(07-29-2021, 08:35 AM)ken-do-nim Wrote: I used to buy Merck back in the late 90s on a monthly basis. I recall the stock price was in the 60s. Oh look, 20+ years later, it's finally in the 70sBuy MRK!!! Oops a typo, I meant buh-bye MRK.
I made a small amount of money on MRK. Might have beat CD rates lol. If not for the DIV and selling covered calls I'd be down. Close enough to dead money for the several years I argued with it.
Congrats to the dog that exercised my covered call option and stole 100 shares of my PFE right before the Ex-Div. I knew that was coming. PFE has been very good to me (this year) with COVID, but I won't miss the shares a year from now. Still have 100 shares which is down from 500 not long ago.
Dammit I got even more cash with nowhere to go now.