Monthly Options Income (Feb. 2018)
Time for another Monthly Options Income post. This past month saw some wild market swings, especially to the downside. With nothing but put options open, I was watching my options…
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Weighted Dividend Growth for the Portfolio
Early in 2018, I was reading a post about a Dividend Growth Checkup by JC over at Passive Income Pursuit. That post was part of a year-end review of his…
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Recent Buy – XOM
Well, that didn’t take very long. A couple of days go by, and another purchase for the Portfolio has occurred. This time it was Exxon Mobil (XOM). As you probably…
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Recent Buy – O
A new month, a new purchase. REITs have been on the decline for months, but I wasn’t really looking to add to my REIT holdings unless the price was right. …
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Monthly Dividend Income (Jan. 2018)
Wow, just like that… 1 month down in 2018. The markets stayed red hot to start 2018 before cooling off a bit the final week of January. Perhaps we’re due…
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Portfolio Thoughts (Jan. 2018)
A new year has arrived, but having thoughts about how to improve the Portfolio still exist. The stock market continues its move higher, so good values are harder to find. …
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Recent Buy – TXN
For the past few months, I’ve mentioned wanting to increase my investment in the technology sector. Well, today I did just that. It wasn’t a big splash, but it adds…
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Monthly Options Income (Jan. 2018)
Welcome to my first Monthly Options Income post. Last year I decided I’d try to generate some additional income by writing options contracts. The plan is to use any options…
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Performance Check – JNJ
Time for a Performance Check For some background on the idea behind the Performance Check, and the XIRR function used for the calculations, please see my first post in this…
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Annual Performance Review (2017)
Welcome to the first annual performance review of my dividend Portfolio. I’ve actually kept track of my portfolio performance over the past 3 years, which I’ll share with you shortly,…
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