Had a 3 mo. T-Bill for $40,000 mature today. Used those funds as indicated below: $BITO, ProShares Bitcoin ETF Bought 150 shares @ $19.95 54.64% yield, pays monthly $SGOV, iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF Added 342.644 shares @ $100.67 4.43% yield, pays monthly
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Today’s Income Investments: $QQQI, $BITO, $YBTC, $SGOV
Sold some cash-secured put options today: $QQQI Sold 1 Sept $53 @ $.50 ($50) 10.76% annualized yield $BITO Sold 2 Sept $19 @ $.45 ($90) 13.51% annualized yield $YBTC Sold 1 Sept $45 @ $1.00 ($100) 25.35% annualized yield $SGOV Bought 150 shares @ $100.56 ($15,084.53) Parking some cash here for 4.44% monthly dividend
Today’s Investments: $PEP, $MSTY, $RDTE, August T-Bill
$PEP Pepsi Sold a cash-secured put option Sold to Open 1 July $130 Put @ $4.30 ($430) 26.83% annualized yield $MSTY Yieldmax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF Added 67 Shares @ $22.455 ($1,504.49) $RDTE Roundhill Russell 2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF Added 27 Shares @ $33.6996 ($909.89) Bought some August T-Bills Buy 40,000.00 of […]
Today’s Trades: $TFLO, $SGOV, $SPYT, $BTC
$SGOV iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF: Sold $TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF: Sold Sold all my holdings in $SGOV and $TFLO. Buying 3 month T-Bills myself will save on fees and the 7-day yield is actually a bit higher. Bought a 3 Month T-Bill ($50,000) for a 4.289035% yield. $SPYT Defiance S&P […]
Recent Trades: SGOV, ICSH, IFN
Had a large 3-month T-Bill expire, so instead of buying another one yielding only about 4.5%, I re-deployed these funds as follows: $ICSH iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond Active ETF, yields 5.26% $SGOV iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF, yields 5.23% $IFN The India Fund Inc, yields 11.7% I have many closed-end funds for their consistent […]
Today’s Trades: NBB, ERC, GBAB, SGOV, MSD
Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund ($NBB) Buy 315 Shares of NBB at Market (Day), Filled at $15.86, $4,995.90 Municipal bonds (taxable) closed-end fund Pays 7.24% monthly Allspring Multi-Sector Income Fund ($ERC) Buy 550 Shares of ERC at Market (Day), Filled at $9.15, $5,032.50 Limited duration bonds closed-end fund Pays 8.62% monthly Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond […]
Today’s Trades: OZK, GAP, SGOV
My buy-to-close orders were filled on two of my short put option positions. OZK Nov $37.50 put closed for 55% profit. GAP Oct $19 put closed for 87% profit. I used the freed up cash to buy: SGOV iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF 5.25% monthly dividend I want to have some cash or cash-equivalents […]
Today’s Trades: OCSL, ICSH, TRMD
Closed my position in Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL) for a small loss. This business development company, BDC, has underperformed others in my portfolio: Ares Capital (ARCC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Gladstone Investment (GAIN) and Hercules Capital (HTGC). I used the proceeds to purchase a new holding: TORM (TRMD) UK-based shipping company that owns a […]
Today’s Trades: RGR, SGOV
Sold 2 covered calls on a stock I own, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. ($RGR) Sold 2 Contracts RGR Nov 15 2024 45 Calls at $1.61 Annualized yield 17.29% Used that cash to add to iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF ($SGOV) Yield 5.23%