March has come to an end. This month was a very good month for dividends received but not such a good month for options trading. Let’s take a look at how much dividends and options premium I received for March. March is one of my big months for dividends thanks mostly to SCHD. SCHD paidContinue reading “Dividends and Options Trading March 2023 Update”
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Three Years of Investing, and Many More to Go
Three years ago I really started on my investing journey. Prior to that time I had no idea how I was going to retire. I figured I would have to work as long as I physically could and hope for the best. I decided this was not a good plan and decided to take chargeContinue reading “Three Years of Investing, and Many More to Go”
Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing: Financial Update September 2022
September was another rough month for investors in what has been a very tough year. This month seen the stock market hit new lows for the year. Instead of spending time worrying about what the stock market is doing or going to do, I focus on the things that I can control. This includes howContinue reading “Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing: Financial Update September 2022”
Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing: Financial Update August 2022
For the first half of August the stock market continued the rally that started in July. But then, around the middle of the month both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ tanked hard to finish the month down. As always, I stuck to my plan and kept investing. Let’s take a look at this month’s financialContinue reading “Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing: Financial Update August 2022”
Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing: Financial Update July 2022
The stock market rebounded this month with July marking the best month for the S&P 500 since November 2020, and the NASDAQ having its best month since April 2020. This rebound follows on the heels of the stock market having its worst six month start to the year in over 50 years. It is tooContinue reading “Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing: Financial Update July 2022”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading Weekly Update 7/29/22
The stock market stumbled a little bit at the start of the week going down slightly the first couple of days. Then, on Wednesday, the stock market took off and both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ finished the week up over 4%. I am still not sure if this is a bear market rally orContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading Weekly Update 7/29/22”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading Weekly Update 7/15/22
After an up week last week the stock market finished the week down. Both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ finished down this week. Despite the down week in the stock market my accounts were up this week. The main reason my accounts finished up was because of the contributions I made. Let’s check out theContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading Weekly Update 7/15/22”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading Weekly Update 7/8/22
The stock market rebounded a little bit this week with both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ finishing the week in the green. Despite the uptick in the stock market there still remains many good deals with quality companies trading at attractive valuations. I took advantage of a few of the good deals this week. Let’sContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading Weekly Update 7/8/22”
Dividends, Investing and Options Trading Weekly Update 7/1/22
The S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite finished the week down…again. The downward trend in the stock market continues. As a result, this is the worst 6 month start for the stock market in over 50 years. Despite the market being down, the dividends continued to come in. I was a bit more active in theContinue reading “Dividends, Investing and Options Trading Weekly Update 7/1/22”
Financial Update: Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing for June 2022
June was not a good month for the stock market as the S&P 500 and NASDAQ were down significantly this month. In fact, this year has not been a good year for the stock market. Apparently, this is the worst first half of the year for the stock market in over 50 years. Despite theContinue reading “Financial Update: Savings, Dividends, Options and Investing for June 2022”