The stock market can be very volatile. The market will move up and down especially over the short term. The market will dip 1 or 2% in a day. A correction of 10% or more will happen. Will the stock market crash? The answer is yes, but I have no idea when. As an investor,Continue reading “Stock Market Crash? How I Deal with Market Volatility”
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Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 12/10/21
The markets took a downturn toward the end of November and into the beginning of December but rebounded nicely this week. Could this be the start of a Santa Claus rally? Maybe, time will tell. It was nice the accounts growing again this week. This led to one of my accounts crossing a milestone thisContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 12/10/21”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 12/3/21
This week was another down week for the markets. My accounts were down this week as well. Despite the markets being down, I continued to follow my plan. Dividends came in and were reinvested. The regularly scheduled contributions were made and used to dollar collar average into positions. Let’s check out the details for week!Continue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 12/3/21”
Financial Update: Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing for November 2021
November started out strong with my accounts rising in value but took a hit on Black Friday when the markets dropped. On the the following Monday, the markets and my accounts rebounded only to drop back down on the last day of the month. Even though my accounts lost some value it was still aContinue reading “Financial Update: Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing for November 2021”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 11/26/21
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”
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”