Money and Finance
On Tuesday, April 9th I sold 2 more call options on some of my shares of HAL. If you remember from my previous post, I'm going to start a new strategy in regards to my HAL shares. They are my employer and I acquire the shares through the ESPP program at work so I continue to receive a pretty significant number of shares every few months. My position in HAL is the largest by far in my portfolio and it's not really a great dividend grower, increasing the dividend every few years or so. They are also my employer, so I'd hate to lose my source of income as well as have a good chunk of my portfolio lose it's value, hence the need for strategy to diversify.
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- Recent Sells
Yesterday seemed like as good a day as any to try and sell off some more shares of Halliburton and also close my position in Alcoa. I sold 25 shares of Halliburton, leaving me with just 100 more. I had been debating whether or not to sell those shares...
- Dividend Update - July 2013
And another one bites the dust! Seriously, was July shorter this year by about 10 days? It was a pretty quiet month for dividends as well as new additions to the FI Portfolio. I only started small positions in Realty Income and General Electric...
- Recent Sells
Well I've been active this past week in trying to unload some shares of Halliburton (HAL) which is my employer. I purchased the shares through the employee stock purchase plan and I believe that if one is offered at your employer and you get a sizable...
- Recent Option Transactions
With the continued market weakness on Wednesday and Thursday this past week, I closed out the $39 and $41 call options that I had open on some of my HAL shares. I recent devised a strategy to try and maximize income and diversify out of my employer's...
- Espp
Well my ESPP shares officially hit my brokerage account today. I was able to get 184.524 shares at $29.33, which is the 15% off of the $34.51 close. Since it transferred to my brokerage account I'll be able to go through with my plan to sell call...
Money and Finance
Recent Options Transactions
On Tuesday, April 9th I sold 2 more call options on some of my shares of HAL. If you remember from my previous post, I'm going to start a new strategy in regards to my HAL shares. They are my employer and I acquire the shares through the ESPP program at work so I continue to receive a pretty significant number of shares every few months. My position in HAL is the largest by far in my portfolio and it's not really a great dividend grower, increasing the dividend every few years or so. They are also my employer, so I'd hate to lose my source of income as well as have a good chunk of my portfolio lose it's value, hence the need for strategy to diversify.
Read more »
- Recent Sells
Yesterday seemed like as good a day as any to try and sell off some more shares of Halliburton and also close my position in Alcoa. I sold 25 shares of Halliburton, leaving me with just 100 more. I had been debating whether or not to sell those shares...
- Dividend Update - July 2013
And another one bites the dust! Seriously, was July shorter this year by about 10 days? It was a pretty quiet month for dividends as well as new additions to the FI Portfolio. I only started small positions in Realty Income and General Electric...
- Recent Sells
Well I've been active this past week in trying to unload some shares of Halliburton (HAL) which is my employer. I purchased the shares through the employee stock purchase plan and I believe that if one is offered at your employer and you get a sizable...
- Recent Option Transactions
With the continued market weakness on Wednesday and Thursday this past week, I closed out the $39 and $41 call options that I had open on some of my HAL shares. I recent devised a strategy to try and maximize income and diversify out of my employer's...
- Espp
Well my ESPP shares officially hit my brokerage account today. I was able to get 184.524 shares at $29.33, which is the 15% off of the $34.51 close. Since it transferred to my brokerage account I'll be able to go through with my plan to sell call...