Archive for: June 2007

June 4, 2007

You have to love diversification!

Filed under: Finance - 04 Jun 2007

Only one of my 10 options gained value today and both of my stocks gained and yet I finished the day up $93.  That’s the beauty of diversification. 

I knew I should have bought my AAPL covered call back this morning …

June 2, 2007

Covered Calls - Free Excel Spreadsheet for ROI

Filed under: Finance - 02 Jun 2007

I just added a new free spreadsheet to my Excel Spreadsheets section.  This one shows Return on Investment (ROI) for covered calls.  I’m pretty sure I have it right to cover ITM or OTM calls.  Since …

Charting the Dow ($INDU)

Filed under: Finance, Indices, Stock Charts - 02 Jun 2007

Check out the attached weekly chart of the Dow Industrial ($INDU) for the past year. I look at it every week with the idea that the Dow is still an indictator of the overall market’s direction.  We’ll see how my …

June 1, 2007

End of the Month Summary

Filed under: Account Summary - 01 Jun 2007

These are my returns according to Quicken:
Last 12 Months 29.19% 
Annualized YTD: 43.50% 
Current Year Not Annualized: 14.46% 

Account Value: $53,588.30
Cash:              $37,101.20 (deposited $7,000 on 5/1) 

I’m still only 150% invested (my goal is 200%), but have been busier than usual at work and haven’t had time …

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