Investing - Theory, News & General • Re: How should bogleheads take “more risk” than the index?

One way to take more risk to leverage your future wages a bit by selling puts.

As long as you stay extremely conservative to avoid margin calls, and have a very safe job in case of an economic crash I suspect it will allow you to eek out a theoretically slight benefit. But it really depends on how safe your job is during a severe downturn and having enough assets that even if the stock market craters you can still cover the risk.

Statistics: Posted by nerdymarketer — Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:23 am