morning. Thank you for joining the show. >> Thank you for having me.>> All right. So when we're talking about options, I want to start off with just your general thesis. You say investors, if they want to hedge some potential volatility they should look at out of the money options.Just explain that strategy. >> Yeah. Right now the markets are quite complacent.The VIX is around 17%. You look at the VIX futures curve. It's quite steep which really means that the front month futures meaning the 30 day VIX expe ...

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Last week, I took a closer look at outside days on a candlestick chart of the S&P 500 Index (SPX). As a refresher, an outside day occurs when a stock’s daily high is higher than the prior day’s high, and its low is lower than the prior day's low. Essentially, it engulfs the prior day's range. In that article, I broke down when outside days tend to be more meaningful instead of just noise. This week, I’m applying the same analysis to individual stocks within the S&P 500. By the end, I find a setup that stand ...

Core Viewpoint - GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust is exploring a tax benefit preservation plan to protect its capital loss carryforwards, which currently exceed $74 million, from potential impairment due to ownership changes [1][2][3]. Group 1: Tax Benefit Preservation Plan - The proposed plan aims to mitigate the risk of substantial impairment to the Fund's capital loss carryforwards (CLCFs) that could arise from an "ownership change" as defined by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code [3]. - An "ownership change" occurs if the Fund's "5% stockholders" increase their ownership by more than 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period, which would limit the Fund's ability to utilize its CLCFs [3]. - The plan would discourage shareholders from accumulating beneficial ownership of 4.9% or more without Board approval, thereby protecting the Fund's tax benefits [4]. Group 2: Implementation Details - If adopted, the Fund would implement the tax benefit preservation plan by issuing rights to common shareholders, which would become exercisable if certain ownership thresholds are exceeded [5]. - The final terms of the plan will be determined by the Board and announced publicly upon adoption, although there is no guarantee that the plan will be adopted or effective in preventing an ownership change [6]. Group 3: Fund Overview - GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with total net assets of $146 million, primarily investing in equity securities of gold and natural resources companies [9]. - The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income, primarily through writing covered call options on its portfolio securities [9].