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You are correct...But I won't be the one to benefit, if I have the covered call "sell to open". And if Apple ever did it, it could be a huge amount. If I recall, about 10 years ago people bought Apple in the hopes of getting that special dividend that never appeared...

I do covered calls...Yeah, boring. I did one years ago on a stock that released "a special dividend"...I didn't get it. The person who bought my option was entitled to it. Fast forward to Apple. They are sitting on SO much cash!! At some point they will buy something, or just throw up their...

No info...Just thinking out loud. I do like the idea of Apple maybe owning 49% of a satellite system...Maybe Musk's system. That is not out of the realm. If one of the satellites falls from the sky...Hits an orphanage, Apple can say..."it wasn't us"...

Was just chewing the cud (like a cow/goat). IF you could get regulatory approval, would it fit well?? Apple could double/triple their store locations. Get rid of unprofitable locations. T-Mobile does not have the landlines that A T & T/Verizon has...Less labor union costs. I know how the...

It is a Sunday on a (major) three day holiday. Schwab WILL answer your questions. The problems is no options service people are there on the weekends. You MAY get one or two. Call several hours before markets open and they will have people that can answer your question. Many times I have...

I'll buy these back and let the chips fall where they may. Think I'm OK and making the right move. I'll talk to my son in law (family are wheat farmers)...Can ask him how they handle options to protect their crops and MTM. Just curious how USO is treated...It's an LLP and not futures per say...

I've been chewing on what you have said for a couple of days now. I've been reading on the internet about Mark-to-Market and end of year stuff. Doesn't Mark-to-Market apply more to business than to this stock situation?? My accountant never asks for end of year positions on stocks that have...

About 13 months ago I bought BABA at $179.27...I then did a leap (covered call) Jan 21 at $180. I got over $21. for it ($2,100. and change). It got called away about 6 months ago. Was fine with them making their profit. I got over a 15% annual return buy just buying and holding. I'll look...

I am now trying to glean as many short term capital losses as I can. I want to put them against my short term capital gains. I need to do this next week. I will do "buy to close" to grab some of these loses from my covered calls "sell to open" on different stocks. I get it, my accountant OKed...

Apple at about $7. I think it was maybe 2008-9. Their computers had market share and that new phone looks pretty cool. I wasn't sure if they could keep it up...So I bought the stock and did a covered call on it. Over the years I've bought and done 4 covered calls on Apple. Made money each...

Those old enough to remember that merger have to laugh!! When you first heard it, didn't you think there was a mistake?? I thought it was Time Warner buying AOL. It couldn't be the other way around...AOL was losing market share (thousands of customers per day). Proven true...AOL was worth...

That is why I did that covered call at $90. for 2022. In case the stock drops, I have "some" income. The big questions is will large oil companies hold their dividends???

You are right...Wal Mart already has charging locations. I'm sure many of these others will have them as well. It's the ones that are in the middle of nowhere is where Chevron can do well...One horse town. The 2500 person town with 3 gas stations and maybe a McDonald's. Yeah, I think...

We (wife and I) already have 200 shares...That are optioned for the Jan 22 $100. We bought 100 more shares today...At $85.25. Then did a covered call on it...Jan 22 $90. We got $8.60 ($860.) for the sell to open. The stock is dropping as I write. That is one of the reasons I like to option...

Would that change my place in the queue??

It seems my american depositary receipt fees are going up. Am I correct in this?? It use to be a small amount when dividends were paid. Just wondering if the banks (and brokers) are raising fees...Especially for Japanese stocks.

The basis for this is the farm closed in mid October. We had to wait till closing to make sure we had the escrow close in 2020 (to take the loses). We could have had a close in 2021 or escrow could have fallen out. Had to wait to glean the loses till after the close. Wanted to close in 2020...

So several years ago I wanted to buy 1,000 shares of Royce Global Value Trust (RGT...Closed end fund). I instead put it in for 10,000 share...This was at a price of about 6-7 dollars. I acquired over 3,200 shares before I saw what I had done. Over the years they would pay a 4-6 cent dividend at...

Yeah, as you glance over the verbiage, nothing usually stands out. Saw this one today...It made me laugh. Covered all the bases!! All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking and can sometimes be identified by the use of words such as "plan," "expect," "will,"...

You are probably right. I haven't transferred anything in 15-20 years. Morgan Stanley required it when I moved to either Schwab or Fidelity. Been happy with Schwab and Fidelity. I'm an active trader, but not a day trader. I don't get (or need) the best fills. Customer service is big for...