Money and Finance
Well my first attempt at the roundup for this week went horribly wrong. I had finished and scheduled it for yesterday morning and then wanted to add one more thing to it and changed my mind. Needless to say I didn't save it again and then it got deleted. Note to everyone else, save.
It was a pretty good week and everything went smoothly at work until we had finished drilling. Then it was issue after issue and it took us forever to get my tool back topside. 30+ hours for something that should have been around 20. So that pushed my return trip home back until yesterday and I didn't get home until early afternoon. Oh well, I'm still away from the rig and back home for a few days.
I was expecting for July and the next few months to be pretty light as far as my portfolio goes but best laid plans right? I ended up selling off some shares of HAL and closing out 2 open put options because I felt a bit over-leveraged, especially since capital will be lower the second half since my wife and I are needing to finish up saving for a downpayment. I wanted to be able to pick and choose my spots a bit more since capital will be lower so I decided to close out some of the options. In other investing news, my dividend income increased this past week with a 14.5% increase from Walgreens, a 25% increase from Cummins, and a 4.5% increase from ConocoPhillips. I love dividend increase announcements. You want to give me more money because your company is doing better? Sure thing boss.
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Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - July 14, 2013
Well my first attempt at the roundup for this week went horribly wrong. I had finished and scheduled it for yesterday morning and then wanted to add one more thing to it and changed my mind. Needless to say I didn't save it again and then it got deleted. Note to everyone else, save.
It was a pretty good week and everything went smoothly at work until we had finished drilling. Then it was issue after issue and it took us forever to get my tool back topside. 30+ hours for something that should have been around 20. So that pushed my return trip home back until yesterday and I didn't get home until early afternoon. Oh well, I'm still away from the rig and back home for a few days.
I was expecting for July and the next few months to be pretty light as far as my portfolio goes but best laid plans right? I ended up selling off some shares of HAL and closing out 2 open put options because I felt a bit over-leveraged, especially since capital will be lower the second half since my wife and I are needing to finish up saving for a downpayment. I wanted to be able to pick and choose my spots a bit more since capital will be lower so I decided to close out some of the options. In other investing news, my dividend income increased this past week with a 14.5% increase from Walgreens, a 25% increase from Cummins, and a 4.5% increase from ConocoPhillips. I love dividend increase announcements. You want to give me more money because your company is doing better? Sure thing boss.
Read more »
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This was another sunrise I was able to catch this past week. It was absolutely gorgeous and the picture doesn't do the majesty of it justice. I love how the rays are lighting up the clouds. This past week was crazy. We had all sorts of issues...
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I've been a bit absent the past week or so and even missed my normal weekly roundup post last weekend. Never fear though I'm back and have a new installment of the roundup. My FI Portfolio has been performing great the last two weeks and I...
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