My buy price target for $CUBE was hit today. Bought 100 shares @ $40.09. I have many REITS, but none in the self-storage space. 5.17% dividend yield Added $1000 worth of $BCAT, BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust 22.47% dividend yield My buy price target of $33.25 for Essential Utilities $WTRG was hit today. Instead of […]
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Today’s Trades: $HIMS, $CPNG
Sold two cash-secured puts on stocks I wouldn’t mind owning should the shares get assigned to me. Coupang $CPNG, sold 1 Feb 21 strike put for $.53 ($53), representing a 17.38% annualized yield. except for valuation, all green ratings on Seeking Alpha Hims & Hers Health $HIMS, sold 1 Feb 22 strike put for $1.81 […]
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 […]
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: BCE, OKTA
Sold two new bull put spread options today: OKTA Okta, Inc. OKTA Sell $70.00 $4.50 OKTA Buy $67.50 -$3.55 $0.95 Credit $2.50 $0.47 Buy back Want min. credit to be at least 10% times the strike difference $0.25 Max reward $0.95 Max risk $2.50 Return 61.29% Credit divided by the risk (credit to risk ratio) 38.00% […]
Today’s Trade: NSRGY
Bought some Nestle ($NSRGY) today. global (Swiss) food company with many recognizable brands Nestle candy Gerber baby products Purina pet food Optifast Nespresso coffee Boost nutritional drinks Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine Häagen-Dazs Perrier water rated 2 green on Seeking Alpha pays 3.25% dividend even if we have a recession, people will still want/need pet food, Gerber […]
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: MU, NVDA, AMD, SFL
Had a 3-month T-Bill mature today so I used the funds to sell 3 cash-secured put options on stocks I wouldn’t mind owning should they get put to me. Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) Sell to Open 1 Contract MU Sep 20 2024 100 Put Limit at $3.90, Filled at $4.02 This represents a 25.74% annualized […]
Today’s Trades: PFE, USOI, SFL, NVDA, OXY, DVN
Sold some cash-secured put options: NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) Sell to Open 1 Contract NVDA Sep 20 2024 100 Put Limit at $1.58 (Day) Filled at $1.58 ($157.32) annualized yield 8.01% Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) Sell to Open 1 Contract OXY Sep 20 2024 57.5 Put Limit at $0.90 (Day) Filled at $0.90 ($89.32) annualized yield […]