I was assigned 200 shares of DIVX (at 22.50) each in a taxable and an IRA account in June of 2007.  I originally heard of these shares from Jim Cramer.  I listened to Cramer, read some of what DIVX does and thought the story sounded good.  Among other things, DIVX produces video compression software.  This should become more and more important as video downloads become [...]

Two DF Dec08 30 calls expired.  I originally bought this stock when they offered a special $15 dividend late in 2006.  They don’t normally pay dividends and, even though the stock would fall by about $15 after the dividend was paid, I thought it interesting enough to get involved.  Well, the recent high price of producing [...]

I almost hate to admit it but I own some CFC stock.  Actually I own 200 shares of CFC.  I had sold some $40 puts about a year ago and thought I could keep rolling it out to outrun ever having it put to me.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t run fast enough.  Excluding dividends, I own [...]