Markets & Investing

I am not generally “active” investing (trading on any frequent basis beyond recurring buys.) Historically, I have had some fun and seen some moderate income from buying and selling low volumes of options contracts. Typically the only space I am willing to throw any meaningful way is occasional covered calls (see Fidelity overview). This most […]

As far as a deal goes, this appears to be a pretty stellar one. It’s orders of magnitude bigger than other investment account signup bonuses, and the restrictions associated with it are pretty reasonable (cannot withdraw funds for a year else bonus is forfeit). The company/platform I have had less exposure and experience with, but

Once upon a time, Fidelity had a $100 bonus for opening an individual personal investing account and funding with $500. In late 2022, I took advantage of this, and funded a total of $1,000 ($500 in December’22, $500 in January’23). I parked almost all of this money in a S&P500 index fund (IVV) and did