Sold my last tiny bit of TEL at $126.01 Bought on 06/16/2022 at $115.91.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added to my tiny position in VZ on the open at 34.43. Div = 7.3%
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MMM Stock
Added to my tiny position on MMM at $93.50. Div = 6.25%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TGT Puts
Bought 1 TGT Jun 09 2023 120.00 Put at $0.29 while selling 1 TGT Jun 02 2023 130.00 Put at $0.70 for a $0.41 Credit
#OnlySpreads #FallingKnife
Strong market, weak stocks
All diagonal Spreads on #FallingKnife stocks:
Bought 1 MOS 06/09/2023 27.0 Put while selling 1 MOS 06/02/2023 32.0 Put for $0.15 Credit
Bought 1 CF 06/09/2023 53.0 Put while selling 1 CF 06/02/2023 60.0 Put for $0.20 Credit
Bought 1 SYY 06/16/2023 60.0 Put while selling 1 SYY 06/02/2023 69.0 Put for $0.20 Credit
Bought 1 BMY 06/09/2023 57.0 Put while selling 1 BMY 06/02/2023 62.0 Put for $0.16 Credit
Bought 1 WBA 06/09/2023 25.0 Put while selling 1 WBA 06/02/2023 29.0 Put for $0.12 Credit
Bought 1 AMGN 06/09/2023 195.0 Put while selling 1 AMGN 06/02/2023 210.0 Put for $0.27 Credit
Bought 1 PNC 06/09/2023 105.0 Put while selling 1 PNC 06/02/2023 115.0 Put for $0.30 Credit
#OnlySpreads
AMGN BMY D Stocks
Started a tiny position in AMGN at $220.00. Div = 3.84%
Started a tiny position in BMY at $64.94. Div = 3.48%
Added to my tiny position in D at $51.00. Div = 5.20%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
OGN CCI Stocks
Added to my tiny position in OGN at $19.97.
Div = 5.56%
Added to my tiny position in CCI at $111.34
Div = 5.64%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
ARE PEAK WBA GRMN Stocks
Started a tiny new position in ARE at 114.94, near the 52-week low.
Div = 4.17%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added to my tiny position in PEAK at 19.70, near the 52-week low.
Div = 6.03%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added to my tiny position in WBA at 30.38, near the 52-week low.
Div = 6.13%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Liquidated my tiny position in GRMN at $105.01.
Bought this 4 times in 2022 at $104.18, $96.38, $92.30 and $86.00. Made a bit over 10% plus a 2.8% dividend.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
PFE
Added to my tiny PFE position at $37.57. Div = 4.32%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Added to my tiny position in NWL at $9.50. Div = 9.2%
Also added to my tiny position in MMM at $100.00. Div = 5.95%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bank Stocks
Tiny trades at new lows:
PNC at $113.00 Div = 5.14%
TFC at $27.00 Div = 7.39%
KEY at $8.75 Div = 8.60%
ZION at $19.00 Div = 7.23%
CMA at $29.00 Div = 7.98%
and because those were falling:
KRE at $36.00 Div = 3.91%
#FallingKnife
KRE
Added a tiny bit of KRE at a new low at $38.11
Div = 3.84%
#FallingKnife
USB Stock
Added to my tiny USB stock position at $30.38
Div = 6.26%
#Sp500 #FallingKnife
KRE CFG ZION
Tiny buys:
CFG at $26.32 Div = 5.91%
KRE at $40.00 Div = 3.51%
ZION at $22.55 Div = 6.11%
#FallingKnife
PFE Stock
Started a tiny new position in PFE at $39.00. Div = 4.1%
Q1 2023 Earnings Expected 05/02/2023
KMB USB CFG Stocks
Sold a tiny position in KMB at $144.86. Bought on 03/08/2022 at $124.11 and got a year’s worth of dividends too.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added to my tiny USB position at $32.24.
Added to my tiny CFG position at $28.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny trades for some more high yielders
Bought KSS at $21.40
Bought LNC $20.18
Bought VNO at $13.29
Bought TSN at $56.00
Bought CPT at $99.00
Bought MTB at $112.59
Bought ARE at $117.00
Bought AVB at $155.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Didn’t notice yesterday’s tiny fills of some high yielders with all the Fed drama
Bought AAP at $117.00
Bought ESS at $202.80
#SP500 #FallingKnife
AAPL
No longer an attractive dividend payer, I’m selling my tiny position in AAPL near it’s YTD high
Sold AAPL at $157.38. Bought on the first trading day of the year at $125.00.
With it’s one dividend payment included, made a respectable 26% 🙂
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Stocks
To fund my buys of more high yield stocks I’m selling some no-yield/low yield positions
Sold all my GOOGL at $102.00. Started buying this in Sept 2022 at $101.88 and finished buying in November at $91.69.
Made about 5.5% overall.
Sold a tiny bit of my FDX at $225.00 on the jump up from earnings last night and at a 6-month high.
Bought on 03/08/2022 at $199.25.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added a tiny bit on VNO at $14.77
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
A few tiny trades early in the day at new lows:
LNC at $21.34
TFC at $29.79 and $30.00
USB at $34.29
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys at new lows for some high yielders:
WU at $10.14
HBAN at $10.20
PRU at $80.10
PNC at $124.00
#FallingKnife
Morning stocks
High yield #SP500 stocks at new lows at the open.
Tiny buys:
HBAN at $11.34
VFC at $20.88
FITB at 26.70 and $22.15
OGN at $22.50
LNC at $23.72
ZION at $26.06
BAC at $28.73
CFG at $29.72
TFC at $33.10
USB at $38.10
CMA at $42.59 and $30.00
BXP at $55.89
PNC at $128.25
KEY at $10.00
FRC at $25.00
#FallingKnife
More Stocks
Afternoon tiny buys at new lows:
FITB at $29.67. Div = 4.1%
WU at $11.00. Div = 8.2%
BAX at $38.28. Div = 2.9%
BXP at $60.00. Div = 6.3%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Decent yields all around as a bunch of tiny old orders fill on the opening
LNC at $26.36. Div = 6.5%
HAS at $50.00. Div = 5.4%
MTB at $125.10. Div = 3.9%
MMM at $105.00. Div = 5.6%
SCHD at $72.50. Div = 3.5%
TFC at $38.70. Div = 5.0%
VNO at $17.35. Div = 8.3%
ZION at $37.61. Div = 3.8%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny trades
Bought VNO at $18.25. Div = 8.0%
Bought PNC at $142.50. Div = 4.1%
Bought VFC at $23.41. Div = 5.0%
Bought WU at $11.70. Div = 7.9%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
BTW: Regional banks are really under pressure
CVS Stock
Started a tiny new position in CVS at $80.00. Div = 3.00%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VNO Stock and Put
Added to my tiny VNO position at $19.00. Div = 7.5%
Also sold 1 VNO Mar 17 2023 17.5 Put at $0.15
#FallingKnife
Tiny Trades
First buys in a while
Added AAP at 138.50 and 138.00. New 52-week low. Div = 4.22%
Added D at $56.93. Also a new low. Div = 4.66%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
BAX Stock
First one of these trades in a while
Added to my tiny position in BAX at $40.12 ( a new 52-week low)
#SP500 #FallingKnife
AAPL
Although is falls outside my yield parameters, I started a tiny position in this #FallingKnife
Bought AAPL at $125.00
First stock trade in the new year
Stocks
Re-started a tiny position in KSS at $23.80. Div = 7.93%
I had dumped my former position at $31.75 on 11/11
Added a tiny bit of VNO at $20.70. Div = 9.88%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Added a tiny bit of HAS at $55.00. Div = 5.00%
Added a tiny bit of EXR at $144.00 Div = 4.08%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Added a tiny bit to my VFC position at $25.94. Div = 7.74%
Started a tiny position in EXR at $146.50. Div = 4.08%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
STOCKS
All at new lows:
Added a tiny bit of LNC at $29.29. Div = 5.84%
Started a tiny position in MTB at $139.00. Div = 3.40%
Started a tiny position in CMA at $63.00. Div = 4.27%
Started a tiny position in TSN at $61.93. Div = 3.06%
Started a tiny position in NTAP at $60.00. Div = 3.26%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TSLA
The only SP500 stock at a new low today
#FallingKnife
NRG Stock
Started a tiny position in NRG at $31.73
Div = 4.35%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
LNC Stock
Added a tiny bit of LNC at 32.55
Div = 5.72%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Bought a tiny bit of BXP at $68.80, adding to my position.
Div = 5.54%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny trades:
Sold my EFX position at $199.42. Bought on 05/10/2022 at $194.93
Sold my TGT position at $176.13. Bought on 05/20/2022 at $151.00
Sold my CCL position at $10.50, just slightly above my average breakeven point. No Divvy.
Sold my CDAY position at $68.01, just slightly above my average breakeven point. No Divvy.
And finally, sold my highest cost lot of SPY at $400.04 . Bought on 06/16/2022 at $362.00
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Added a tiny bit of D at $59.65. Div = 4.33%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Added a tiny bit of NWL at $12.61 Div = 7.1%
Added a tiny bits of PARA at $16.70 and $16.20 Div = 5.7%
Added a tiny bit of NEM at $38.20 Div= 5.56%
Added a tiny bit of LNC at $36.17 Div = 3.45%
Added a tiny bit of WU at $12.33 Div = 7.2%
Started a new position in MSFT at $219.13 even though it is a low dividend payer at 1.23%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold All my tiny position in PNW at $69.44.
Bought on 10/29/2021 at $65.00 and on 10/12/2022 at $60.00
#FormerFallingKnife
Stocks
Added to my tiny position in WHR at $125.30 on the open (after earnings). Div = 5.33%
Added to my tiny position in VZ at $34.65 after earnings (an 11-year low). Div = 7.05%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Putting some of the proceeds from my NFLX sale from yesterday back to work today
Bought a tiny bit of CMA at $65.50. Div = 4.02%
Bought a tiny bit of NTRS at $77.50. Div = 3.77%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
HAS Stock
Added to my tiny HAS stock position at $65.00. Div = 4.26%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Sold all my tiny remaining BIIB position at $272.01. Bought in Jan, Feb and March at $215.77, $204.86 and $195.00.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Bought a tiny bit of STX at $50.00. Div = 5.28%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
On a sharp down open you knew I would do some more tiny buys:
Bought SWK at $72.00 Div = 4.22%
Bought PNC at 143.79 Div = 4.11%
Bought LRCX at 302.09 Div = 2.13%
Bought TROW at $94.00 Div = 4.89%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Also added to these:
Bought SPY at $349.43
Bought QQQ at $255.19
Stocks
Tiny buys of Dividend stocks in a weak market at new lows
T at $14.72 Div = 7.44%
PARA at $18.00 Div = 5.17%
INTC at $25.00 Div = 5.79%
CMCSA at $28.73 Div = 3.70%
VZ at $36.34 Div = 7.12%
CSCO at $39.57 Div = 3.81%
D at $64.00 Div = 4.13%
And finally QQQ at $262.37
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
After the noon leg down in the markets, some tiny buys:
Bought VFC at $28.35 Div = 6.90%
Bought STX at $52.00 Div = 5.20%
Bought LUMN at $6.50 Div = 14.90% (divvy probably not sustainable)
Bought DLR at $90.00 Div = 5.27%
and finally
Bought QQQ at $264.29 (a new 2-year low I believe)
Stocks
Tiny afternoon buys at new lows
MAA at $145.00 Div = 3.33%
CCI at $135.00 Div = 4.27%
INTC at $25.73 Div = 5.37%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys of dividend payers at new lows.
PARA at $18.79 Div = 5.02%
CL at $69.00 Div = 2.70%
PEAK at $22.00 Div = 5.31%
UDR at $38.62 Div = 3.82%
DUK at $90.00 Div = 4.43%
AVB at $175.00 Div = 3.58%
IFF at $89.00 Div = 3.58%
AMT at $198.53 Div = 2.91%
WBA at $31.00 Div = 5.95%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys of dividend payers at new lows. Using the proceeds of the sales I made Tuesday and Wednesday
D at $68.00 Div = 3.86%
DLR at $95.82 Div = 4.92%
ESS at $230.00 Div = 3.72%
LUMN at $7.00 Div = 13.73%
WELL at $60.00 Div = 3.91%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Markets
Consumer staples (PG, KMB and CL), Utilities and Financial managers (BEN, IVZ and BLK) are really leading to the downside with new lows.
Also CCL and NKE have imploded but I’m not tempted yet.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Limited buys today as I’ve pulled most buy orders
Added T at $15.50
Added VFC at $31.50
Added QQQ at $269.27
#FallingKnife
Stocks
Bought at new lows:
IVZ at $14.44 Div = 5.06%
KEY at $16.00 Div = 4.84%
NWL at $14.19 Div = 6.44%
OGN at $25.00 Div = 4.45%
TFC at $43.00 Div = 4.79%
VNO at $22.87 Div = 9.08%
VTRS at $8.43 Div = 5.63%
Pulling most of my remaining buy orders except for SPY and QQQ
Bought SPY at $362.16
#Sp500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
A smaller list of tiny buys so far today:
VFC at $35.00 Div = 5.58%
IP at $32.00 Div = 5.58%
INTC at $27.00 Div = 5.30%
FDX at $144.00 Div = 3.08%
CE at $89.00 Div = 2.98%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
As markets test the June 2022 lows I’m making tiny buys on Higher dividend payers. Biggest one day buying since then.
When SPY and QQQ reach their old lows, I’ll switch to those stocks and suspend most other buys.
LYB at $72.00
PARA at $20.00
DLR at $104.00
STX at $58.00
OGN at $26.00
USB at $42.00
PRU at $89.00
T at $16.00
PKG at $114.10
CFG at $34.00
WHR at $139.53
LUMN at $8.00
FRT at $89.18
CMCSA at $32.00
CFG at $34.00
LNC at $44.00
DD at $51.50
SWK at $80.00
RL at $86.00
IVZ at $15.20
MMM at $113.17
SPG at $90.76
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys
Added BXP at $76.18 Div = 5.06%
Added EMN at $75.00 Div = 4.02%
Added IP at $34.00 Div = 5.40%
Added INTC at $28.08 Div = 5.13%
Added NWL at $15.00 Div = 6.04%
Added PARA at $20.88 Div = 4.49%
Added VTRS at $9.00 Div = 5.30%
Added VFC at $36.94 Div = 5.38%
Started REG at $55.00 Div = 4.47%
Started SPG at $93.00 Div = 7.31%
And one non-divvy stock
Added GOOGL at $98.87
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys post FED
Only one – sort of surprised there aren’t more
Bought VZ at $40.00 and $39.77 Div = 6.43%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys at new lows
LYB at $75.81 Div = 6.17%
VFC at $39.39 Div = 5.02%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks – it’s getting ugly out there
A bunch of old GTC orders filled on the open at new lows (some of them 3-year lows below the Covid lows)
#TinyBuys
AOS at $51.72 Div = 2.12%
CE at $104.74 Div = 2.54%
DOW at $45.97 Div = 5.97%
EMN at $79.00 Div = 3.74%
FDX at $160.00 Div = 2.25%
IP at $35.65 Div = 5.25%
GRMN at $86.00 Div = 3.36%
MMM at $114.58 Div = 5.12%
SWK at $84.56 Div = 3.74%
T at $16.62 Div = 6.62%
VFC at $39.75 Div = 4.93%
and a non-dividend payer:
GOOGL at $101.88
#SP500 #FallingKnife
FDX After hours
Added a tiny bit of FDX at $172.00 after it closed at $204.87 at 4:00. Lowest since August 2020.
Couldn’t resist 🙂
#SP500 #FallingKnife
INTC STX WBA WU Stock
Added a tiny bit of INTC at a new low of $29.00. Div = 5.06%
Added a tiny bit of STX at a new low of $62.37. Div = 4.42% (ex-div on 09/20)
Added a tiny bit of WBA at a new low of $33.96. Div = 5.52%
Added a tiny bit of WU at a new low of $13.94. Div = 6.59%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
NVDA IP PARA Stock
A rare departure from my normally higher yielding #SP500 stocks
Added to my NVDA position at $129.29
Also added:
IP at $40.00 Div = 4.56%
PARA at $21.94 Div = 4.30%
#FallingKnife
INTC WHR Stock
Added some INTC at $29.56. Div = 4.63%
Added some WHR Stock at $145.93 Div – 4.37%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys yesterday and this morning at new lows
CMCSA at $34.58 Div = 3.08%
NWL at $16.55 Div = 5.34%
LYB at $80.00 Div = 5.84%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys adding to positions at new lows:
MMM at $121.60 Div = 4.8%
VZ at $41.46 Div = 6.1%
INTC at $31.12 Div = 4.6%
SWK at $85.47 Div = 3.6%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys: Adding to positions at new lows
VNO at $25.79 Div = 8.08%
STX at $64.80 Div = 4.18%
VTRS at $9.33 Div = 5.03%
NWL at $17.21 Div = 5.15%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny buys: Adding to positions at new lows
NEM at $41.80 Div = 5.21%
VZ at $42.48 Div = 6.00%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Accumulating very slowly with tiny trades some high yielding #SP500 and #DJIA stocks at their lows
VNO at $26.91 Div = 7.83%
WBA at $35.75 Div = 5.33%
MMM at $125.40 Div = 4.61%
BXP at $80.19 Div = 4.80%
INTC at $32.85 Div = 4.37%
#FallingKnife
Stocks
The Dow index is down 1000 points today
Back to buying tiny bits of good yielding #SP500 stocks at their lows:
SWK at $90.60
VFC at $41.35
GRMN at $92.30
WBA at $36.13
VNO at $27.15
BXP at $81.80
#FallingKnife
VZ VFC
Tiny Buys:
Added to my position in VZ at $43.50 (at it’s 52-week low)
Div = 5.80%
Added to my position in VFC at $43.07 (at it’s 52-week low)
Div = 4.60%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
NFLX
Netflix Is Now The Worst-Performing Stock In The S&P 500 As Shares Plunge Over 60% In 2022
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2022/08/22/netflix-is-now-the-worst-performing-stock-in-sp-500-as-shares-plunges-over-60-in-2022/?sh=3f3959767ac7
Actually today, based on Finviz Screener
MRNA, PYPL and MTCH are a bit lower compared to their 52-week highs than NFLX.
All are down 68%-69%
At least NFLX bounced 38% above it’s 52-week low.
Can you say #FallingKnife ?
INTC VFC
I’ve spent almost all of August #RaisingCash in non-option IRA accounts. Today’s tiny buys:
Added to my INTC position at $34.37 (at it’s 52-week low)
Div = 4.13%
Added to my VFC position at $43.07 (at it’s 52-week low)
Div = 4.64%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Tiny trades – with the market potentially rolling over I’m sell some more stocks at their recent highs
Sold out of CL at $83.01 (near its 6-month high). Bought on 03/10 at $74.00
Sold out of CPB at $51.10 (near its 12-month high). Bought on 08/04/2021 at $43.00 (one of my oldest #FallingKnife trades)
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Stocks
Getting back to even on my highest cost lot of EBAY. Sold at $50.00. Bought on 05/05/2022 at $49.16.
Still holding lots bought at $45.34 and $41.81 for a bit longer.
Sold another lot of QQQ at $323.35. Bought on 06/16/2022 at $273.34.
Sold my oldest lot of MCHP at $73.36. Bought on 04/27/2022 at $63.52
Sold the last of my BLK at $687.95. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $620.00
#RaisingCash
Added:
NEM at $44.00 Div = 4.91%
SWK at $93.55 Div = 3.4%
#FallingKnife #SP500
Stocks
Sold a lot of QQQ at $316.38 (near the 1 month high). Bought on 05/12/2022 at $287.48.
Sold my oldest and highest lot of DHI at $79.40 (near the 3 month high). Bought at $75.00 on 03/31/2022.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added a couple:
Bought PARA at $23.20. Div = 4.05%
Bought CINF at 96.36. Div = 2.83%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
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