As I mentioned a couple of times recently, my goal is to have is to have a less volatile account for the next few months. After the dust settles in my personal life, I plan to ramp up my risk again. Until then, I’m planning to use lower volatility ETFs for my at the money…
Tag: DVY
2010 Stock Picks Contest – Final Review
In 2010’s contest with other bloggers for the four top stock picks I had a simple goal – I wanted to improve on my rank from 2009. That was a fairly low bar to pass since I was second from the bottom last year. I kept it fairly simple in 2010 and went with two ETFs I…
Options Expiration – November 2010
I had a good options expiration this November as most of my positions went my way. Here’s the breakdown of how everything finished for me. SPY – 112 Straddle (sold 1 put and 1 call at 112) – My put finished well out of the money and which means my covered call was deep in the…
Sold DVY November Naked Puts
iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index (DVY) wasn’t one I was actually planning on for my own account, but when I was considering it for one of my clients I decided it could fit nicely in my own portfolio too. It’s currently yielding 3.67%, not quite double that of SPY although its beta is 0.94. While…
2010 Stock Picks Contest – Q1 Review
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…
2010 Stock Picks
As a follow up to last year’s contest for the four best stock picks over a full calendar year, I’m honored to join the same group of other financial bloggers in a friendly contest for the top stock picks of 2010. We all agreed to post our four best ETF and/or stocks picks and track them throughout the year with quarterly updates. The difference this year is…