What an interesting week this was. To those in America, I hope your Thanksgiving went well. Mine was a peaceful day with way too much good food. It was an interesting week in the markets with the markets being closed Thursday and a short trading session on Friday. As seen in the image above, allContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 11/26/21”
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Happy Thanksgiving!
On this day of giving thanks, I hope everyone is well and are able to spend time with family and friends. I just wanted to take a moment give thanks. I have so much to be thankful for, too much to list here. I do want to thank all that are following along on myContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for the Week Ending 11/19/21
The S&P 500 was up slightly this week. The Nasdaq finished the week up more than 1%. Unfortunately, my accounts did not follow suit. The week was a busy one for investing. Several dividends were received, several buys were made and some options trades were made. Let’s take a look at the details for theContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for the Week Ending 11/19/21”
Thoughts on the Realty Income Corp Spinoff
Realty Income Corp. (O) recently completed a merger with VEREIT. After the merger, O spun the office building portion of the REIT into a new entity named Orion Office REIT Inc. (ONL). Shareholders of O received 1 share of ONL for every 10 shares of O. As stated above, ONL is an office REIT. ThisContinue reading “Thoughts on the Realty Income Corp Spinoff”
Thoughts on the JNJ Spinoff
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) recently announced it will be splitting into two companies. This seems to be the trendy thing to do right now. General Electric (GE) and Toshiba (TOSBF) are two other companies of the many that have announced the splitting up the company. In some cases this can be a good thing thatContinue reading “Thoughts on the JNJ Spinoff”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 11/12/21
The S&P 500 index, Dow index and Nasdaq index were all down this week. Most of my accounts were down for the week except one which barely managed to finish in the green for the week. Investing wise, it was a slow week. Personally, it was a busy week. Let’s check out the details forContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 11/12/21”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 11/5/21
What a week this was. The stock market was up this week and so were my accounts. There was a lot of activity in the accounts this week from dividends, buys, sells and options trading. Personally, it was also a busy week. Let’s check out the details of my week. Dividends The following dividends wereContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 11/5/21”
Financial Update: Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing for October 2021
October has been an interesting month. I was involved in a car accident a little over week ago. I walked away a little sore, but otherwise physically okay. My car did not manage as well as I did. I am still waiting on the insurance company to determine if the car is fixable or aContinue reading “Financial Update: Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing for October 2021”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 10/29/21
Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq had a green week. My accounts had a mixed week with some up, down and even. Overall, the portfolio finished slightly down this week. The big news this week is in the buys/sells section. I sold out of a couple positions and added to some existing positions. Let’s checkContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 10/29/21”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 10/22/21
Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose all week until Friday when both tailed off a little bit. Despite tailing off at the end of the week it was still a positive week in the stock market. This week was a down week for dividends. I did make quite a few buys this week.Continue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 10/22/21”
Blue Collar Bill 