Blog Archive: May 2019

Belek is a popular travel destination in Turkey's Antalya province.  Also, the town is one of the centers of Turkey's tourism industry and is as such home to more than thirty four-star and five-star hotels and other accommodation, services…

We are the lucky ones living in an apartment in Tbilisi with some of the most spectacular city views one could think about. Tbilisi TV tower, mount Mtatsminda, Biltmore hotel building (listed as one of the top 10 luxury hotels in Tbilisi…

Grill bar Lighthouse is centrally located on Jomas street in Jūrmala.  We visited this place in early May 2019, during a short  10 day trip to Latvia. Before diving in details - I should note - grill bar Lighthouse is a kid-friendly place…

On May 18, 2019, I bought (actually got assigned) 100 shares of Energy Transfer LP (ET) at $15.00 per share.  With its quarterly dividend payout of 0.3050 dollars per share, this latest buy has a dividend yield of 8.1% and will pay us $30.…

On May 17th, 2019, I made the following put sell - PEI JUN 21'19 7 Put @0.35 This is already the sixteen (#16) put sell from my short options trader career. For now, it seems I've found my way in options trading - I'm selling puts against…

Ok, probably this tunnel is not so secret after all. In fact, I was more than 100% sure that the name of this place is Kolga Tbilisi Photo Tunnel, as I have seen a photo exhibition at this tunnel, but Kolga.ge is stubbornly silent on this…

In 2019 there were 22 out of 28 European Union member states with an official minimum wage set by the government. Also, it turns out this is already the sixth (#6) article about minimum wages in European Union featured on the blog.…

On May 20, 2019, I sold all 250 shares of  Amber Grid (AMG1L) I had, getting EUR 1.11 per share.  Now, in general, I liked this stock pretty much, except Amber Grid has dividend payments once in a year (in May) I sold this stock to re-…

On May 22, 2019, I opted for the 3rd pension pillar at SEB bank Latvia. The main reason to sign up to this voluntary pension pillar is the hefty 20% tax refund once a year for the sums invested* (strings attached though) For now, I have…

On March 21st, 2019, I bought 95 shares of AGIC Convertible & Income Fund (NCV) at $6.345 per share. With its monthly dividend payout of 0.065 dollars per share, this latest buy has a dividend yield of 12.29% and will pay us $6.17 (…