BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Covered Option
- an option whose owner has the stock for the option
Additional Resources
- Option Selection for Covered Call Writing
- Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: Covered call writing selling stock options against your portfolio holdings is a time tested and conservative method to enhance portfolio yield and reduce the risk of owning the underlying stocks. A consistently implemented covered call program also reduces portfolio volatility, so that...
- External links 2009-03-08
- Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know
- The government-run public insurance option will continue to be a contentious topic as health care reform moves to the Senate. Here?s a comprehensive look at how it?s likely to be structured, what it might mean for your health care costs now and in the future, as well...
- Articles 2009-11-13
- My Apple Covered Call: Capture, Gain, Repeat
- Dan Pritch submits: I recently closed out my Apple covered call option for a net gain of $600 in three months when factoring in a slight decline in shares over the time period. The play started in Oct 2008 when I bought 100 shares of Apple AAPL and simultaneously...
- External links 2009-02-25
- The Public Option And Insurance Exchange In The House Bill
- In my first post, I described the major features and basic approach of HR 3962, as well as the provisions of the bill that would go into effect more or less immediately. This post will look more closely at some of the bill's basic insurance reform elements. In a final...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Covered Call Writing Using LEAPs as a Surrogate for Owning the Underlying
- This article provides information to the investor on Covered call writing. Covered call writing is generally thought of as a conservative option writing approach because the call options that are sold for the premium are not naked. Covered call writing is typically done if the investor maintains a neutral to...
- White papers 2004-02-11
- Hiding In Plain Sight: Using Medicare To Solve The â??Public Optionâ?? Conundrum
- By JEFF GOLDSMITH As Senate and House Committee versions of health reform move toward unified legislation and floor votes, the most complex political challenge is how to resolve the "public option" controversy. While one would have thought weightier issues such as the shape of Medicare reform, the taxation required to...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Happily Revisiting My Apple Covered Call
- Dan Pritch submits: On Oct. 26, 2008, I posted on the Apple Covered Call Options Play I entered into. At the time, Apple AAPL shares were trading at 94.6. On Monday, they closed at about the same value. To demonstrate the efficacy of entering into credit spread plays at...
- External links 2009-01-06
- NASA exercises Delta II contract option for Mars 2003 Rover.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 December 2000-NASA: NASA exercises Delta II contract option for Mars 2003 Rover C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20122000 NASA today announced that it is exercising a contract option with the Boeing Company for a Delta II vehicle to launch...
- Research articles 2000-12-21
- Rio Amarillo signs option to purchase agreement
- VANCOUVER, B.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 15, 1995--Rio Amarillo Mining Ltd. ("RIO") has recently signed an Option to Purchase Agreement for the Aija gold-copper prospect located in the District and Province of Aija, Department of Ancash, Peru.The prospect is covered by a group of 3 claims totalling 1,920 hectares and is approximately 30...
- Research articles 1995-03-15
- Delta Dental of Missouri Introduces New MAXAdvantage Benefit Option to Extend the Maximum Benefit Amount and Encourage Preventive Care
- ST. LOUIS -- Delta Dental of Missouri Delta Dental, the largest dental benefits provider in Missouri, today announced the introduction of its new MAXAdvantageSM benefit option that effectively extends the amount of treatment covered under the plan year maximum benefit amount (the dollar value limit of coverage for each member...
- Research articles 2008-02-14
- Monsanto: Temporary Weakness Presents Option Opportunity
- Paul Price submits:Monsanto MON is the world's leading producer of seeds. The company's seed and genomics division combines advanced breeding and biotechnology traits to produce value-added seeds for corn, soybeans, cotton, fruits and vegetables, accounting for about 56% of 2008 revenues. The agricultural productivity segment [around 44% of 2008 sales]...
- External links 2009-10-08
- Option Strategies
- This article talks about various Option Strategies. Some of these are: Long At-the-Money Call, Short Out-of-the-Money Call, Covered Call, Ratio Write etc. It has been overviewed that long at-the-money call gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy futures at a specific price for a specific period....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Zacks.com Announces That the Experts at Option Tactics Highlight Options for the Following Stocks: Tellabs and Safeway
- CHICAGO -- Jeff Carter and his team at the Option Tactics newsletter believe that current market levels will continue to rally. Read about the covered call strategy that could help you benefit from Tellabs' (NASDAQ:TLAB) potential upswing. Also, read about Safeway (NYSE:SWY). Click here for the full story exclusively on...
- Research articles 2005-02-22
- ScanSource Special Committee Concludes Stock Option Review
- GREENVILLE, S.C. -- ScanSource, Inc., (Nasdaq: SCSC), a leading international value-added distributor of specialty technology products, announced today that on January 19, 2007, it filed a current report on Form 8K with the SEC to announce the findings of its Special Committee of the Board of Directors from its review...
- Research articles 2007-01-22
- Offense is no-show/ Air Force is undone once option closed
- Options? Air Force's running game seemed to have them all covered entering Saturday's showdown with Notre Dame at Falcon Stadium. But the Irish forced the Falcons to consider one they hadn't counted on. What happens when Air Force's famed triple-option, an offense that led the nation...
- Research articles 2002-10-20
- Stock to watch and option roll over ideas.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 May 2000-TheCoveredCall.com: Stock to watch and option roll over ideas C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10052000 Visit http://www.thecoveredcall.com is a leading on-line investment newsletter that helps educate investors on how to pick winning stocks using the CANSLIM method...
- Research articles 2000-05-10
- Option Investor Newsletter Announces Investment Opinion
- DENVER--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 11, 1999--Subscribers to the Option Investor Newsletter OI (http://www.optioninvestor.com) had another profitable month January. The newsletter posted its January track record on the site. The average gain was 204%. Many recommendations exceeded that level. The newsletter is meeting its goal to give the best value to the...
- Research articles 1999-02-11
- Cheniere Receives Seismic Option Notice
- HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 12, 1999--Cheniere Energy Inc. (Nasdaq:CHEX) announced today that it received notice from the wholly owned oil and gas subsidiary of McMoRan Exploration Co. (NYSE:MMR) stating that MMR has elected not to acquire an interest in the three prospects covered by the Seismic Option and Farmout Agreement among Cheniere,...
- Research articles 2000-01-01
- Resignations follow Biomet stock option probe: Orthofix achieves steady growth in 2006 revenue
- An ongoing internal investigation at Biomet into the back-dating of stock options has resulted in two high-level resignations. The investigation by a special committee covered 17,000 grants to purchase approximately 17 million shares on more than 500 different grant dates from 1996 through 2006. Biomet will restate its most...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Valpey-Fisher Corporation Shareholders Approve Amendments to Stock Option Plans
- HOPKINTON, Mass. -- Valpey-Fisher Corporation (AMEX: VPF) announced that shareholders approved at a Special Meeting held today, amendments to the Company's Stock Option Plans i to permit the Board to adjust outstanding options in the event of any distribution of assets to stockholders other than an ordinary dividend and ii...
- Research articles 2008-09-30
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