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Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) – Sold Mar10 Calls

January 28th, 2010 at 9:18 pm » Comments (0)

On 1/19/2010, I sold 2 BMY Mar10 27 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $64.46 in an IRA account.  My basis for these BMY shares is now 24.45, less any dividends received. BMY is one of my core stocks.  It pays a good dividend of .32 per quarter, up from .31 in the previous [...]



The Ryland Group, Inc. (RYL) – Sold Mar10 Call

January 28th, 2010 at 8:48 pm » Comments (0)

on 1/19/2010, I sold 2 RYL Mar10 25 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $68.46 in an IRA account.  My basis for these RYL shares is now 32.80, excluding dividends received. I chose the 25 strike price because it appears to be near a resistance level for the past 14 months or so.  I [...]



Yahoo! Inc (YHOO) – Sold Mar10 Call

January 28th, 2010 at 6:35 pm » Comments (0)

On 1/19/10, I sold 4 YHOO Mar10 18 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $78.94 in an IRA account.  My basis for these YHOO shares is now 20.13. Here I am, late writing about my transactions again.  Life just seems to get in the way.  I have several more transactions that I need to [...]