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 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 [...]

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 [...]