Category Archives: stocks

Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 2/25/22

The S&P 500 and NASDAQ continued to trend downward at the start of the week and through the middle of the week. At one point this week the S&P 500 was down over 5% while the NASDAQ was down over 7%. One of the main drags on the stock market seemed to be the impendingContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 2/25/22”

Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 2/18/22

The stock market continued the downward trend it has been on since the start of the year. The S&P 500 finished the week down -1.58% while the NASDAQ was down -1.76%. I expect the downtrend to continue at least for the near future with the Fed preparing to raise interest rates and the current geopoliticalContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 2/18/22”

Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 2/11/22

The S&P 500 and NASDAQ were trading relatively flat on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday both were up. Then on Friday both dropped by a good bit to finish the week in the red. With high inflation, looming interest rate hikes, geopolitical tensions and other issues, I can see it be a roughContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 2/11/22”

Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 2/4/22

The stock market rebounded this week with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ both finishing in the green. This week was a busy week for me personally. Work was really busy this week which including having to work six days this week. We also had a snowstorm here this week which meant time spent shoveling theContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 2/4/22”

Financial Update: Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing for January 2022

The markets trended down for most of the month of January before a slight up tick at the end of the month. Despite the up tick at the end of the month, it was still a down month for the S&P 500 and NASDAQ. This caused my accounts to be down this month. Even withContinue reading “Financial Update: Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing for January 2022”

Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 1/28/22

Both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite had a roller coaster week, being mostly down until Friday when the S&P 500 rallied to finish 0.77% up for the week. The NASDAQ eked out a 0.01% gain for the week to barely finished in the green. My accounts had a mixed week. Some were up, someContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading for Week Ending 1/28/22”

Options Summary for 2021

For those of you who have been following along on my financial journey, you know that I trade options. I started trading options about a year and half ago. I chose to start trading options as a way to generate income within my IRA in order to help it grow faster. As an older individualContinue reading “Options Summary for 2021”