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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) – Sold Sep08 Calls

August 27th, 2008 at 4:16 pm » Comments (0)

On 8/20/08, (I’m only a week behind now ) I sold 2 LEH Sep08 20 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $44.50 in an IRA account.  My basis for LEH is now 69.10. Since I am so underwater you can guess that I do not want LEH called away.  I continue to chip away [...]



Bank of America Ord Shs (BAC) – Sold Sep08 Calls

August 26th, 2008 at 8:52 am » Comments (0)

I’m still catching up on trades I made the last week or so.  Sorry about that.  I just seem to have too many other things going on…or maybe I have too many stocks to deal with and write about.  So, on with the saga. On 8/18/08, I sold 2 BAC Sep08 35 Covered Calls for [...]



Sprint Nextel Corporation (S) – Sold Sep08 Calls

August 25th, 2008 at 1:49 pm » Comments (0)

On 8/18/08, I sold 3 S Sepo8 10 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $79.75 in an IRA account.  My basis for S is now 21.56. S is not currently paying a dividend so it does not meet my general investment philosophy.  Unlike some other stocks I suspect that I will let S go [...]