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

 

Sold AAPL stock to decrease negative cash balance and avoid margin call

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Wow, it happened earlier than I thought. Just a few days ago I announced that to avoid possible margin calls in the future I'm stopping buying dividend-paying stock until I will decrease my negative cash balance to -EUR 12,000 With the…

Stopping Buying Dividend Stocks to Beef Up Cash Balance

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I have decided to pause buying new dividend (or any other) stock until will decrease my negative cash balance down to -EUR 12,000. Today my cash balance is standing at -EUR 13,324. With the recent market volatility (omricon and Fed rates)…

Novemebr 2021 Dividend Income Report - $4.15

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Welcome to the fifty-fifth (#55) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in November 2021. Last November, just like the October and September we spent both in Georgia and Latvia, there were some…

Black Friday in the Stock Market

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Quite a crazy Black Friday in the market. or Mr. Market almost squeezed me out of my comfort zone. A sharp recovery helped and I went shopping on bargain (hopefully). Worst day since June 2020. Should focus more on covered calls in the…

How to Sell Oil with Options (RDSA stock)

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There are a couple of ways some might get exposed to the oil market, you could go with futures, ETF's or individual stocks.  In this article, I will share an example on how some could sell options on individual stock - a stock I've been…

October 2021 Dividend Income Report - $9.46

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Welcome to the fifty-fourth (#54) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in October 2021. Last October, just like the September we spent both in Georgia and Latvia, there were some circumstances…

Sold all Bitcoin, Seb Mutual funds, Baltic Horzion and DelfinGroup Stock

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Yesterday, on October 25, 2021, I sold all of the Bitcoin holdings I had with Coinbase PRO. Additionally, I sold off all my investments with SEB mutual funds and stocks at Nasdaq Baltic: Baltic Horizon, and DelfinGroup. I did this because…

Buying Apple Stock for 52 weeks challenge

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Hey, I have decided to launch another interesting challenge - buying Apple stock for the next 52 weeks. My plan is simple, every Monday I will buy at least 2 Apple shares, so I have at least 100 shares with Apple stock by the end of the…

Green Enefit IPO - 19% income return in 15 days

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On October 6, 2021, I subscribed to 32 shares of Enefit Green during companies IPO. I got subscribed at EUR 2.90. On the first trading day on the Nasdaq Baltics, I sold all my 32 shares at EUR 3.46 or realized 0.56 cents per share (before…

Invest in These 5 Stocks From The Dow Jones list With Covered Calls and Collect Dividend

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One of my preferred investing strategies is investing in stocks from The Dogs of The Dow List.  Currently (2021), these are the Small Dogs of The Dow stocks: DOW, VZ, WBA, CSCO, and KO. In 2021 PFE was replaced by VZ in the Small Dogs list…