I’m starting off the 2010 Stock Picks contest better than I did last year. For pretty much all of last year I was in the bottom two places out of our small group of financial bloggers. This year has started out better as I’m in the top third of the group, but with a lot of time remaining. The…
Month: March 2010
Sold Eli Lilly & Co (LLY) Naked Puts
My allocation towards healthcare stocks has been hurting lately and I haven’t been able to decide in which direction I wanted to go. That changed after I read an article in Barron’s yesterday that listed a handful of dividend paying stocks that have yields greater than their five year debt. Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY)…
S&P 500 Chart – Losing Momentum?
I charted the S&P 500 after the markets closed on Friday, March 26, 2010 after the index closed at 1,166.59.
Sold SPY Naked Puts
At the risk of jumping in to this lengthy March rally too late into it, I decided to add S&P 500 exposure through the ETF SPY while it was down a little this morning. My thought process went something like this – I use the S&P 500 as my main benchmark to measure against my personal…
Option Selling Monday – EEM and KFT
I have to admit, I was psyched when I saw the futures were down this morning pre-market. With all of my options expiring worthless I was sitting on half of my account’s cash unspoken for and ready to buy in at lower prices. I hoped we’d get a pull back and that my Dow Jones…
DJIA Chart – Still In Up Trend
I charted the past three months of daily prices for the Dow Jones ($DJIA) after the markets closed on March 19, 2010 when the index finished the week at 10,741.98.
Options Expiration – March 2010
After what started off shaky for some of these positions ended up being a boring finish for March options expiration and that’s what I like. It’s nice having all of my positions finish out of the money with no option assignments. It gives me the freedom to reassess what I should be holding and either get…
Sold Naked Puts on ITRI and T
Since I made the decision to go back to my old trading model of splitting my account over the two front month options expiries I’ve increased my exposure a little each week. I still am not fully invested, but I’m almost there now. That’s going to change substantially in a few days when March expiration…
28 Dividend Paying Stocks
I’ve been collecting a list of dividend paying stocks and ETFs for the past few months as I broaden my scope not only for my clients, but for my own personal investing too. I’ve mentioned my draw towards dividend investing a couple of times over the past months and thought by posting my dividend stocks list some of…