4 of '5 Stocks For A New Bull Market' Are Buys

Small and large dividend stock investors can use covered calls and puts trades to generate monthly income from options premiums and options trading.

By Donald E. L. Johnson

Cautious Speculator

• Looking for stock picks? Valuentum recommends five strong stocks.

• Barchart.com gives four of the five stocks buy rankings.

• All five stocks have active and liquid options.

On July 20 Brian Nelson, president of Valuentum.com, published on SeekingAlpha.com an article about “5 Stocks For A New Bull Market”.

They are Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Apple Inc. (AAPL), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Visa Inc. (V) and Alphabet CI A (GOOGL).

MSFT, AAPL and V get 100% buy ratings from Barchart.com. GOOGL its a 48% buy rating and UNH gets an 8% sell rating.

All of the stocks have very active puts and calls markets. Their implied volatility scores range from UNH’s 17.29% to GOOGL’s 34.51%. The higher the IV the better puts and calls prices are for sellers of cash secured puts and covered calls.

My MSFT $300 strike puts expire on July 28. I don’t own any of these stocks.

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Beware. Like all investing, trading stocks and options is risky. I’m an active private speculator who trades covered calls and sells puts on stocks for my accounts. I am not a professional analyst nor a financial advisor. I don't take and won't take responsibility for how other people trade. This article is for educational purposes only. It is not advice. The data presented looked accurate at publication time except for intra-day fluctuations, but I can’t guarantee the accuracy. Traders should do their due diligence. I reserve the right to trade any of the listed stocks and options at any time. I receive no compensation for producing this content nor for any links.