addressing its criticisms. Examples are provided to illustrate the principles of the TMU at both the individual and collective (group/organizational) levels of analysis. Original studies based on the theory show that it provides a useful extension of URT, addressing some concerns raised by critics of that earlier model. Kramer illustrates that, as a model in progress, TMU will change as new research and insights build upon it.

Managing Uncertainty in Organizational Communication assists readers in understanding and researching uncertainty in communication, which encourages additional changes and improvements to the model. It is of primary interest to scholars, researchers, and practitioners in organizational, interpersonal, and group communication.

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A number of practical implications and issues can arise in the daily functioning of independent (first demand) guarantees and standby letters of credit. Bank Guarantees in International Trade provides a comprehensive, highly readable study of the legal and practical aspects and implications of these instruments, broadening the reader s understanding of the law on the subject. This work comprises all reported case law from the Netherlands, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium and also takes into account the law in certain other European countries and the United States. Bank Guarantees in International Trade examines the governing law of bank guarantees in numerous regions, particularly within the Middle East and North Africa. The Appendix includes, among other materials, the text of the 1992 ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees, the 1995 UNCITRAL Convention, and many sample texts. Its transnational perspective enhances the value of this work, making it useful in other jurisdictions. This second edition contains thoroughly revised, updated, and amended material which reflects new developments in the law and changing patterns in practice and accounts for the introduction of new techniques and problem areas. Bankers and lawyers in particular will find Bank Guarantees in International Trade an insightful and informative work.

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Composting is increasingly used as a recycling technology for organic wastes. Knowledge on the composition and activities of compost microbial communities has so far been based on traditional methods. New molecular and physiological tools now offer new insights into the "black box" of decaying material. An unforeseen diversity of microorganisms are involved in composting, opening up an enormous potential for future process and product improvements. In this book, the views of scientists, engineers and end-users on compost production, process optimisation, standardisation and product application are presented.

Biofermentation pilot study for water hyacinth and gizzard shad composting (Special publication)

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Biofermentation pilot study for water hyacinth and gizzard shad composting (Special publication)
William C Hackett
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Microbial activity in composting municipal sewage sludge

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Microbial activity in composting municipal sewage sludge
J. Robie Vestal
Manufacturer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Engineering Research Laboratory
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This book, the first of its kind in this subject area, will focus on in vitro approaches to the study of the toxicology of polluting agents (including heavy metals, radionuclides, micro-organics, estrogenic compounds, and complex mixtures) in the aquatic environment. The importance of in vitro methods is that they allow standardised techniques to be developed and validated for substance and species specific experiments in a controlled way. Also, they allow mechanistic studies without the problems of individual variation between animals and environmental stress.

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The year is 2160. Interstellar flight is common, space stations are as busy as 21st-century airports, and extraterrestrials inhabit Earth. And the Chicago Cubs still haven't won the World Series since 1908. Fed up, two Cubs fans use a time machine to travel back to 1908, recruit (okay, kidnap) two players off the last championship Cubs team, and bring them to the future to help the Cubs finally win another World Series. The hilarious plot to get two ringers into a World Series game that's already been played, in hopes of reversing the outcome so that the Cubs win, involves two actual Cubs players from the 1908 team (Joe Tinker and Orval Overall), and two memorable characters from the future, whose witty banter and devotion to the Cubs will endear them to all baseball fans. The haplessness of the Cubs over the years has won them millions of sympathetic and loyal followers. They may well be the most beloved sports team in America. And whether you're a fan of the Cubs or simply of sports in general, this book may be your best and only chance of being there when the Cubs finally take the Series.

Customer Reviews:

Judged a Book by it's Cover.......2007-01-04

I purchased this book because of the snappy title and the hope that it would be an entertaining read. However, halfway through the first chapter I grew bored from the exhausting use of sci-fi imagery and tedious storyline. This is not a book for Cubs fans. It is a childish plot and has little or nothing to offer in the realm of enjoyment. I have to wonder, with all the possible stories that could have been told about this hopeful event, why was this one so lame? As an avid Cubs fan, I truly hope it happens in my lifetime and I certainly hope that, when it does, it won't put me to sleep like Harper Scott's version did!

Utterly Hilarious.......2005-10-16

Easily the funniest sports novel I've ever read, easily the funniest science fiction novel, and among the funniest novels period. Hilarious dialogue, an ingenious plot, and two memorable characters who travel back in time to kidnap players from the 1908 Cubs and bring them to the future to help the Cubs win the World Series. You don't need to be a Cubs fan to love this book.

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The height of the British Empire.......2006-08-11

This extremely well-written book tells the reader, in somewhat condensed form, about the various wars, excursions, etc., that happened during the long reign of Queen Victoria. I don't think that it's completely comprehensive, because to even say a little about each event would mean this book would be three or four times its length. The author hits the "highlights" (if you will), and the reader who is interested in further in-depth resarch can do it on his or her own. There are a plethora of books about the various actions of Imperial Britain during the 19th century, but this one short book gives the reader guidance for them. It's a book that contains much savagery, but there is a touch of humor also, which relieves the almost constant tension. There are also thumbnail biographies of the most important personages of the times, which are quite helpful. This is an excellent short book on the apex of the British Empire.

An interesting and useful work on the British colonial wars.......2003-11-14

Magnificent job,describes the various military expeditions, little wars, rebellions, mutinies(well only one was the only big threat to the Queen Victoria Empire, the Indian Mutiny)and all the small affairs to repel a proboked attack, to save or to protect resident Britons, to avenge an insult or to stop any other Empire from extending it.

A lively and compelling study of the Savage wars of peace and the eccentric personalities who fought them,from 1837 to 1901 continuos warfare to protect British Interest in Asia, Canada, Africa, Arabia, this is not a complete work but is one of the best, Mr. Farwell gave us a fascinating overview highly readable with many entertaining historical anecdotes of British colonial wars and bloody confrontations, well written.

I know that there are other works that name all the battles or small campaigns(like the work of Philip J. Haythornthwaite "The Colonial Wars Source Book")but a fascinating and exciting story that was omitted was the Fashoda Incident,this was going to be one of the greatest collision of rival imperial ambitions, the French with their historic claims of the Nile try to take control of a small town call Fashoda and this was a big threat to the British control of the Suez Canal and Egypt so after the famous battle of Omdurman Kitchener was send to stop the young Colonel Marchand, at the end the Fashoda crisis was eventually resolved, the British gave the French a free hand on Morrocco and the French forget about Egypt.

Even with out this the author made an exciting book and a valuable addition to military history, maps and pictures,well laid out, nice appendix, one on the British Regiment system essential to understand the British Military Mind and the other a easy to follow list of the Little wars from 1837 to 1901 this is a partial record of the conflicts for the "PAX BRITANNICA"

information interesting, text boring.......2003-09-12

Queen Victoria fought more wars in her time then any queen in english history. Under Victoria the british government was involved in countless wars in the colonies across the world. This was the era of the great british empire, that the sun never set on. THis book details these wars from the war against the SIhks to the wars in Sudan and the Boer war and many more. Churchill wrote anumber of books on this period as well including his book the 'River war'. Unfortuantly this read tries to compact all these fascinating events into a single volume, but the text is horribly boring and tedious. Its a great resource and one of the only books of its kind(that focus on the entire period and detail every small skirmish and battle). It should be updated by a writer who will help you live history rather then a writer who writes like sheep, like a plodding lawnmower.

An interesting read...but lacking important information........2003-07-28

As an introduction to the period, this is a superb piece of narrative non-fiction; despite being published originally in the early 1970s, the book is decidedly Victorian in style and execution, though very approachable in style
Nevertheless, individuals seeking a deeper understanding will doubtless leave feeling unfulfilled; the book lacks in certain information - dates of key battles, for example, are completely neglected, while details of said battles are sparse. The Ashanti and Maori Wars deserved more than "also ran" mentions. A good read, sadly falling flat of its potential.

A Great Read!.......2002-07-08

This is a fascinating book, and will be enjoyed both by students of the Victorian era military, as well as casual readers of history in general. What binds the various mutinies/insurrections/battles/etc. that cover the sixty years of the widest span of British imperialism is the superb writing style of Mr. Farwell, who has a sense of humor and irony, and looks at each conflict from the standpoint of the British army and the government (and royal) policies that directed it, as well as that of its native protagonists, the vast majority of whom simply wanted to govern themselves without foreign influence. The bravery of both sides is noted, and although the British were outmanned in most of these theaters of conflict, the assets that saw them through time and time again was the esprit de corps of its troops and the leadership of its generals. Those generals that didn't quite make the grade are duly noted and criticized. Even if you are familiar with some of the events in this book, it is still recommended for the continuity of characters and British character that Mr. Farwell brings to each chapter. I couldn't put it down.

AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME: DAILY LIFE IN A LITTLE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE VILLAGE BETWEEN QUEEN VICTORIA'S TIME AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

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AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME: DAILY LIFE IN A LITTLE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE VILLAGE BETWEEN QUEEN VICTORIA'S TIME AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Manufacturer: Caxton 2000
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General | Europe | History | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0953552608

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I thought I would hate this book, but ended loving it!

Queen Victoria's Little Wars
Byron Farwell
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OILZUW

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I thought I would hate this book, but ended loving it!.......2007-04-28

When I first began reading this book, I was disappointed, thinking that it was little more that an account of the various military campaigns undertaken during the reign of Queen Victoria, with no attempt to connect these wars with events within Britain itself.

However, very shortly indeed, I realized that this book was nothing short of a tour de force! The author uses wit and a thorough understanding of his subject to draw the reader in, both informing and entertaining!

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Queen Victoria's Little Wars
Byron Farwell
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEO1ES

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A top Russian interpreter, who spent 30 years on the front lines of diplomacy, offers excerpts from his journals--the result of his four years spent in the service of Mikhail Gorbachev--covering the pivotal period between 1987 and 1990, and including parts of Gorbachev's conversations with Reagan, Thatcher, and Bush, among others.

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This monograph provides a self-contained and comprehensive account of the most significant existence results obtained over the past two decades referring to some remarkable classes of ill-posed problems governed by non-accretive operators. All the results are derived from several compactness arguments, due mainly to the author, and are suitably illustrated by examples arising from various concrete problems - for example, nonlinear diffusion, heat conduction in materials with memory, fluid dynamics, and vibrations of a string with memory. Reference is made to optimal control theory in order to emphasize the degree of applicability of abstract compactness methods. Special attention is paid to multivalued perturbations of m-accretive operators; this case is analyzed under appropriate assumptions in order to allow the use of the general results in the study of some specific problems of great practical interest: reaction-diffusion and closed loop systems. Some biographical comments and open problems are also included. This new edition contains a number of improvements, corrections and insertions which both simplify and update the material. The book will be of interest to graduate students and specialists working in abstract evolution equations, partial differential equations, reaction-diffusion systems and ill-posed problems. A knowledge of topology, functional analysis and ordinary differential equations to undergraduate level is assumed.

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