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Volatility Is Falling. It’s a Good Time to Buy Options Again.

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By Steven M. Sears Verified
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Options are a good buy again. Copyright © Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Volatility Is Falling. It's a Good Time to Buy Options Again. — Barrons.com

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By Steven M. Sears Verified
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Options are a good buy again. The elevated implied volatility levels that have long characterized equity options that expire in one month just collapsed to their lowest levels since January. For most of the past year, investors have aggressively bought bullish call options, which increase in value when stock prices rise. The demand boosted equity-implied volatility, creating conditions in which the associated stocks had to make extraordinary moves for the calls to prove profitable.
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Options — The Striking Price: Don't Mourn the Fed Put. Make This Trade Instead. — Barron's

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Investors fail to fully appreciate that corporate earnings are the most potent put option in existence — even more powerful than the so-called Fed put, which has long backstopped the market. As long as corporate earnings are growing and profit margins remain robust, stocks should be able to endure all sorts of volatility and risk. This "earnings put" should ease concerns that Kevin Warsh, the Federal Reserve's new chairman, isn't as eager to mollycoddle investors as his predecessors were.
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