That’s a lot. But, let’s put it in perspective. My wife and I have 64% of our net worth invested in equities. The 64% is a mix of individual stocks and some mutual funds. We’re both retired, so we need our investments to grow and generate income to pay our bills. If we live to […]
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This one is a slippery slope for me. As a rule, I will not buy shares of a company that I’ve sold. But there have been a few exceptions… Selling I don’t make a sell decision easily. I generally start to see a pattern that puts my thesis at risk and I watch for a
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I’ve written a few posts lately about how I’ve gotten investment ideas. I talk a lot about how I loved the Netflix DVD by mail service and after a little bit of research, I decided to make an investment in the business. More recently, I wrote about General Mills and their move into pet food.
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If you’ve read my posts on covered call options, here, here and here, you may have wondered who is buying the option contracts that I’m selling. Covered Calls Trading in options can be risky, however, covered calls are probably the safest of all option trades. On a covered call, I am buying shares of a
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We should be asking this about all the companies in our portfolio, not just our favorite. And if this question doesn’t really interest you, I have a nice low-cost S&P 500 fund for you to check out. Take a look at iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV). OK, maybe that’s a bit snarky for a
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Investing can be hard. There is a lot of misinformation, or worse yet, partially correct information out there, that can hurt us if we’re not thorough in our research. Many of us invest in index funds. These are a great way to diversify, but it is important for us to understand what they are and
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Today, I’d like to talk a little bit about Netflix. In last week’s post, I wrote about how I liked the show Ozark and how that lead me to investigate and purchase shares of Bank OZK. My wife and I are watching Killing Eve on Netflix now and I’m looking forward to starting the new
It’s Friday. You made it through another work week. Congrats. I have a bunch of quick thoughts for this week, so buckle up. I Love Dividends Over the last 5-7 years, as I was nearing retirement, and then entering retirement, I’ve become much more excited about dividend paying stocks. Read more here and here. What’s
I can’t count the number of posts where I’ve professed my love for the S&P 500. The S&P 500 is an index created and maintained by Standard and Poor. It is a list of the 500 largest US publicly traded companies, along with their weight in the index. Weight is determined by the size (market
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OK, not bye, bye, but I did sell some shares. Let’s talk about why. I don’t like to sell shares of the companies I own. I’m a big fan of letting my winners run. Apple, Amazon and Netflix have grown from small initial investments to huge portfolio holdings for me because they’ve performed so well.