October 27th, 2009 at 12:09 pm » 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.
Today, 10/27/09, I received the following dividends in five IRA accounts for a total of $100.00:

Stock

Shares

Total Dividend

Div per Share

Basis per share

% on Basis

Annual % on Basis

GE

200

20.00

0.10

10.90

0.92%

3.67%

GE

500

50.00

0.10

10.24

0.98%

3.91%

GE

100

10.00

0.10

8.95

1.12%

4.47%

GE

100

10.00

0.10

8.81

1.14%

4.54%

GE

100

10.00

0.10

8.79

1.14%

4.55%

 
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October 26th, 2009 at 11:40 am » Comments (0)

On Thursday, 10/22/09, I STO 2 MO Nov09 18 Puts for a net deposit of $34.49 in my taxable account.  If put to me my basis in these MO shares would be 17.83.
I should have written about this transaction earlier but I guess time got away from me.  In any case, I have been looking at various [...]

October 22nd, 2009 at 12:07 pm » 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.
Today I was notified that yesterday, 10/21/09, I received the following dividends in two IRA accounts for a total of $129.00:

Stock
Shares
Total Dividend
Div per Share
Basis per share
% on [...]