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The Star Princess berthed at CT2 (Cruise Terminal 2) on the Admiralty Pier in Dover Harbour's Western Docks, pointing towards the Western Entrance and English Channel beyond.
The rim of the sun is about to drop behind the Western Heights and the scene looks very different from when the Star Princess first entered harbour in the cold grey light of dawn (also see the Star Princess leaving Dover photo).
The photo was taken on Wednesday, 5th of May, 2010, from the Prince of Wales Pier (the lighthouse is to the left and the Clock Tower to the right).
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So far the ship has called at Ponta Delgada (Portugal), Lisbon (Portugal) and Vigo (Spain). At 8 pm this evening the Star Princess is scheduled to leave Dover Harbour to call at Le Havre (for Paris, France), Zeebrugge (Belgium), Rotterdam (Netherlands, or Holland), Oslo (Norway), Gothenburg (Sweden), and Copenhagen (Denmark).
The "Northern Europe Passage" ends in Copenhagen. The remainder of the "Northern Europe Grand Adventure" cruise will then run concurrent with a 10-night "Scandinavia and Russia" cruise calling at: Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland), St. Petersburg (Russia), Tallinn (Estonia), Gdansk (Poland), Oslo (Norway), before returning to (Copenhagen (Denmark).
The Star Princess has a Bridge webcam which refreshes every 5 minutes - the webcam is also shown on this Seascanner webpage below a satellite map tracking the ship's movements (try it!).
The Star Princess is a Princess Cruises cruise ship. The Star Princess is a sister ship of the Grand Princess and the Golden Princess. An earlier ship of the same name is now operating as the Ocean Village. The Star Princess was built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone, Italy in 2002, and has hull number 6051. Star Princess differs slightly in upper deck layout from her predecessors, having an extra plunge pool (and one less hot tub) at the stern (deck 15) and with the deletion of the "Off Limits" teenagers' hot tub and sunbathing area featured further forward on her predecessors. Another ship of similar design, Caribbean Princess, was subsequently built, featuring an additional deck of cabins ("Riviera Deck") to accommodate more passengers. (1)
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Felton Peter Bergeron Jr., 64, died on Monday, Aug. 20, 2001.
Visitation will be from 7 to 10 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to funeral time Thursday at Mothe Funeral Home in Marrero. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with burial in Restlawn Park Cemetery.
He is survived by his companion, Mickey Carter; two sons, Richard Bergeron and Stormy Bergeron; two stepsons, Joe and Johnny Bourgeois; three stepdaughters, Debbie Pittman, Desiree Brecheen and Brandy Brecheen; two brothers, Harold and Gerald Bergeron; five sisters, Ella Mae Womack, Virgice Bergeron, Catherine Rodrigue, Gloria Dufrene, and Joyce Bergeron; and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Felton Joseph Bergeron and Agnes Naquin Bergeron; two sons, David and Dale Bergeron; and one sister, Shirley Sampey.
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Cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular risk management by practice nurses in primary care
Disease epidemiology - chronic
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is largely preventable and prevention expenditures are relatively low. The randomised controlled SPRING-trial (SPRING-RCT) shows that cardiovascular risk management by practice nurses in general practice with and without self-monitoring both decreases cardiovascular risk, with no additional effect of self-monitoring. For considering future approaches of cardiovascular risk reduction, cost effectiveness analyses of regular care and additional self-monitoring are performed from a societal perspective on data from the SPRING-RCT.
Direct medical and productivity costs are analysed alongside the SPRING-RCT, studying 179 participants (men aged 50–75 years, women aged 55–75 years), with an elevated cardiovascular risk, in 20 general practices in the Netherlands. Standard cardiovascular treatment according to Dutch guidelines is compared with additional counselling based on self-monitoring at home (pedometer, weighing scale and/ or blood pressure device) both by trained practice nurses. Cost-effectiveness is evaluated for both treatment groups and patient categories (age, sex, education).
Costs are €98 and €187 per percentage decrease in 10-year cardiovascular mortality estimation, for the control and intervention group respectively. In both groups lost productivity causes the majority of the costs. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio is approximately €1100 (95% CI: -5157 to 6150). Self-monitoring may be cost effective for females and higher educated participants, however confidence intervals are wide.
In this study population, regular treatment is more cost effective than counselling based on self-monitoring, with the majority of costs caused by lost productivity.
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a leading cause of death both worldwide (29% of all deaths, 2004)
Lifestyle interventions appear to be cost effective in reducing cardiovascular risk
For the SPRING-RCT we reported that combined lifestyle and drug intervention by practice nurses in persons with a mild to moderate cardiovascular risk resulted in a small but significant decrease of cardiovascular risk after one year (∆SCORE 10 year risk of cardiovascular mortality –1.71% (SD 2.95) for both groups together),
The objectives of this paper are to assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular prevention by practice nurses from a societal perspective in both treatment groups of the SPRING-RCT, and specify the costs of components of the intervention and the cost-effectiveness for subgroups (age, sex, level of education).
SPRING population and intervention
The economic evaluation was conducted using data gathered in the SPRING-RCT. Between June 2008 and August 2009 randomly selected individuals from 20 general practices (GPs) were invited for a screening. Men aged 50–75 years and women aged 55–75 years, with an estimated SCORE 10-year cardiovascular risk of cardiovascular mortality ≥5%
Cost calculation
Total costs were calculated for both treatment groups. Total costs consisted of direct costs (medication, time spent by medical staff, self-monitoring equipment, patient transport to the practice) and productivity losses (absence at work of the working individuals that participated). Costs of intangibles (suffering/adverse effects) and medical costs not directly related to the study were not taken into account.
The staff costs of the visits to the practice nurse were based on the registered total visit time and standard hourly costs of practice nurses in general practice in the Netherlands (Table
Cost-effectiveness analysis
In order to get an impression of the balance between additional costs that have to be invested with the new risk management strategy, and the health gains of this strategy, a cost effectiveness analysis was performed. The effectiveness measure was the SCORE cardiovascular mortality estimation (expressed as % 10-year cardiovascular mortality risk). As the duration of the study was one year, costs were not discounted (discounting is common in cost effectiveness studies with a longer duration, when costs are made at the start and future benefits are expressed in today's values). Cost effectiveness ratios (CERs) in €/% SCORE were calculated for both treatment groups separately. Incremental cost effectiveness ratios (ICERs) (expressed as difference in costs between the two methods/ difference in % SCORE) were calculated to compare the standard treatment and the intervention treatment from the SPRING-RCT with regard to both costs and effects. In addition, subgroup analyses were performed for different patient categories. For both groups cost and effect pairs were bootstrapped 5000 times from the trial data, which means that based on a 'random sample with replacement' from the original trial data, 5000 new data sets were drawn, that were used to estimate the ICER 95% confidence interval. In addition, a cost effectiveness plane was constructed to graphically display the location of the estimates (right upper quadrant: more effective and more expensive, right lower quadrant: more effective and less expensive, left upper quadrant: less effective and more expensive and left lower quadrant: less effective and less expensive)
The mean difference between both groups regarding treatment effect is 0.16% (95% CI −1.66 – 1.98) SCORE risk estimation. The mean difference regarding costs is €175 (95% CI 80–270). The ICER, therefore, is €1082, which means that for the intervention group approximately €1100 has to be invested extra to obtain 1% extra decrease of SCORE risk estimation. The 95% confidence interval for the ICER based on 5000 bootstrap replications is -€5157 to €6150. The replications are depicted as a cost effectiveness plane (Figure
Figure 1
Scatter plot of bootstrapped costs and effects (a) and value of ceiling ratio (b) for the whole study population
Scatter plot of bootstrapped costs and effects (a) and value of ceiling ratio (b) for the whole study population.
Figure 2
Scatter plot of bootstrapped costs and effects (a) and value of ceiling ratio (b) for subgroups: I: males, II: females, III: age ≤65y, IV: age >65y, V:low educated individuals, VI: high educated individuals
Scatter plot of bootstrapped costs and effects (a) and value of ceiling ratio (b) for subgroups: I: males, II: females, III: age ≤65y, IV: age >65y, V:low educated individuals, VI: high educated individuals.
Main findings
In this population, the costs of cardiovascular prevention were higher in the intervention group, with annual costs per individual of €160 (control group) compared with €335 (intervention group). Costs per percent decrease in estimated 10-year cardiovascular mortality of €98 compared with €187, for the control and intervention group respectively. An added role for self-monitoring can be considered only for females and higher educated individuals. For both groups costs predominantly consisted of societal costs and staff time and not of medication.
Explanation and comparison with existing literature
The present study adds valuable new information compared with previous studies, as both costs and effects are based on an actual practice setting, which makes the outcomes more generalizable. In addition, societal costs were included, which is recommended to allow a broad perspective
The time investment of both medical staff and participants not only caused the main cost driver in both groups, but also the difference between both groups (Table
Based on De Bekker-Grob et al. with €39 million spend on non-pharmaceutical cardiovascular preventive activities and €181 million on medication, we expected that costs of modified medication would be relatively high
With regard to exploration of the subgroups, the control group CER is lower for all subgroups. Higher educated participants and women seem to benefit most from the investment of extra time and immediate feedback and motivation from self-monitoring, as the ICER is most favourable for these two groups. Whether the intervention programme is preferable over control treatment for these groups, depends on how much a decision maker is willing to pay for a certain decrease in SCORE risk estimation. However, confidence intervals were very wide and not statistically significant.
On the other hand, especially lower educated participants seemed to be better off in the control group. A probable explanation is that for some lower educated individuals the instructions and feedback of the self-monitoring might have been too complex and might have had a discouraging effect. Higher social economic status is inversely related to cardiovascular risk
With respect to sex, the awareness of both the public and physicians is poor about the fact that -despite women having lower 10-year risk estimations compared with men- the annual death rate for CVDs is higher among females compared with males, due to a higher case fatality rate from coronary attacks
There is controversy about cardiovascular risk management for specific age groups
Strengths and limitations
Strengths of this study are the pragmatic protocol and the societal perspective. No information from the SPRING study was available on long term effects >1 year nor on adverse effects. No modelling was performed to estimate for example quality adjusted life years, which makes comparisons with some other studies difficult. On the other hand the lack of assumptions necessary for modelling makes the results more plain to interpret. The group size was too limited to allow reliable cost effectiveness analyses in subgroups, so conclusions about subgroups should be considered as preliminary.
In the studied population, standard cardiovascular risk management by practice nurses is more cost effective than additional intensive counselling based on self-monitoring. As a considerable proportion of the target population for cardiovascular risk management will consist of working individuals, productivity losses during practice visits have to be taken into account when deciding about cardiovascular risk management strategies. The majority of costs resulted from societal costs. The costs for cardiovascular risk management however are found to be relatively low, for protocols based on the Dutch General Practitioner's Guideline on Cardiovascular Risk Management (version 2006)
Ethics approval
The SPRING study was approved by the Medical Ethics Review Committee of the University Medical Centre Groningen: 2007/232.
SCORE: Systematic coronary risk evaluation; SPRING: Self-monitoring and prevention of RIsk factors by nurse practitioners in the region of Groningen; RCT: Randomized controlled trial; CVD: Cardiovascular disease; BP: Blood pressure; GP: General practitioner; CER: Cost effectiveness ratio; ICER: Incremental cost effectiveness ratio
Competing interests
No potential conflicts of interest were present.
Authors' contributions
AS, JB, KM and AT designed the study, AT collected the data, KV analysed the data, AT drafted the article, all other authors revised it and gave final approval of the version to be published.
We are grateful to Dr. F.W. Beltman for his contributions to the study concept and design and the acquisition of the data and to Prof. Dr. A.A. Voors for his contributions to the study concept. We also thank the participating general practices, practice nurses and their patients for their enthusiasm and cooperation. We thank Petra Haarsma and all the students of the research team for performing measurements and data collection. We also thank the members of the Hypertension Service Groningen for initiating and supporting the SPRING-study.
The SPRING study was financially supported by the Foundation "De Gavere."
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As violence broke out at a Trump rally in Costa Mesa, California, on Thursday night, we take a look at the increasingly hostile atmosphere that protesters are encountering at Trump's events. Last month, one of Trump's supporters was caught on video sucker-punching an anti-Trump protester at a rally in Tucson. But there was another assault at that rally that few heard about. Lena Rothman says she was assaulted by a Trump supporter, and when she reported the assault to police at the Trump event, she herself was arrested. For more, we speak with Lena Rothman.
Is Trump's Rhetoric Reigniting Anti-Immigrant Legislation in Arizona?
Amid a presidential election cycle marked by anti-immigrant rhetoric, we take a look at how the national campaigns are affecting state politics in Arizona. A number of anti-immigrant bills are currently making their way through the Arizona state Legislature. On Thursday, House lawmakers gave initial approval to a measure that would require undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes to serve maximum prison terms without the possibility of probation or early release. Other bills under consideration here would withhold money from sanctuary cities and bar state funds from being used to resettle refugees. Last month, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed another measure that requires undocumented people convicted of crimes to serve a longer portion of their prison sentences before they are turned over to immigration authorities for deportation. For more, we speak with Isabel Garcia, co-chair of Coalición de Derechos Humanos, or Coalition for Human Rights, based here in Tucson. She just retired from her post as Pima County legal defender last July after more than 22 years.
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Sunday is May Day, and organizers and activists across the United States are planning celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the massive May Day marches of 2006. That year, more than 1.5 million people took to the streets to support workers' and immigrant rights. It was one of the largest days of protest in the country's history. Now we look at a new book by historian Peter Linebaugh entitled "The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day." Linebaugh is the author of many books, including "The Many-Headed Hydra" and "The Magna Carta Manifesto." Historian Robin D. G. Kelley has said of Linebaugh: "There is not a more important historian living today. Period."
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Tuesday was another big night for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. In the Republican race, Trump won all five states up for grabs: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware. He won at least 54 percent in every state, capturing most of the delegates at stake. John Kasich placed second in four of the contests. Ted Cruz placed second in one. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton beat Bernie Sanders in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Connecticut. Sanders took Rhode Island. We begin a roundtable discussion with four guests in New Mexico talking about Trump's rise to become, as he now refers to himself, "the presumptive nominee." "We have seen guns coming up from Mexico," says Sue Wilson Beffort, a Republican member of the New Mexico state Senate, who has not endorsed any presidential candidate but shares Trump's concerns about a "porous" border. "That's all rhetoric," responds Diane Denish, former lieutenant governor of New Mexico, who has endorsed Clinton for president. "We are what America is going to be in a few years: We are a minority-majority state. … And the fact that Donald Trump wants to scare people and tell them that the people that are coming are murderers and rapists, … that is just not happening." We also speak with former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who is running for president as a Libertarian and was the Libertarian nominee for president in 2012. He was a Republican during his two terms as governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003. And we're joined by Jerry Ortiz y Pino, a Democratic member of the New Mexico state Senate, who has endorsed Bernie Sanders.
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30 Years After Chernobyl, World's Worst Nuclear Disaster, U.S. Activists Warn of Ongoing Risks
We are on the road in New Mexico, home to Los Alamos and the birthplace of the nuclear age. The atomic bombs used in World War II were designed and developed here, and it remains one of two places that design every nuclear weapon in the United States arsenal. This comes as today marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in the former Soviet state of Ukraine, which is still considered the worst nuclear disaster in history. It sent a cloud of radioactive fallout into Russia, Belarus and over a large portion of Europe. Fifty thousand people living in Chernobyl's immediate surroundings had to be evacuated, and a vast rural region became uninhabitable. The legacy of Chernobyl and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power accident, which occurred five years ago last month in Japan, particularly resonates with residents here in the Southwest and in the Western United States. The other facility is in Livermore Lab in California, and we recently spoke with Marylia Kelley, a Livermore resident and the executive director of Tri-Valley CAREs, or Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, a partner organization with the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. The group just put out a new report called "Trillion Dollar Trainwreck: Out-of-control U.S. nuclear weapons programs accelerate spending, proliferation, health and safety risks."
Family of Samuel Harrell, Killed by "Beat Up Squad" in NY Prison, Holds Hunger Strike for Justice
We speak with family members who have just concluded a five-day hunger strike marking the first anniversary of the death of Samuel Harrell, who died after as many as 20 corrections officers kicked, punched and threw him down a flight of stairs while he was incarcerated at the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, New York. An autopsy report determined the African-American man's death was a homicide caused by a "physical altercation with corrections officers." Some of the officers were known around the prison as the Beat Up Squad. The superintendent at Fishkill, William J. Connolly, abruptly resigned in the weeks after the incident, and both the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office and the U.S. District Attorney's Office have launched investigations into the case. But more than a year later, no one has been charged in Samuel Harrell's death, and the correctional officers involved in the assault are still working at the prison. Harrell's father, Samuel Harrell Sr., and sister, Cerissa, discuss why they want the officers "held accountable, just like any other citizen," and how they are calling for body cameras to be used in correctional facilities and for guards to receive better training for de-escalating misunderstandings and dealing with people who have mental illnesses.


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Market MuscleLet's Pump Up Your Returns Using Exchange Traded Funds and Covered Calls with Protective Puts!
By Thomas Peterson
iUniverse, Inc.Copyright © 2012 Thomas Peterson
All right reserved.
Chapter OneDisclaimer Time
All the information, data, examples, opinions in this book (hard copy, soft copy, and / or E-book) are for educational purposes only, and they are not intended to give readers any investment recommendations to buy or sell a security or to provide investment and / or financial planning advice. This book does not endorse or recommend the services of any financial company. This book, Market Muscle, is not responsible for any losses whatsoever that may arise from any use of the content of this book or website. Options can be risky and you are solely responsible for using them correctly. Please note you are responsible for your trading and investing outcomes or for any losses that could result from the use of the content of this book. If you do not use a financial advisor, you must do your own due diligence before committing to any trading and / or investments. Stocks, exchange traded funds, and options do involve risk. Please be advised to use caution when buying or selling any type of security. Past performance is no guarantee of future results resulting in gains or losses. There can be no assurance that projected growth rates and premiums will in fact occur. Investing and option trading involves different types of risks, including the possibility of principal loss. The use of a financial advisor does not eliminate risks associated with investing but can help mitigate the risks. Please consider your investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. The CBOE ® and Chicago Board Options Exchange ® are registered trademarks and BXM is a service mark of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (CBOE). The S&P ® and S&P 500 ® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services. Now that we got that out of the way, let's have some fun.
Let's Kick Start It
I have some housekeeping issues to go over before we get to the meat and potatoes in the pages ahead.
Now that I have thrown so much at you already, let's take a break for a humorous illustration.
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Buy and hold today is more like buy and hope it goes higher.
Why You Need To Invest
There are many reasons for investing and saving money, but I like to keep it simply simple (kiss.) I have two huge reasons why we should invest and they are to stay above the eroding entity of inflation and to achieve financial goals. I will first talk about the lovely word inflation.
The impact of inflation is awesome. It is a constant, steady erosion of the purchasing power of money. It averages about 3% per year. I like to call it the thief in the night that steals every night. Inflation just seems to happen. It ebbs and flows through unexpected changes from news and other fun stuff from around the world. It could be news of a war or the financial impact of a war to an oil issue that can cause a sudden rise in prices. Inflation is very cyclical and it can be closely linked to our nation's overall stability and economy. On average, when things are going well, inflation is normally higher. You may be asking why I included this short summary on inflation, because the higher the real rate of return you are earning on your investments, the better your defense against the effects of inflation now and in the future. This naughty word inflation can make for some jaw dropping problems for people living on fixed income and tight budgets. This could include people living on pensions, annuity payments, payments from bonds, and other fixed instruments. The fixed income means that the dollar amount is fixed from the start and does not change. An example would be a $10,000 bond paying 5% will give you $500 a year for as long as you hold it. This of course means you're buying power will decline due to inflation. What about the flip side of the coin? The flip side is that bonds, CD's, and other fixed investments pay higher interest during times of high inflation, providing a better return. Covered call writing will help you combat the melting away of your money power by inflation by allowing you to get a better return.
The second reason we need to invest is to achieve our financial goals. This means different things to different investors.
These goals could be to invest for a vacation home, an education, a sports car, or for most investors a retirement of leisure. Many investors also just want a certain level of income during retirement and covered call writing can sure help with the goals mentioned above. I have also included some of the items that just seem to always be constant when talking about investing and they are the following:
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As a general rule, if the majority of your investments are not in equities, odds are you will probably find yourself earning less than the ugly rate of inflation.
1. In some years the rate of inflation is higher than in other years.
A. True
B. False
2. The effect of inflation changes.
A. True
B. False
3. Inflation is not cyclical.
A. True
B. False
4. A fixed income means that the overall dollar amount of the payment is the same from the beginning but can change.
A. True
B. False
5. Retirement is a reason to invest.
A. True
B. False
1. A (True)
2. B (False)
3. B (False)
4. B (False)
5. A (True)
Let's Make Some Money
Most of us already probably have an extensive library of books on investing. Why would you consider adding this manual to your collection? Well, my advisory practice collectively has over twenty years of experience in the trenches of the stock market. The collection of education and ideas comprised in this book will reveal to you as I said before, a strategy that is Wall Street's hidden little secret. A most important revelation would be the option market using covered calls. We want to share it because we have made millions of dollars for our clients using covered call strategies on a weekly or monthly basis over the years. If you want to know how we do it and why we do it, then you have opened the right manuscript. You will have some work, but I promise it will be almost painless. Please keep in mind the nature of learning and gaining experience will eventually take you to a higher level of wisdom that you may use for the rest of your life. I will try to communicate clearly and focus on the very real and very practical issues surrounding covered calls and how they can make you very respectable returns. In short, without sitting beside us watching how we invest, this book is the closest I can bring you to that experience. Again, thank you and please enjoy the rest of Market Muscle.
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Covered call writing can help you double your money, but the fastest way to double your money is fold it over and put it back in your pocket.
Let's Connect The Dots
For the most part, option strategies are made out to be very risky, complicated investment tools. There is nothing that could be further from the truth. I will explain an option strategy that reduces risk and is considered so conservative that the government allows investors to do this strategy within their IRA's and it is called writing covered calls. We will then connect writing covered calls using ETFs (exchange traded funds). Exchange traded funds have become extremely popular in recent years and for various awesome reasons. Using exchange traded funds and writing covered calls along with protective puts is a lethal combination that could give you growth, income, and protection. Oh, and by the way, this strategy is considered CONSERVATIVE!!! I repeat CONSERVATIVE. In my opinion, by not writing a covered call is risky. Call writing can actually minimize downside risk. Market Muscle combines the use of writing covered calls with exchange traded funds hence offering investors a number of fantastic advantages that I will explain throughout the rest of the book.
I know what you may be saying about the last decade and the investment returns that have not been stellar to say the least. I know that 2008 was an extremely deflating year to many investors. Do not fear, because using the upcoming strategies in this book will allow you to make more returns, help minimize downside risk, and lock in gains that will not vanish. Market Muscle will focus on many things; here are some of the important items to remember that the Dividend Index Plus strategy will do for you.
The last item is that there is one ton of information available on options and exchange traded funds. I hope to make it as easy and painless as possible to present this strategy. Something else I wanted to review before we move onto options 101 is that I am going to be saying writing covered calls probably more than saying selling covered calls. They both mean the same thing so I wanted to point this out to avoid confusion. Writing and selling can be used interchangeably. Writing covered calls is like growing your own money tree in your backyard.
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It is ok to be entertained by the financial news, just discipline your appetite for it because it is poison.
Kiss for many people besides affection and some chocolate, means "keep it simple stupid." I am not going to use the word stupid; instead I am going to change it to "Keep It Simply Simple". This is what I plan on doing with exchange traded funds and covered call writing. I am also going to repeat words and phrases because repetition is great for learning something new. I will also be italicizing important words and phrases that should initially be looked up in the glossary.
Why do so many people make investing so difficult? I used to ask myself this question all of the time. I don't ask myself this anymore because after being in the business for over a decade it comes down to two emotions, and they are fear and greed. The greed part is from the competitive nature that we think we can beat the market. My neighbor gained 10%, and I am smarter than him so I can probably get 15% on my money. Does this sound familiar? Fear and greed are the two emotions that can have a profound and extreme detrimental effect on the overall way people use their money to invest. We get caught up in greed all of the time. Most of us want to have as much wealth as possible and make it as fast as we can. The majority of us talk about having an investment plan with risk control measures. In the real world most of us do not because the get – rich – quick mentality makes it difficult to keep gains and negates the discipline for an investment strategy over the short or long term. I will be trying to present something that has new operational standards but has been around for a long time and has relatively been kept in the background. I will call this strategy Wall Street's hidden little secret. It is implemented by some of the most astute investors and money managers around. I will try to present this within the "kiss" plan. The investment strategy will still stick to some of the basics like time horizons, diversification, risk control tolerance, dollar cost averaging, locking in gains without emotion, and avoiding INVESTMENT ARMAGEDDON. You will be shown a new strategy and all it takes is an open mind, a few new definitions to learn, and a few hours of your time to read and work through this educational book.
The other emotion "fear" can prevent you from learning something new, but we are not going to let this happen. Let's look at fear and its influence in the financial markets. As with greed, the market can become overwhelmed with fear. How many of us have felt this unpleasant emotion? When the market starts rolling over and large losses start showing up for an extended amount of time, the market participants can become more fearful of having further losses. Please, remember how greed dominated the market during the dot com boom, and how fear took over in 2008 during that financial debacle. The statement that I want to get across is that being too fearful can hurt as much as being too "greedy."
I remember just after I passed my training and I received my securities license in 2000 I was trying to find some good securities for clients and prospects. Around that time there was the technology correction and then September 2001. The one security that really sticks out is McDonalds. It was priced below $20.00 a share. Due to fear, there was not one client or prospect who would give me the time of day to talk about any stock. It was because of the fear factor of uncertainty. Now, look at the price of McDonalds today in 2012 in the mid 90s per share at the time of this writing. I saw the aspect of fear again in 2008 and early 2009. When investors start getting large losses, there is a huge exodus out of the stock market. Investors get the throw the baby out with the bath water mentality. Investment plans and strategies get axed and thrown away. Investors get upset and they no longer open monthly statements and their plans are tossed because of fear and the horror of realizing more losses.
Now after being worried and fearful, many investors plan their final surrender after their plans and strategies didn't have built in loss parameters to control risk. The final act is to say "uncle" and throw in the stock market investment towel. The next mistake many investors make is that they get ultra conservative and the new investment vehicles have not a snowball in hell chance of rebuilding that lost wealth. I see this over and over again. I am going to present a kiss strategy investing in exchange traded funds while writing covered calls and controlling risk with protective puts. Let's get down to what I am trying to present here and let's take some of the greed and fear out of the market for you along with the daily noise of market news. I know that you are the final decision maker for your investments, but don't you want to make investing fun and profitable again. I will show you an alternative way to invest that is a kiss strategy and allows you monthly income in the range around 1% to 3% monthly using a strategy I named Dividend Index Plus. Yes, the index part of the strategy refers to the exchange traded funds with the dividend being the dividend that the exchange traded funds pays. The plus stands for the covered call writing on the exchange traded fund. You should be getting pretty excited by now if you want to pump up your investment returns.
Just think, in today's investment environment, we are able to own hundreds of different companies within one investment. We are also able to rent out your investment on a weekly or monthly basis no matter what the financial markets do. The other little thing called risk can be controlled with another instrument for your investment toolbox called the put. The rest of the book will touch on all of this and much more.
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I had a teacher once tell me that with ambition and doing some diligent homework, anybody can be a genius.
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