The stock market is up a pitiful 1% for 2004. Baby boomers need better than that to grow retirement accounts

September 11, 2004 -- Many baby boomers are counting on their 401K or similar plans to support them in their fast approaching retirement years. The S&P 500 is only up about one percent this year so far. That 401K money sure isn't growing fast at that rate.

Perhaps the stock market isn't the answer, or at least not the entire answer. According to Nathan Pennington of howitradeoptions.com, "The average investor doesn't know how to boost their annual returns, while controlling their risk. Because of that they could find themselves running short of money in their golden years if they try to rely solely on stocks and bonds."

Judiciously trading options could provide that boost in returns. Of course, trading options (or anything else for that matter) without full understanding would be far worse than not trading anything at all. Nathan Pennington advocates trading index options on stable indices, like the S&P 500. "Educating yourself on how to trade options is not as difficult as people assume," Nathan says. "It's definitely something traditional stock investors should look into if their not happy with the returns their getting with their stock trading."

Nathan Pennington, CEO of howitradeoptions.com, focuses on showing people how to increase their investment returns. He can be contacted by email at info@howitradeoptions.com





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