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    <![CDATA[<p>If you're an investor concerned with preserving capital, maximizing predictability, and maintaining consistently strong returns, your best solution just might surprise you: Options. In Options Trading for the Conservative Investor, Michael C. Thomsett reveals a narrow band of options strategies that can help you improve results as you systematically reduce unnecessary risk throughout your portfolio.</p><p>Thomsett, author of the global best-seller Getting Started in Options, writes in simple, nontechnical language, uses real examples, and guides you through every strategy—one easy step at a time. He's made this book simple and visual enough for any experienced investor to use, even if they have no experience trading options. Thomsett is also the author of Stock Profits: Getting to the Core (Financial Times-Prentice Hall 2004), The Leaps Strategist (Marketplace Books 2004), and Investment and Securities Dictionary (McFarland &amp; Company 1986).</p><p>Thomsett systematically covers several options strategies optimized for conservative investors, including covered call writing on carefully selected stocks, contingent purchase strategies, and powerful &quot;combination&quot; strategies that produce cash to bolster current income. No matter how cautious an investor you are, this book will give you powerful new tools for achieving your financial goals—without losing a moment of sleep.</p>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Fundamental ground rules for conservative options investors</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>What you should know and believe before you get started</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>How options fit into your conservative trading strategy</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Deciding what stocks to buy or sell options on—and what to avoid</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Examples and case studies based on an actual model portfolio</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Practical guidance for leveraging each strategy with your own portfolio</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Practical &quot;rescue&quot; strategies</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Recovering your investments when market values have fallen</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>How to take profits without selling stock</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Step-by-step techniques based on long puts and short calls</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;<p>Improve Returns—Without Added Risk!</p>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Easy, step-by-step options strategies for increasing income and protecting capital</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Preserving your spending power after inflation and taxes</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Avoiding unacceptable market, liquidity, and diversification risks</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>Protecting your profits without losing invested positions</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>No options experience necessary!</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;<p>By Michael C. Thomsett, author of the worldwide best-seller <em>Getting Started in Options</em>, 6th Edition (John Wiley &amp; Sons 2005)</p>&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;<p>The world's #1 options author has written the definitive options guide for conservative investors! One step at a time, you'll discover how to use options to increase yields, reduce risks, protect existing positions, and ride safely through any market down cycle. Want double-digit returns without heart-pounding risk? Here are the options you've been searching for!</p><br/><p>© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.</p>]]>
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