The basics: what you can do in different account types, general strategies, suggestions, and things to avoid.
This bull run has been going on since the 8th of February. A very long time without a correction in these uncertain times. In watching the market action I have been surprised at the down days. In-spite of the late January scary correction and market shocks that I would expect to send the S&P 500 down a percent or two, the market has shown remarkable …
Links to a few selected pre-generated reports are shown below: DIA dividend history DVY dividend history IWM dividend history JNK dividend history LQD dividend history SPY dividend history TIP dividend history XLP dividend history XLU dividend history If you need dividend history on a non iShare / SPDR fund or stock then I recommend the DividendInvestor site.
Next CBOE Weeklys listings and expiration The expiration dates for 2011 / 2012 Equity options are: [table id= 31 /] Source: OCC and CBOE option expiration calendars
For the next SPY ex-dividend date and estimated dividend go here. SPDR’s 19-Mar-2010 dividend update reportsSPY’s March 2010 dividend as $0.48 (I had estimated $0.52). The pay date will be 30-April-2010. The ex-dividend date is today, 19-March-2010.
The last few weeks have been painful for me–being on the sidelines while the market stages an impressive rally. I don’t expect to call things right all the time, and there are worse things that just not making money for a month, but it’s not fun missing the call. In the typical buy and hold portfolio things have a different feel. No position …
