Originally my plan was to use non transaction mutual funds (NTF) as a savings vehicle. You can save a small amount of money without paying any commission or fees and as long as you save enough to buy the stock, sell the fund and buy the stock. I was looking for the fund which can Continue reading →
Making 45% Annually Trading Options Against Dividend Growth Stocks
Trade adjustment – AT&T (T) addition
Yesterday, as AT&T continued slipping down, which I originally missed to recognize and also set my buy point too low so I got hit in a small bump up, I bought more shares of this stock. When buying stocks, I want the stock to be in upward move, so I usually set my price slightly Continue reading →
The power of dividends
Today I sold my stake in Full Circle Capital (FULL) because I didn’t like the outlook of this company and I think, there is a potential for a dividend cut. In short, the FULL portfolio seems not supporting today’s dividend rate and the company pays more in dividends than it brings in. So I sold Continue reading →
Replacing FULL with NGLS
I do not have much to say, I just am not comfortable anymore holding Full Circle Capital (FULL). Although I liked monthly payment I didn’t like recent price action of the company, rumors of dividend cut, writing (issuing a new public offering) of new shares and thus diluting existing shareholders’ stake. So I did little Continue reading →
New trade – AT&T (T)
As I wrote in my previous post I am replacing ABT with AT&T due to overall drop in dividend payout receiving from ABT. 01/10/2013 09:31:41 Bought 32 T @ 34.41 Total shares held as of today: 32 Estimated annual dividend: $57.6 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 8 years Dividend yield today: 5.26% Dividend 5yr Growth: 5.09% Dividend Continue reading →
Replacing ABT with AT&T (T)
For the reasons I wrote in my previous article I am replacing Abbott with AT&T stock. This stock paid dividends since 1881 and it has a history of 8 years of increasing the dividend. Currently the stock is trading below 200 day MA and it pulled back due to ex-dividend date which was today (Jan-08, Continue reading →
Unloading ABBV from my portfolio, what about Abbott?
I was looking for information about ABBV and ABT to find out whether to keep these stocks or get rid of them. It was very difficult to find anything which would help me to make the decision. Keep the stocks or not? That’s the question. Mostly I used information about ABBV and ABT from Morningstar Continue reading →
My inspiration in last week #3
I often browse the internet to find ideas about investing, trading stocks, options, investing opportunities and strategies. I like to read about investors and what their investing/trading approach to create income you can live on is. This week I found the following interesting posts: Holding Vs. Deploying Cash – Dividend Mantra Time to Reflect – Continue reading →
New trade – adding Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Today I bought more shares of ABT to my dividend portfolio at $65.37 per share. 12/27/2012 09:40:48 Bought 15 ABT @ 65.3699 Total shares held as of today: 34 Estimated annual dividend*: $73.44 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 39 years Dividend yield today: 3.44% Dividend 5yr Growth: 10.23% Dividend paid since: 1926 * Note: The dividend is Continue reading →
Futures point to selloff tomorrow
The market finished up today, however, as of this writing the U.S. futures point to heavy selling tomorrow morning. S&P 500 is down -23.90 / 1.66%, Nasdaq -40.00 / 1.49% and Dow -211.00 / 1.50%. So be ready for bumpy ride tomorrow. Another investment I am closely watching is Gold GLD. Today we experienced another Continue reading →
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