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2014 Mid-Year Review

Wow! I can’t believe that 6 months have already passed. The time sure does fly. In this post I want to look back at my 2014 Goals and gauge how I’m doing so far. Goals for 2014: 1) Max Roth IRA ($5,500) as soon as possible Passed. While I didn’t...

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CSCO Covered Call June 2014

CSCO Type: selling covered call Reasoning: I’m trying to generate some additional income. CSCO pays its dividends in January, April, July, and October. They pay just over 3%, meaning that I’m generating just over $20 per quarter in dividends (with my 106 shares). My current cost basis for CSCO is...

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Early retirees should still use a Roth IRA

Dividend Mantra (DM) is an investing blog that I read regularly. It’s a terrific resource and should definitely be added to your blog reader. Back in August 2013, DM wrote an post entitled, “Why I Hold 100% Of My Equity Investments In A Taxable Account,” that discusses the idea of...

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Additional Purchases for Roth IRA: TGT and KMI

Today I maxed out the annual contribution limit for my Roth IRA. I typically like to max out the Roth IRA as soon as possible (usually by February), but I decided to wait until later this year so that I would have more cash available for options trading. I divided...

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Why the Roth IRA is right for me

I recently read an article on Financial Samurai entitled, “Disadvantages Of The ROTH IRA: Not All Is What It Seems.” It really got me thinking because I currently invest in a Roth IRA and have recommended that others invest in them as well. Is a Roth IRA really the correct...

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LULU Earnings Play

Unlike LULU’s pants, apparently their earnings are harder to see through. On 6/11/2014 I opened a trade on LULU. LULU was set to announce earnings after the close of the market on the 12th. At the time, LULU was trading around 44.30 and had a high implied volatility leading up...

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IWM, DIA, NFLX Options Trades

I wanted to quickly recap a few of my ongoing options trades. My current and past options can be found here. In the future I’ll document each trade as its own individual post. Until then, I’ll update these as things change. Due to how the market had rallied and slightly...

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May 2014 Dividends/ Option Income

Only three of my companies paid out this May, bringing in a total of $163.41. This is an improvement of 83% over what I received in 2013. The majority of this increase was due to substantially increasing my stake in Apple as well dividend increases by both AAPL and KMI....

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The Illogic of Active Trading – My Take

While we don’t know exactly why people are trading, Joe Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade, made it pretty clear in an earlier news release: “Our clients have been dialing up equity market exposure and participating in the rally every step of the way.” In addition to all this trading...

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Updated Investing Spreadsheets

I recently made a few updates to the investing spreadsheets. The current “live” version can be found in my current investment portfolio. The first change is the creation of a dividend calendar. I got this inspiration from Hello Sucker’s Calendar page. This basically gives me a head’s up on the...