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Posted by Martin September 27, 2023

Technical view: iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (ICSH)

  ICSH is in stage #1. BlackRock’s ultra short-term bond ETF is not necessarily an investment for dividend growth or capital appreciation. But I think I should mention it here for one specific reason and that is that I use this ETF to park my cash in. For years, I was looking for a stock Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 10, 2021

2021 Week 27 investing and trading report

We are in the second week of July 2021. The stock market was volatile a bit when the investors started freaking about a problem that just about two or three weeks ago was no problem at all. As you will see in this week’s investing and trading report, we took trading this week lightly and Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 03, 2021

2021 Week 26 investing and trading report

June 2021 is over. It was a good month trading stock options, although not the best month. The Net-liq of the account increased a little (only +6.73%) compared to double-digit growths in the previous months. Our options income grew above the average so I am happy about it. In this investing and trading report, we Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 26, 2021

2021 Week 25 investing and trading report

June 2021 is almost over, one more week and the month’s books can be closed. Although our options income was good this month, our account grew little compared to previous months. As you will see in this investing and trading report, our net-liq went up by 5.15% this month only. Our options revenue was 5.47% Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 01, 2021

2021 Week 17 investing and trading report

April is over and it is time to write our weekly investing and trading report. But before we proceed, let’s mention that today is a day when Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett with Charlie Munger have their annual meeting. I plan to visit the next year’s meeting if it will be opened to the public Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 24, 2021

2021 Week 16 investing and trading report

April is heading to its end and I am providing my weekly investing and trading report to show how our account grew last week, what trades we took and where we are in accomplishing our goals. April was slow trading stock options and our income for the whole month appears to be low and below Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 30, 2021

2021 Week 4 results

The last week of January 2021 is over and it was a hectic week. It was a week that woke up many investors from the lethargy of easy gains. As Danny DeVito says in Other Peoples money: “Easy come, easy go”. The previous three weeks were the “easy come”, the last week was “easy go”. Continue reading →