Investor's Guide on Selling Covered Calls and Yields
A reader asks about selling covered call options on stocks in a portfolio for income and risk control. The adviser notes premiums shrink when widely used, explains how a call sale caps gains, and cautions to use a broker expert in options. The column also explains AT T dividends and yields, describes dividend versus yield, and compares insured securities with promissory notes from a loan company.
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Bethlehem Steel
AT and T
Telephone
Treasury
Gazette Column Seeks Answers on Mail Errors
Readers report scrambled questions in a Gazette column. The piece requests clarifications and proper handling of mail envelopes to ensure correct delivery.
Immunization Action Month Urges Vaccinations This October
Public Health Service and CDC back Immunization Action Month urging parents to vaccinate preschool children against polio measles rubella diphtheria and tetanus. The notice recommends boosters and adult tetanus diphtheria shots every ten years and keeping personal immunization records.
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Public Health Service
Center For Disease Control
Public Wealth Service
Five Hearts Bid in Arkansas Bridge Problem
In a hand where South holds spades 6 5, hearts K 9 6, 2, diamonds A 1 8, 5 4, clubs 9, with partner opening three spades and doubling for takeout, the proposed solution favors a four heart bid. The rationale: aim for a playable contract even if partner lacks four hearts, as four diamonds is too weak and five diamonds unwarranted.
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Oswald
James Jacoby
South
North
Blackwood
Arkansas
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