Money and Finance
Yesterday, I was finally able to pick up some shares of Vodafone (VOD). I've been wanting to own some VOD for over a year and just kept missing the pullbacks that it took. It dipped below $25 again this past week and I decided that I needed to start my position. I purchased 50 shares for $24.51 a piece giving a cost basis after commission of $24.67 per share.
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- Weekly Roundup - June 7, 2015
Quick update this week since Luke is giving me a chance to write a little bit. He hasn't strung together two consecutive good days in the last week but yesterday was good and today has been good so far. We're working on another update on...
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Money and Finance
Recent Buy and an Unexpected Dividend Increase
Yesterday, I was finally able to pick up some shares of Vodafone (VOD). I've been wanting to own some VOD for over a year and just kept missing the pullbacks that it took. It dipped below $25 again this past week and I decided that I needed to start my position. I purchased 50 shares for $24.51 a piece giving a cost basis after commission of $24.67 per share.
- Weekly Roundup - June 7, 2015
Quick update this week since Luke is giving me a chance to write a little bit. He hasn't strung together two consecutive good days in the last week but yesterday was good and today has been good so far. We're working on another update on...
- Recent Sell
This afternoon I decided to go on and sell out of my position in Pfizer (PFE). I sold all shares at a price of $23.79 which netted a gain of $114.24 on the position. The shares had a YOC of 4.71% which was nice and they were due for a dividend increase...
- Recent Buy
This afternoon I purchased 20 shares of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) for $65.14 per share for my Roth IRA. My total cost basis after commission is $1310.75 or $65.54 per share. NSC has increased their dividend twice this year which is a good sign...
- Recent Buy
This morning I performed a buy-write of 200 shares/2 call options for Bank of America (BAC) expiring on October 20, 2012. The reason I went the buy-write route is that you can save on commission by executing them together rather than separate. Let's...
- Conocophillips Spinoff
Yesterday the ConocoPhillips spinoff into two companies went through. Phillips 66 (PSX) was spunoff from the parent company of Conoco (COP) to create value for shareholders. Phillips 66 is now comprised of the refining and pipeline business while Conoco...