Comments on: Innevitable Doom Coming – Call Our Investment Firm and Save Yourself http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/innevitable-doom-coming-call-our-investment-firm-and-save-yourself/ One Guy's Journey to Passive Income Through Dividend Investing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Dividend Guy Blog - One Guy’s Journey to Passive Income Through Dividend Investing » Stock Options and Wealth http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/innevitable-doom-coming-call-our-investment-firm-and-save-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 The Dividend Guy Blog - One Guy’s Journey to Passive Income Through Dividend Investing » Stock Options and Wealth Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:24:00 +0000 http://thedividendguyblog.com/?p=87#comment-2930 [...] But then I got to thinking that I shouldn’t really be worrying about it right now. I won’t be fully vested for another 2 .5 years. In addition, I stand to receive another grant in the spring of ‘07 so the lower the price is then, the cheaper my options will be priced and the more value I can hope to earn from them. Also, I buy shares through a share purchase plan every month and don’t plan on selling anytime soon (I will sell some when my company position becomes 5 - 7% of my portfolio). The lower the price they are the more shares I can accumulate. If you believe some of the news reports out there then this is the beginning of an extended retreat in energy stock prices - but I have written about being cautious with the media before. [...] [...] But then I got to thinking that I shouldn’t really be worrying about it right now. I won’t be fully vested for another 2 .5 years. In addition, I stand to receive another grant in the spring of ‘07 so the lower the price is then, the cheaper my options will be priced and the more value I can hope to earn from them. Also, I buy shares through a share purchase plan every month and don’t plan on selling anytime soon (I will sell some when my company position becomes 5 – 7% of my portfolio). The lower the price they are the more shares I can accumulate. If you believe some of the news reports out there then this is the beginning of an extended retreat in energy stock prices – but I have written about being cautious with the media before. [...]

]]> By: GIV http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/innevitable-doom-coming-call-our-investment-firm-and-save-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-550 GIV Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:40:37 +0000 http://thedividendguyblog.com/?p=87#comment-550 <i> I hope that the investing public is much smarter than RBC Dominion Securities believes it to be. This is nothing but outright scare tactics and why I spend the time to manage my own account. I think you should to. </i> Amen, brother! What stands out to me is the notion that options can in any way REDUCE your risk exposure. People say the stock market is like going to the casino. Well, options are like russian roulette. I hope that the investing public is much smarter than RBC Dominion Securities believes it to be. This is nothing but outright scare tactics and why I spend the time to manage my own account. I think you should to.

Amen, brother!

What stands out to me is the notion that options can in any way REDUCE your risk exposure. People say the stock market is like going to the casino. Well, options are like russian roulette.

]]> By: Canadian Capitalist http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/innevitable-doom-coming-call-our-investment-firm-and-save-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Canadian Capitalist Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:50:43 +0000 http://thedividendguyblog.com/?p=87#comment-544 I love commentary like this, the more of them the better it is. It is only when there are almost no bearish articles and everyone says everything is sunny that I should begin to worry :) I love commentary like this, the more of them the better it is. It is only when there are almost no bearish articles and everyone says everything is sunny that I should begin to worry :)

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