2023 Ex-div & Paydates Schwab: SCHA, SCHB, SCHC, SCHD, SCHE, SCHF, SCHG, SCHH, SCHM, SCHV, SCHX, FNDF, FNDC, FNDE, SCHK, FINDB, FNDX, FDNA

2023 Schwab ETF Ex-Dividend and Pay date information Schwab has now published their ex-dividend / pay dates for all of their no-fee ETFs.  The published dates are: Quarterly Distributions:  SCHA, SCHB, SCHD, SCHG, SCHH, SCHM, SCHV, SCHX, FINDB, FNDX, FDNA 2023 Ex-Dividend Dates Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 22-March 21-June 20-September 6-December 28-December  (potential cap gains div) Pay / Distribution Dates 27-March 26-June 25-September 11-December 3-January-2024 (potential …

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2022 Option Expiration Calendars

Market Watch (includes all years out to at least the year 4000!) No VIX data. Easy to get to other years Calendar The CBOE and the Options Clearing Corporation both publish nice options expiration calendars. Calendars from both sources show the VIX expiration date, which is when monthly VIX options and futures expire.   The last trading for these securities is the previous trading day …

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VIX quotes, VIX option quotes

You can get delayed VIX quotes on Yahoo with the symbol ^VIX You can also get VIX option quotes here.  Go to here for the correct expiration dates (always last trading on a Tuesday, expiration on a Wednesday morning) You can get free delayed quotes for VIX options on LIVEVOL that also provides correctly computed greeks for these options–something none of the big brokers gets right. …

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Equity Option Expiration Dates Jan, Feb, Mar 2010

The next three expiration dates for Equity options are: January 16th, 2010  (week before VIX option expiration) February 20th, 2010 March 20th, 2010 The last day of trading is the day before (Friday) the dates above. Source: 2010 OCC Calendar

Covered Calls — improving the odds of a modest profit

Mainstream investors buy assets they think will go up.  If the asset price stays the same or goes down the investor gets no profit or a loss.   Covered calls are a way for investors to show a modest profit if:
  1. The asset goes up in price
  2. The asset price stays the same
  3. The asset price drops a relatively small amount

One of the catches (and there are always at least one), is that the investor gives up some upside.  

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