An options strategy called Covered Call Writing is a cautious strategy designed to trim risk and step up income when investing in stocks. Shortly said, stock options are contracts in which you purchase or trade the right to buy or sell. Although there are eight types of options contracts, we’re interested here in low-risk “Covered Call Writing.”Here’s how it works: Say it’s August and you buy 300 shares of XYZ stock at the price of $48 per share. XYZ pays a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share. Therefore, if the price never goes, you’ll earn 4.2 % per year.
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