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The Ryland Group, Inc. (RYL) – Rolled out Aug09 Call

August 31st, 2009 at 11:50 am » Comments (0)

On Friday, 8/21/09, I BTC 2 RYL Aug09 21 Covered Calls and STO 2 RYL Jan10 25 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $36.98 in an IRA account.  My basis for these RYL shares is now 32.96. Not only did I roll out my RYL options I raised my strike price from $21 to [...]



WordPress Formatting Problem

August 31st, 2009 at 11:28 am » Comments (0)

My apologies.  The table in my last post about dividends is not formatting properly.  I updated to the most recent version of WP yesterday so I am guessing something has changed.  Nothing else has changed about my method of creating the dividend posts.  Just one more thing I need to work on. 



AA 3Qtr09 Dividends Received

August 31st, 2009 at 11:21 am » Comments (0)

Many of the stocks that I own and write Covered Calls upon also pay dividends.  Dividends happen on a regular basis and add significantly to my annual investment income. On Aug 25, 2009 I received the following dividends in an IRA accounts for a total of $15.00: Stock Shares Total Dividend Div per Share Basis [...]