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Sold Mar08 Call for Washington Mutual, Inc. – WM

February 19th, 2008 at 5:58 pm » Comments (0)

I sold 1 WM Mar08 20 WM for 26.25 in my taxable account. I’ve written about WM before and how I come to own it.  They are still paying dividends although at a reduced rate of .15 per quarter, down from .56 in the prior quarter.  I own this stock at 47.13 so do not [...]



Feb08 Option Expirations

February 19th, 2008 at 5:31 pm » Comments (0)

I had a number of Puts and Covered Calls expire worthless in Feb08 allowing me to keep the entire premium.  Here is the list, just for the record: 2 BAC 47.50 Call 2 DD 42.50 Put 4 DIVX 17.50 Call 2 DSX 17.50 Put 1 FCX 80 Put 9 GM 25 Put 1 MNST 40 Call [...]



Stocks assigned Feb08 – WFC – TBI

February 19th, 2008 at 5:13 pm » Comments (0)

I was assigned two stocks on Saturday, one I expected and one I did not. I wrote last week about selling 2 WFC Feb08 30 Puts with the idea that I would probably be put them.  As I expected, I now own 200 WFC and wrote Covered Calls on them.  More about that shortly in [...]