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

 

Selling covered calls for income on Apple stock

30 March, 2022 seen 287
At the end of October 2021, I launched the 52-week challenge of Buying Apple stock with the goal of buying 2 AAPL shares once a week. Fast forward to the end of March 2022 and I'm lagging behind my goal a lot.  Currently holding just 4…

Buying Amazon stock on margin (NASDAQ:AMZN) before stock split to sell covered calls

17 March, 2022 seen 149
On March 17, 2022, I assisted in buying 1 share of AMZN stock for my fiancee. She paid USD 3,101.99 for 1 share. Our goal is to have 5 shares by June 6, 2022. My fiancee is having her birthday on June 10 and by that time I hope I will be…

Covered Call example with a dividend stock for a weekly income

16 March, 2022 seen 38
Investing with covered calls is one of my most favorited income-generating strategies. Not always works as expected but at least the sleep at night is healthier than chasing after high yield or trading futures with margin. lol.  In today's…

February 2022 Dividend Income Report - $3.4

2 March, 2022 seen 89
Welcome to the fifty-eight (#58) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in February 2022. Last month we spent in Georgia, did a few road trips across the country, flying a drone, made some nice…

January 2022 Dividend Income Report - $40.33

2 February, 2022 seen 78
Welcome to the fifty-seventh (#57) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in January 2022. Last January we traveled quite a lot, at the start we flew from Riga to Tbilisi to throw a New Year's party…

December 2021 Dividend Income Report - $154.65

5 January, 2022 seen 125
Welcome to the fifty-sixth (#56) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in December 2021. Last December, just like in November, October, and September we spent both in Georgia and Latvia. We had a…

$4,729 Options Income in 165 days

31 December, 2021 seen 59
Back on July 19, 2021, I decided to close all my existing positions with LYNX Broker (Interactive Brokers) and start fresh.  After closing all positions and selling off all stock I was left with little more than EUR 8,000. 165 days later…

Invest in Dairy Farms in Georgia

30 December, 2021 seen 50
Good morning!  While browsing my Facebook feed I noticed some opportunities to invest in the agriculture sector in Georgia. I got sold by the information that Imereti Agro Zone is planning to build some 125 ha dairy farm near Tskaltubo…

Stopping Buying Dividend Stocks to Beef Up Cash Balance 2

21 December, 2021 seen 28
I have decided to pause buying new dividend (or any other) stock until will decrease my negative cash balance down to -EUR 10,000. Today my cash balance is standing at -EUR 11,911. With the recent market volatility (omricon and Fed rates)…

Waiting for Santa's Rally

20 December, 2021 seen 13
For the past couple of weeks, I've been waiting for Santa's relief rally in the stock market, and especially hoping for it this week. Tonight we arrived from Tbilisi to Riga and I hoped for a nice and calm session in the stock market, but…