After Barrick and Newmont are done integrating their latest purchases, both of them will start looking around for the next asset base to acquire and B2Gold’s name should be at the top of their lists. Read More

This month’s Personal Finance options recommendation includes two strategies, selling a covered call and selling a naked put on Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TXN) as described below. If you already own shares of Texas Instruments, then you should consider selling a covered call against that stock position, but if you do… Read More

VZ April $60 covered call expired worthless, resulting in a 3.1% gain for 133 days of exposure. VZ April $52.50 naked put expired worthless, resulting in a 2.2% gain for 133 days of exposure. C April $67.50 covered call was assigned, resulting in a 7.9% gain for 71 days of exposure. C April $60 naked put expired worthless, resulting in a 2.0% gain for 71 days of exposure. TGT April $75 covered call was assigned, resulting in a 16.5% gain for 106 days of exposure. TGT April $60 naked put expired worthless, resulting in a 4.5% gain for 106 days of exposure. In all six cases, selling options generated profits and both the Verizon covered call and Verizon naked put outperformed stand-alone stock ownership. Read More