Before today, my investment mix was: I didn’t get into individual stocks the way that I thought I might. I got distracted by options. So, I am effectively playing with Paypal and Alibaba right now before settling down again and getting into stable long-term stocks. But based on my insights from the other day, where…
This is a dividend blog, and I am biased toward dividend-paying companies. Dividend-paying companies are generally mature, have lots of free cash flow, and prioritize the investor over the company’s management. No, they are not focused on taking “moonshots” to invent new products and break into new markets, but they are responsibly run cash machines….
So, it turns out that I currently own eight stock index funds across my various brokerage accounts. So, here’s my attempt to examine their returns over the past ten years. The index funds I own are: I’m happy to see that there is only one terrible index in there, WDIV, and I guess I should…
I watched this YouTube video this morning, and it hit home. I immediately logged into one of my brokerage accounts from my phone and put some idle money to work. Over ten years or more, holding cash will never win out. Even if it was a brilliant idea to hold cash in 2022, it’s never…
I guess I realized this, but just today, it really hit home. BABA stock has really fallen since I entered the trade. I bought BABA at $86.72 and it is now $84.02. I’ve lost $2.68 per share on those shares. That is down 3% over the past two weeks! BUT I am still in a…
To recap a trade that I put on: The total cost to put on this trade was $86.66 – $17.75 = $68.91 per share. I intended to “roll” this trade to the next 0.95 delta strike with 15 days to expiry for a $1 profit. It’s currently 39 days to expiry. As I type this,…
Last Friday, I thought about playing the S&P for a big move again. The S&P 500 would need to go up to 4400 by Friday (up 1.7% from current levels) or down to 4247 (down 1.8%). That’s almost 2%! That’s a big move for a week… Today, the S&P 500 fell 1.5% to 4273. I…
The next option strategy I’m trying is a deep-in-the-money, covered call. Yes, I know that this blog is essentially about dividends. But I’m in my playing-with-options phase. What if you can invest in a strategy almost guaranteed to make money? Does such a thing exist? Let’s look at an example of such a strategy: a…
Luckily, I still have a couple of years to wait for this trade to win. But PayPal, which was up briefly when I opened the vertical call spread, has now gone down, and the profits I had in that spread have gone away. So, let’s put that trade aside for now. PayPal will recover. I…
I generally like the research done at the firm TastyLive (which used to be called TastyTrade). They say it’s wise to “manage your winners” at 50% profit. This is because: I recently opened a PayPal vertical call spread for around $4 per contract. As of today, only three days later, I could sell this spread…
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