Gold futures are one of my favorite things to trade. I prefer to sell premium as opposed to buy premium when I am trading gold options. Typically I use naked puts, naked calls or strangles. You can also use iron condors and credit spread is you prefer defined risk. Sometimes I will use spreads, but […]
Good place to enter Pfizer (PFE)?
I am really watching Pfizer right now and preparing to enter for my 2023 dividend portfolio. I am not sure they have formed a stable price base right now, which will dictate the type of trade I enter. You might ask, why not just wait? A couple of reasons. First, I want to get the […]
Why would you invest in a lower paying dividend stock verses a higher paying one?
I get this question myself a number of times as well as see it in a lot of dividend group chats. People look at something like QYLD which pays 13.21% and SCHD which pays 3.41% and ask, why would you buy SCHD over QYLD? I get it, 13.21% is higher than 3.41% right? Before I […]
APA – Yes or No?
APA Corp got my attention when I saw a number of people talking about it in a dividend investing group. The first thing I did is pull it up and look at some of the basics. It was showing a 2.27% yield, not bad but nothing special. Its EPS yield is 18.88% and it was […]
VOO – What kind of Return to Expect
In many of the dividend groups I am a member of VOO seems to be a popular choice in dividend portfolio’s. While I prefer SCHD, VOO can be a good EFT as a core position in your portfolio. One thing you should always do is see what the holdings are in an EFT to make […]
ABR Is one of my Favorite Dividend Stocks
Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) is one of my favorite long term positions in my dividend portfolio. The only real negative I have found is it looks like their EPS predicted to decline from 2023 to 2025 which gives me a little pause, but over the long term they have absorbed EPS declines and continued to […]
SCHD Trade #2024
On 1/9/23 I entered an SCHD trade in both my conservative portfolio and my new dividend portfolio. I don’t mind the double position because I really like SCHD and I restarted both these portfolios for 2023 and need to get my core positions in. I will probably let it close out in the conservative portfolio […]
SCHD What is the Real Return
SCHD has been a key part of my long term dividend portfolio for a long time. In may groups I am in there is always a discussion about what is the best Stock/EFT to invest in long term. Of course, your goal is important. Are you looking for Income right now, dividend growth or overall […]
JEPI Long Term Collar
I want to discuss a strategy I really like on dividend paying stocks. I especially like the strategy on high dividend income stocks if I can make the numbers work. First let’s discuss JEPI. It pay a monthly dividend of $57.00 which is about 11.42% annualized. It is a premium income fund, I actually own […]
GOOG Deep In the Money Covered Call
With the market moving up and into resistance I am trying to stay active without taking a lot of risk. Of course, trying to keep risk down also means taking less profit. As I look at my goals for the 2023 members portfolio, I am up pretty good so far in 2023 and an comfortable […]
