Blog Archive: May 2020

I opted for a 3rd pension pillar pension plan at SEB bank Latvia back on May 22, 2019. I've been saving additional funds for the old age for already one year. Time flies.  On the day, when I opted to save for old-age,  my dad turned 65.…

Recently I was rebuilding a compromised VPS on the Linode - this was a small web server serving some 3 established websites. It took me a few hours from A-Z  - launch a new Linode, install a new webserver on it, then transfer data from one…

On April 30, 2020, I bought 110 shares of BCRX, paying $3.875 per share. BCRX is a small pharma doing a clinical study on galidesivir for treating the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).​ Found this name on Biotech Stocks Under $5. After…

On May 15, 2020, I bought 5 shares of Intel Corporation (INTC) paying $57.63 per share.  With its quarterly dividend payout of $0.33 per share, this latest buy has a dividend yield of 2.29% and will pay us $1.65 (before tax) every quarter…

Welcome to the fourteen (#14) options trading income report - covering earnings I've made from trading options (puts, calls, vertical spreads) in the month of April 2020. This is going to be the last article in the series options income in…

There is a good saying  - a photographer needs to upgrade his/her gear just only once the existing gear is outperforming If you are planning to purchase your first DSRL camera in 2020,  this article is for you, here you will find Top 10…

Unlike in Drupal 7 version where IP banning is enabled by default, with Drupal 8 version, there is one more step added - IP banning must be enabled from the extend section. Here is how. (source) Log into your Drupal 8 admin interface. From…

It was on the evening of April 27, 2020, I decided to switch glass (from the kit lens to telephoto) and make some photo for the month of April to put in the description in the monthly dividend income report. The photo of the month turned…

It has been a while since I first heard about the term Poor Man's covered call. It took me some time to put all dots together to understand how this trading technique actually works. Now it feels I  know how it works (at least I think so…

On March 3, 2020, I bought 100 shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) paying $47.5 per share. With its quarterly dividend payout of 0.36 dollars per share, this latest buy has a dividend yield of 3.03% (before tax) and will pay us an…