Just as the financial crisis started to unravel, I designed (and invested) on two portfolios. The Technocrat Portfolio, related to my career, and believing that it would do better than the market due to the need for technology that increases productivity. The other one was what I thought more reliant to recessions, and what would [...]
Tag Archives: Stock
Safer or Riskier? DIA Options Trading
- 05
- Mar
Between yesterday and today I tried a new strategy I had never tried before. Instead of buying stocks or stock options, I decided to watch the DIA Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). This fund tracks the DOW 30 performance. Both yesterday and to a lesser extent where very volatile days. The DOW climbed down yesterday more [...]
ESPP: Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- 20
- Feb
Many companies have them, yet not every employee takes advantage of them. I wonder why?, and the only reasons I can come up is: lack of knowledge, laziness, or the fact that most people live paycheck-to-paycheck — All of them are conditions that can be fixed if we really want to. I think Employee Stock [...]
