Purchased 2 options: one last week (spy) and one today RDN+added to Montif position

RDN Call RDN Jan 17 2015 15.00 Call 1 $14.07 193 $136.64 $1.37 $1.15 -$0.05  (-4.17%) -$5.00 -$21.64  (-15.84%) $115.00 SPY Put SPY Sep 20 2014 189.00 Put 1 $196.24 74 $225.64 $2.26 $2.07 $0.28  (15.64%) $28.00 -$18.64  (-8.26%) $207.0 bought 140 more MONTIF=550@.78 … Continue reading

Portfolio Market Close 9/21/2012

Entire Portfolio at the market close 9/21/2012   Friday’s Performance AIG American International Group American International Group 33.63 -0.19 (-0.56%) 5 $168.15 BA Boeing Co Boeing Co 69.97 0.12 (0.17%) 4 $279.88 BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Co Bristol Myers Squibb Co … Continue reading

Busy Morning: Buys, Sells, and Employment Data

The employment data was discouraging this morning even though there were snippets of positive data.  The good piece of information first: private employment=103,000.  Public employment continues to fall (teachers, fire fighters, police, clerks, statisticians etc.); workweek fell to 33.7 hours … Continue reading