InstantForum.NET v4.1.4SINLetter Investment Forumshttp://forums.sinletter.com/"Asif Suria" asif@sinletter.comSat, 05 Jul 2008 03:14:54 GMT20http://forums.sinletter.com/Topic79-7-1.aspxAsif,<br><br>I've been reading your newsletters for quite awhile. I noticed in the past year, though, that you tended to utilize options and puts much more than previously. In the economic climate, obviously, it was much more cost-efficent to buy puts than to short any stocks out there.<br><br>In general though, what are your views on derivatives? Before reading your reasoning behind your puts on home builders and lenders, the only exposure I had to them was through the Black-Scholes pricing formulas. <br><br>Could you elaborate in a broad sense how you approach using these derivatives? <br><br>Thanks and keep it up!Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:39:28 GMTmftotten