I charted the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI) after the markets closed on Friday, November 5, 2010 when it finished for the week at 11,444.08.
Month: November 2010
Sold VNQ December Naked Put
I started adding Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to our retirement accounts a few months ago and have done well with them as they have been on a great run. VNQ is Vanguard’s ETF of REITs. Like other ETFs it holds a collection of stocks. These stocks just happen to be REITs in a variety of…
Sold IWM December Naked Put
I was surprised when I downloaded my past few days account activity this morning. While I was only expecting dividends to trickle in I saw that my INTC November 19 covered calls were assigned on Tuesday. I sold 300 shares of INTC at $19 and took a realized loss of around $600 after discounting the premiums and dividends…
End of Month Summary – October 2010
I ended October with a combined balance of $115,827.52 ($102,456.69 with Interactive Brokers and $13,370.83 with TD Ameritrade) including the deposit of $2,500 I made in the first half of the month. After ending September with a combined balance of $114,216.93, I lost $1,610.59 on paper for October and had a realized gain for the month of $488.06. That…