I had a buy order in place to add to my holdings in Realty Income $O, were it to dip below $52.42. My order for 100 shares was filled today. Pays 6% dividend monthly Dividend Aristocrat, 25+ years of dividend increases
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Today’s Trades: $THQ, $LDP, $MSD, $BME, $DFP, $UTG, $ASGI
Added small amounts to several of my closed-end funds today. $THQ: healthcare, pays 11.24% monthly, selling at a 5.6% discount, holdings include Eli Lilly, United Health Care, Abbvie, Johnson and Johnson, Merck $LDP: limited duration bonds and preferred stocks, pays 7.50% monthly, selling at a 4.94% discount, holdings include Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Charles Schwab, NextEra […]
Today’s Trades: $SWZ, $GBAB
I added to one of my closed-end funds and bought a new one. $SWZ Swiss Helvetia Fund, 650 shares @ $7.93 I have many CEFs but no exposure to European stocks Fund is 91.47% Swiss stocks Currently selling for 16.2% discount to NAV Uses no leverage and very low expenses for a CEF Just increased […]
Today’s Trades: $PEP, $SWBI
Sold some covered calls today for income on stocks I already own. $PEP, sold 1 Jan 170 call for $1.50 ($150), annualized yield 6.54% $SWBI, sold 5 Jan 15 calls for $.57 ($2.85), annualized yield 29.57%
Latest Trades: KMI, PAGP, EMD, NEEPR
Kinder Morgan (KMI) Bought 190 shares @ $26.3599 Yield 4.35% Energy infrastructure Plains GP Holdings (PAGP) Bought 273 shares @ $18.28 Yield 6.75% Energy infrastructure NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE-PR) Added 220 shares @ $43.0193 Yield 8.04% Electric utility, clean energy, preferred shares Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD) Bought 525 shares @ […]
Today’s Trades: UBER, INVH, SPYI
Had a 3-month T-Bill mature today, so I made some trades. Buys: UBER added 100 shares @ $71.99. Big drop today, great price. SPYI added 100 shares @ $50.75. Yields 11.78% and pays monthly. Put Options: UBER Sold one December $67.50 put for $1.91 ($191). Annualized yield 20.66% INVH (Innovation Homes) Sold one December […]
Today’s Trades: NBB, ERC, GBAB, SGOV, MSD
Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund ($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: GOOGL, CVX, DFP
My 50% profit target was hit on the $GOOGL Nov $155 short put option. I used the freed up cash to: Sell a Chevron $CVX put option. YOU SOLD OPENING TRANSACTION PUT (CVX) CHEVRON CORP NEW COM NOV 15 24 $145 (100 SHS) (Cash) @ $2.29 ($229), representing an annualized yield of 18.60%. Chevron is […]
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 $19 put closed for 87% profit. I used the freed up cash to buy: SGOV iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF 5.25% monthly dividend I want to have some cash or cash-equivalents […]
Today’s Trades: NEE-PR, DFP, LDP, SGOV
Today I had a short term T-bill mature, so I used those funds to buy some higher-yielding investments. As interest rates come down, T-bills will no longer be as attractive, so I am adding to my holdings in preferred stocks and limited duration bonds. NextEra Energy, Inc. Preferred UNIT 09/01/25 ($NEE-PR) 7.40% Cohen & Steers […]