Houston Investors Association

The Houston Chapter of the American Association of Individual Investors would like to extend an invitation to HIA members to attend our September meeting. The topic being presented should be relevant to all investors. HIA members will receive the same entry price as AAII members by either sending a check in with the registration form [...]

“Putting (for) Green?” Can conservative investors make money with put and call options? We take a look at strategies for writing covered options to provide income and reduce risk in actively managed portfolios. Click to view or download the PowerPoint file

“Hedging your portfolio for Inflation/Deflation with ETFs” We look at how inflation and deflation affect assets and look for investible ETFs that might provide some defense. Click to view or download the PowerPoint file

“Some things that might work” We’ll take a look at the CXO Advisory service web site (http://cxoadvisory.com/blog/), a gold mine of “Objective research and reviews to aid investing decision”. The folks at CXO offer informative and quantitative reviews of a mindboggling range of investment strategies. This week we look at a few strategies that seem [...]

If you receive this notice via email, you can read it on the web at http://houstoninvestors.com/wp/?p=636 Updated 1/5/2010:  featured program topic description (see below) The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Melcher Hall, on University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX. (See Location). Featured [...]

If you receive this notice via email, you can read it on the web at http://houstoninvestors.com/wp/?p=506 The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Melcher Hall, on University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX. (See Location). The main presentation begins at 11:00 AM, and the [...]

Course Title Gamma Scalping & Dynamic Hedging (Collars) Date 17th May 2009, Sunday                                                         Hours: 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Location HOUSTON University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Drive, University Drive, Entrance one, HOUSTON, TX – 77204 Tel – 713-741-2447

Here is the PowerPoint presentation file from the GettingStarted SIG 9 May. The topic was: Buy and Hope – Can we do better? We will continue looking at simple (and not-so-simple) timing strategies.  The prudent investor is conventionally advised to hold a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds, periodically rebalancing to fixed asset allocations, and [...]

Monthly Meeting Notice The monthly meeting of the Houston Investors Association will take place Saturday, 14 March, 2009 at Melcher Hall, on University of Houston Campus 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX. The main presentation begins at 11:00 AM, and the SIG meetings begin at 8:30 AM. Check the websiteThursday prior to the meeting for the [...]