Barron's: Selling Puts on Stocks
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Date updated:08-04-2007

From Barron's 8-6-07:

"Early in the week, financial-sector volatility slid, and traders who had bet that would happen made money -- if they were fast enough to close short-volatility positions before volatility rose again. By week's end, it was abating. Again.

The Street's trading recommendations have less to do with traditional volatility trading, and more to do with fundamental analysis of stocks. Recommended strategies include selling puts on mega-caps (stocks with market values of at least $40 billion), selling calls and buying stock.

Goldman Sachs, for instance, is advising clients to sell puts on these stocks.

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  • MS
    Morgan Stanley
  • $32.10
  • -0.65%
  • $32.42

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  • MER
    11.88
  • $11.78
  • 0.00
  • $11.78

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  • CMCSA
    Comcast Corporati
  • $15.01
  • -0.20%
  • $15.02

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  • AXP
    Amer Express Inc
  • $40.93
  • -0.51%
  • $40.84

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  • USB
    Us Bancorp
  • $23.29
  • +0.69%
  • $22.95

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People owning USB also tend to own: ACEBACCCBCOPCVXDIS

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  • WFC
    Wells Fargo & Co
  • $27.87
  • -1.59%
  • $28.21

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People owning WFC also tend to own: ACEBACCCBCOPCVXDIS

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  • PRU
    Prudential Fincl
  • $47.67
  • -0.63%
  • $47.90

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People owning PRU also tend to own: AIGALLBACCCATCBSCOP

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  • T
    At&t Inc.
  • $26.02
  • -0.34%
  • $26.10

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People owning T also tend to own: ACEBACCCBCOPCVXDIS

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08/05/2007 23:04 PM CDT Asked by OptionsMon
Instead of shorting puts, how about some bearish put spreads to offset some of the volatility premium....because these stocks are going LOWER.

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