Comments on: Setting Up Your Portfolio Using the Ellman Calculator and the Premium Report https://www.thebluecollarinvestor.com/setting-up-your-portfolio-using-the-ellman-calculator-and-the-premium-report/ Learn how to invest by selling stock options. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin https://www.thebluecollarinvestor.com/setting-up-your-portfolio-using-the-ellman-calculator-and-the-premium-report/#comment-3296 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:02:30 +0000 /blog/?p=3755#comment-3296 Premium members:

A severe storm in the northeast has rendered my team without power this evening as we were researching for the premium report. Every effort will be made to publish the report as early as possible. This will depend on when power is restored. We’ll keep you informed.

Alan

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By: admin https://www.thebluecollarinvestor.com/setting-up-your-portfolio-using-the-ellman-calculator-and-the-premium-report/#comment-3295 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:57:13 +0000 /blog/?p=3755#comment-3295 ATHN:

Provides “cloud-based” business services for physicians, a topic our members touched upon in last week’s blog commentary. On July 21st ATHN reported a strong 2nd quarter earnings report with a 33% increase in revenues and net income expanding to $77.9M. Earnings were up $0.03 more than anticipated. Growth rates for 2011 and 2012 are now projected to be 49% and 55%. The recent surge in share price has moved valuations to a pricey PEG of 1.8. Our premium report shows an industry segment rank of “A” and a beta of 1.09.

Alan

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By: admin https://www.thebluecollarinvestor.com/setting-up-your-portfolio-using-the-ellman-calculator-and-the-premium-report/#comment-3294 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:54:46 +0000 /blog/?p=3755#comment-3294 Triumph Group (from our running list), (TGI) said it expects 2012 earnings of approximately $4.35 per share. The company’s previous guidance was earnings of $4.18 to $4.23 per share and the current consensus earnings estimate is $4.24 per share for the year ending March 31, 2012. This was reported after martket close today. Should see a bump in price tomorrow.

Alan

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By: admin https://www.thebluecollarinvestor.com/setting-up-your-portfolio-using-the-ellman-calculator-and-the-premium-report/#comment-3293 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:01:59 +0000 /blog/?p=3755#comment-3293 Premium Members:

This week’s 6-page report of top-performing ETFs and analysis of ALL Select Sector Components has been uploaded to your premium site and is available in the “resources/downloads” section. Look for the report dated 7-28-11.

Please note that on page 6 of the report the Inverse ETFs are beginning to outperform as a result of the impending debt-ceiling crisis.

For your convenience, here is the link to login to the premium site:

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Alan and the BCI team

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By: owenCPA https://www.thebluecollarinvestor.com/setting-up-your-portfolio-using-the-ellman-calculator-and-the-premium-report/#comment-3292 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:18:44 +0000 /blog/?p=3755#comment-3292 We are glad to help, Nelson. The long held idea that you have to go to a stock broker to get broker is a myth. You can go just as broke by yourself with a little education.

Ok, I got that a little wrong, but the idea is the same. Investing, and covered call writing, are not bizarre concepts that only Stephen Hawking can understand. When you learn the mechanics, and you begin to learn the how people like Alan select the stocks, you begin to see that any blue collar investor can do this, if they can get up the nerve.

I mean think about it. If you enter a trade with an expected profit of $120, or 1.9% return, and you panic early, and get out with only a $60 profit, that is still a .98% return for a few weeks. Citibank will give you a .5% return for 52 weeks. Whoopdy-doo. Your .98% return for three weeks still comes out an annual rate of 17%.

We (the blue collar investors) are not about trying to make a million dollars from $2,850 within a year, or two. We are about getting a better return than we can get from the banks, while still protecting our assets. And, when you can do it in a tax deferred account, or better a tax free (Roth IRA) account, your return is magnified by not having to share your success each year with the IRS, and whichever thieving state you live in.

Good luck.

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By: Nelson https://www.thebluecollarinvestor.com/setting-up-your-portfolio-using-the-ellman-calculator-and-the-premium-report/#comment-3291 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:11:11 +0000 /blog/?p=3755#comment-3291 Thanks Owen. You’ve given some more valuable insight to another tax question with your reply. It’s appreciated. Tax treatment for non-sheltered funds keeps my head spinning (we won’t talk about calculating after-tax ROO). BTW, I discovered BCI almost a year ago, watched the videos, purchased and read the books, subscribed to the premium subscription, and am easing my toe into the water, all the while paying attention to Alan’s early advice to first paper trade, and then paper trade some more and, after that, do some paper trading. This blog is a trementdous resource for ordinary investors like me. Thanks again. Nelson

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By: admin https://www.thebluecollarinvestor.com/setting-up-your-portfolio-using-the-ellman-calculator-and-the-premium-report/#comment-3290 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:50:42 +0000 /blog/?p=3755#comment-3290 QSII:

Currently on our premium watch list, this stock today announced a 2-for-1 stock split effective October 27th. If you own 100 shares @ $90 prior to the split, you would own 200 shares @ $45 post-split. If you sold 1 x $90 call pre-split, that would change to 2 x $45 calls post-split. The increasing number of “legitimate” stock splits is another sign of an improving overall stock market. 2008 generated almost no splits at all.

Alan

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