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Intelligent Investors’ Guide to Options

This guide melds an intuitive explanation of options – simple, directional tools that offer a peerless way to tailor investment exposure – with a clear-eyed valuation framework and actionable advice on avoiding the behavioural biases that so often affect individual and institutional investors alike.

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What our READERS say

“In addition to showcasing Erik’s expertise in developing option investment strategies…this book delivers the information in a way that’s accessible to individual investors.”

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Joe Mansueto,

founder, chairman, and CEO, Morningstar, Inc.

“Erik knows--and lays out here--that to use options successfully, you need to understand the underlying stock and its valuation first. This is one of the few books on options that teaches this fruitful, combined approach. And that's why it works.”

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Jeff Fischer

Advisor, Motley Fool Options

“Erik’s method is the only sensible way to think about investing with options in a value oriented fashion.”

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Franco D.

Brazillion Value Based Hedge Fund Manager

Take a peak inside the book

Understanding how options work will give you a tremendous advantage as an investor in any asset — stocks, bonds, currencies, or real estate.

About Erik

Erik’s 20+ year career in the financial services business has spanned investment banking, hedge funds, independent analysis, and venture capital.

The Intelligent Option Investor and his online classes draw from that deep well of experience.

Intelligent Option
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Now available in Chinese Version

Resources

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Spreadsheet Tools

We have decommissioned the IOI Tools site and replaced them with two downloadable spreadsheets.

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Web Appendices

Web Appendix I works through an actual investment analysis.

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Errata

A few mistakes and typographical errors slipped through the writing and editing process.

What our READERS say

“In addition to showcasing Erik’s expertise in developing option investment strategies…this book delivers the information in a way that’s accessible to individual investors.”

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Joe Mansueto

MorningStar INC, Founder, Chairman & CEO

Intelligent Option Investor

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