Sometimes we find a company that just makes us so much money we cannot believe it. IBM was such a company until it was finally taken as a covered call. Freeport McMoran is a very different company than IBM but it has been a great money maker over the past seven months.
I have written several posts on FCX. On Friday I wrote another call on FCX. Strike price is $60 and the call expires on November 11, 2011. I received a premium of $2.10 per share. I have written several calls on FCX for income. My cost basis is $54.17. In December a special dividend was paid; in May a regular dividend was paid; and in June another special dividend.
The point of this post is that the you need not depend only on dividend machines for income. A little risk in a well researched stock can also provide very nice income.
I have listed the links to each of the 6 posts on FCX.
http://www.themoneymadam.com/2010/12/high-risk-income-play-fcx.html
http://www.themoneymadam.com/2011/01/freeport-mcmoran-high-risk-trade.html
http://www.themoneymadam.com/2011/01/high-risk-trade-freeport-mcmoran-follow.html
http://www.themoneymadam.com/2011/03/freeport-mcmoran-high-risk-trade.html
http://www.themoneymadam.com/2011/04/fcx-freeport-mcmoran-income-machine.html
Very Truly Yours,
TheMoneyMadam