I am traveling and while I am away, I am not oblivious to what’s been happening with the stock market. I checked in this morning to see the status of my IWM collar. In case you missed it, here is a post from March 11 about how I planned on protecting my portfolio with an…
Author: Rich Slick
Zepbound: My Health Journey – March Year 2
There is nothing major to report for March other than I have finished my 5 mg dose and am starting 7.5 mg this week and will stay on 7.5 for 4 weeks then jump up to 10 mg. I’m excited about potentially losing more weight but also concerned about side effects. I won’t know until…
Traveling Most of April
I will be traveling most of April so there will be limited posts for next month. I am working on a few topics that I hope everyone will find interesting. While I’m out, you may want to check out these bloggers. TKer by Sam Ro – Always interesting perspective on economic and stock market activity….
Sent Uncle Sam $5000
As a follow up to my earlier post on my taxes, it turns out that $5k was the correct amount to send off to Uncle Sam. It’s always painful to see so much money leave my account but the only thing I can do is build tax strategies to reduce the amount. The $5000 is…
Dividend Income: JEPI vs SPYI
As I get closer to retirement, the prospect of generating income from my investment portfolio is at the forefront of my mind. I’ve been researching a variety of ETFs to generate income and today I’m going to discuss JEPI and SPYI. I currently own JEPI in an IRA portfolio and I have weekly purchases setup…
Gaming, Strategy & Profits
Do you play video games? I recently started playing video games again. A few years ago I got a PS5 as a gift and I played with it for a while but then hadn’t touched it in years. Recently, I started playing with the PS5 to get my mind off of other things but I…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
To everyone celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, have a great celebration!
A New “Guaranteed” Financial Crisis?
I’ve been spending most of my free time now on risk mitigation strategies because while most people go on with their day to day lives, they seem to be oblivious to growing problems with the financial system. CNBC had an interesting article entitled Treasury Secretary Bessent says White House is heading off a ‘guaranteed’ financial…
NVIDIA Covered Calls
The S&P is officially in correction territory down 10% and while many people are panic selling, I am nibbling at the market. This isn’t financial or trading advice so do your own due diligence and invest in the way that meets YOUR goals. I bought 100 shares of NVDA at around $116.50 and I sold…
Sold My SPY PUTs For Profits
Back in October, I wrote a post about buying puts on SPY as the market made new all time highs. Back then it was all about the irrational market but I held on and as the election happened and a new administration won and would be coming in, I figured the market would not like…