Investments

I write about my investor experience by investing in dividend-paying stocks, options trading, cryptocurrencies, peer-to-peer lending, stock IPO's and more. Currently on the road to save 1 million dollars by 2045.  Check out my freemium newsletter for investing with covered calls

 

#5 Coin of the Week: Stellar XLM

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Since the end of August 2023, I've been working on the Terramatris crypto hedge fund, growing the portfolio from scratch by selling put options on Ethereum. Every week we choose one crypto coin and invest all premium in it. In the last weeks, we have already invested in XLM, ETH, USDC, and BTC. I have decided to stick with these 4 tickers until we grow the portfolio to at least 0.1 ETH or 0.01 BTC, thus enabling covered call writing on these positions. That said on week 5th, we return to XLM…


Latest Addition to Stock Portfolio: 2 AMZN shares at $136.60

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On September 5, 2023, I bought an additional 2 shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock, paying $138.50 per share for our long-term dividend stock portfolio. Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. We are now holding 38 shares of AMZN in our stock portfolio. That represents about 68.5% of the total portfolio. Using dollar-cost averaging our average cost per AMZN…


#4 Coin of the Week: BTC (Bitcoin)

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Since the end of August 2023, I've been working on the Terramatris crypto hedge fund, growing the portfolio from scratch by selling put options on Ethereum. Every week we choose one crypto coin and invest all premium in it. In the last weeks, we have already invested in XLM, ETH and USDC For the fourth week - we have decided to go with Bitcoin, the king of all coins. Every time we are going to take options premiums this week (September  11 -  September 17), we will re-invest the premium back…


Latest Addition to Stock Portfolio: 4 MPW shares at $7.05

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On September 6, 2023, I bought an additional 4 shares of Medical Properties Trust Inc (NYSE: MPW) stock, paying $7.05 per share for our long-term dividend stock portfolio. Medical Properties Trust, Inc., based in Birmingham, Alabama, is a real estate investment trust that invests in healthcare facilities subject to NNN leases. The company owns 438 properties in the United States, Australia, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Finland, and the United Kingdom. We are now…


Bought 2 WBA shares at $24.31

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On September 1, 2023, I bought an additional 2 shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) stock, paying $24.31 per share for our long-term stock portfolio Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. is an American multinational holding company headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, which owns the retail pharmacy chains Walgreens in the US and Boots in the UK, as well as several pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution companies. We are now holding 4 shares of WBA in our dividend stock…


August 2023 Dividend Income Report - $1.97

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Welcome to the sixty-second (#62) dividend income report, covering earnings our family has made from dividend-paying stocks in August 2023.  Last month I turned 38, and we made a quick trip to London, United Kingdom to celebrate it. Besides fish and chips, we tried some of the most delicious ciders and spent quality time with family there.  Kiddo was especially excited about spending a day at London's Kidzania. Besides our travels in August, we also finished most of the exterior works for our…


#3 Coin of the Week: USD Coin (USDC)

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Since the end of August 2023, I've been working on the Terramatris crypto hedge fund, growing the portfolio from put option premiums sold on Ethereum. Every week we choose one crypto coin and invest all premium in it. In the last weeks, we have invested in XLM and ETH. For the third week - we go with the USD Coin (USDC). Every time we are going to take options premiums this week (September  4 -  September 10), we will re-invest the premium back in USDC coin for our long-term crypto portfolio…


Bought 1 DIS share at $82.68

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On August 24, 2023, I bought an additional 1 share of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) stock, paying $82.68 per share for our long-term stock portfolio The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. We are now holding 2 shares of DIS in our stock portfolio.  Unlike most of the other stocks from our portfolio, DIS is not a dividend payer, and…


#2 Coin of the Week: Ethereum (ETH)

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Soon it will be one year since I have been working on TerraMatris.EU crypto hedge fund. The fund has had its ups and downs - but the main idea has stayed the same - we are selling put options against Ethereum and reinvesting premium back into crypto itself Last week I came up with an idea and plan to reinvest premiums into altcoins. Without further ado - for the second week - we go with the Ethereum(ETH) coin. Every time we are going to take options premiums this week (August 28  September 3…


#1 Coin of the Week: Stellar XLM

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I have been working on TerraMatris.EU crypto hedge fund since late 2022, the fund has had its ups and downs - but the main idea has stayed the same - we are selling put options against Ethereum and reinvesting premium back into crypto This week I came up with a plan to reinvest premiums into altcoins. The plan is simple - every week we will invest options premium in a different cryptcoin, coins might repeat after at least 4 weeks, but in general, we want to have a healthy mix with dollar cost…