MAIN

Sea_End_1893

My situation is unique, as with every investor. My biggest problem when I started investing was FOMO and also checking prices every single day. As for "paid out", I am not at retirement age. I have gains and profits, and I'm green across the board, but I won't touch the money until I need to. I don't run the market like a casino, I don't do options, I don't do puts or calls, I just put money away every month like a savings account, and let it cook while I live my life. I'm with Fidelity, so I have FNILX as my main fund. I have MAIN and GAIN, O and VICI, SCHD and FNILX, and one day I put $30 each into JEPI and JEPQ just to start rolling dividends lmao With partial shares, or slices, or whatever you want to call it, It takes like no effort to slap $20 into VOO and let it sit for a month just to see the percentages.

DistinguishedIdiot

#BREAKING NEWS #THE SEQUEL TO “THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME” HAS CAST A BEAR AS THE MAIN CHARACTER. *Financial Times 2024*

Traditional-Year3847

Because they said production of M2 is still coming. That was the MAIN argument for the dump

Kr1s2phr

I’ve done it recently. I sold off XLG for more FBTC, CLSK, MAIN, and TSLA. No regrets so far (even with Tesla. lol ). CLSK is expected to hit between $50 and $70 by the end of the year. I’ll sell that off later to buy more MAIN and TSLA. Also, I may start a position in SPGP for the hell of it.

Landmacht1975

Have you also look at stocks with Quartly payments? You can also goes for stocks That pays in : January, April ,July and Octobre. February, May, Augustus and Novembre. March, Juni, Septembre and Decembre. Than you get also every month dividend. Monthly dividend stocks are : Stag MAIN STREET Realty Income I had Orchid,Armour,AGNC and Dynex, they paid a higher dividend yield,but had reduced the dividend.

Poorb4

PXD, SQM, PFE, O, NVDY, MAIN, NNN, FANG, CLM and CRF. These all have a decent dividend from what I’ve found.

ThisBrotherIs__Free

MAIN

Pach_Man

Speaking my language, I’m big on MCD, MAIN, QQQ, and VTI in my portfolio, however I also carry SCHD, and KO more passively

TrynaEarnSomeBucks

5% APY is good but competition is also offering high yield accounts with similar or if local banking(higher rate at 6%). And the fact stands that this is going to go away for all banks after the interest cut when it comes. So to be competitive few banks are even now offering interest locks (6months to a 1yr) which you could only get through CD before, now on high yield accounts. If you want steady interest rate to grow your account having a lock on interest will be better, which Robinhood doesn’t have. 1% desposit is not bad but altogether is not the reason for my bearish take. It’s the thing that says “MAJOR/MAIN Factor with other Robinhood stats.

Kr1s2phr

Depends on your goals. I’m going on 43 and I don’t want to work until I’m almost 60. 😆 I only have growth investments. My personal portfolio consists of TSLA (highly underrated right now), MSTR, CLSK, and FBTC. I also hold crypto; BTC, SOL, and NOS. I recently started a personal ROTH (separate from my job). That consists of TSLA, FBTC, BITF, and MAIN. I mainly lean towards crypto and AI. For you, you can look into the names I mentioned above, or do something as simple as SCHG (or VONG) and throw in FBTC.

42tooth_sprocket

Ah I misinterpreted your comment. While I get how you'd see the semiconductor tech as an incentive for them to invade Taiwan I think they know they can't realistically walk in and seize the semiconductor industry intact, so it's futile to invade for that purpose. China's has many incentives to invade but the MAIN motivation for reunification with Taiwan seems to be more ideological in nature. They want Taiwan because it was historically theirs. There's also the fact that it's a strategically important position in the South China Sea as part of the US' "first island chain" of strategic allies meant to deter China from projecting power in the Pacific. In the event of larger scale conflict, control of Taiwan means the US can't blockade China as easily. It's important to realize that Taiwan's geology gives an incredible defensive advantage, it's basically a natural fortress. China isn't walking in, catching them by surprise and seizing their semiconductor industry intact.

satanlovesyou94

Alright hey guys. Finally glad I made the qualifications. Newbies like me. NEVER BUY DURING A HYPE When at a loss sell the biggest loss for capital loss and use that money for a MONTHLY dividend stock.(it'll repay your capital loss so you balance out eventually. Make sure to buy good companies, mine is primarily MAIN, VOLVO(NOT MONTHLY), and random ETFs I'll attach a video shortly of what I own Also note after 20k I used 8k margin along with a 3k capital loss on VW for 100+ shares to redistribute into monthly dividend stocks NOTE: If you make 50k or less you're best off buy micro shares with reinvestment on it. I almost have enough to buy MAIN at half a share. 40$ price tag with almost 20$+ monthly payments. I use that extra money to buy other stocks while maintaining my capital loss. Anymore questions feel free to ask

Mikkyo

Wait for a full Joseph Carlson breakdown on why Chipotle is THE BEST STONK. I did nearly buy in a few months ago but threw it all into MAIN instead...

Alone_Parking_6771

So, I am a 29M and I’ve had these thoughts as well. Through some research, here’s a summary of my holdings that more or less aligns with what everyone’s saying here. Roth 401k - Company match and allocated evenly between small/mid/large cap and some intl. (Not currently maxing) HSA - Company match and similar allocation as 401k (currently maxing) Roth IRA - Monthly contributions where I am holding div stocks/funds such as SCHD, DGRO, but also, QQQM and VTI. I also invest in REITS such as O and VICI since they’re good in IRAs from a tax perspective. Finally, I’ve also got some JEPQ, SPYI and MAIN high income but this is mostly temporary until I get to a certain point in income to be able to fund the rest of the portfolio without monthly contributions. (Currently maxing) Taxable Account - Holding VTI + QQQM + SPLG and contributing monthly. I also have some Bitcoin here. As you can see, the taxable portfolio is small and leans heavily on growth, whereas the Roth IRA is where I lean on dividends and dividend growth currently. I aim to net big from growth in 20-25 years and then gradually transition my taxable account to a high income account that I can rely on monthly. This is because dividends are going to hurt from a tax standpoint unless/until you’ve got that large a portfolio that you’re earning $$$$ in dividends from each holding so I see it worthwhile only when I reach that stage with my portfolio.

Kr1s2phr

I’m in the same boat as you (going on 43). My goals aren’t the same as yours but, I chose riskier investments (high potential growth); TSLA, FBTC, SCHG, BITF, and MAIN (for some dividends & slow growth). You could try investing in SCHG (growth) and SGOV (short treasury bonds)? Or look into DGRW (could add SCHG with this, for extra growth)? Good growth with some monthly dividends and nice downside protection in a crappy market.

Kr1s2phr

You’re not the only one. I’ve always felt that way as well. I never liked the fact that my money is locked into an account until “x” age. Where there’s more penalties than there is positivity. Especially, when it comes to pensions (which I have). However, I do invest in my own personal, taxable account. And now, going on 43 years old, I just started my own personal ROTH (for the hell of it). Just for an extra boost down the road. That gets my growth stocks and one BDC (TSLA, FBTC, SCHG, and MAIN). But I still feel you’re better off investing in your own taxable brokerage then being locked into anything.

Sea_Farming_WA

Not trying to be facetious, but what would a cut (or three cuts) do to stop that? I look at somewhere like Main Street Capital, and just speaking generically about their portfolio let's pretend we slashed their occupancy rates. Fiddling with $MAIN's delta between long term notes and short term notes isn't doing much. Even if we look at their best deltas when they got a note during COVID and it's at near zero, their refinancing problem doesn't go away with a federal rate move of a few basis points.

Altruistic-Sense-593

COOKIES ARE THE MAIN MEASURE OF INFLATION 

itchyouch

Yes, I tried to simplify it, but it’s obviously not registering. Let me run you through, step by step. Check out dividend history here. https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/main/dividend-history 1 $45 share of MAIN pays $0.24/mo. Let’s spend 100k and buy 2200 shares of MAIN. Every month, in your brokerage, $528 will show up. Let’s set aside $80 of that for taxes. Let’s set up an auto xfer of $448/mo from brokerage to some checking account. Let’s setup autopay on a $400 car payment from that checking account. Own you don’t ever have to think about paying the car payment. After the car is paid off, you still have: * a car you own free and clear * 2200 shares of MAIN (or more) * $528+/mo of dividend money You may rinse and repeat. Get a new car, maybe for the wife. Use that $528 and buy more shares of MAIN, VTI, or whatever you want.

ExploringWidely

> Because if you had 100k in say MAIN (6.x %/year yield, distributes monthly) and blew 20-40k of it on a new/new-ish car, by paying for it in cash, you have nothing to show for it after the car is old and has been driven into the ground. Woohoo, it’s worth 5k. While the 100k balance has been reduced by the cars purchase price and now has way less to compound on. None of this makes any sense. It's based on a bunch of really poor assumptions.

itchyouch

Ease. Anyway. My point is lost to you due to the implementation details. My point is, keep the 100-200k in investments and let the yield pay for new cars in perpetuity. You can buy or lease or whatever a car every 3/5/10/20 years to your hearts extent. It doesn’t matter. I don’t actually care. What I care about is preserving the bulk money. Because if you had 100k in say MAIN (6.x %/year yield, distributes monthly) and blew 20-40k of it on a new/new-ish car, by paying for it in cash, you have nothing to show for it after the car is old and has been driven into the ground. Woohoo, it’s worth 5k. While the 100k balance has been reduced by the cars purchase price and now has way less to compound on. Until automotive financing changes to high interest rates, there seems to always be 0-2% financing opportunities for cars, so it will almost always make sense (in interest rate arbitrage) to finance and let the yield pay for the car. And the less you eat into the yield by owning a car for a long long time, awesome. That means more yield in that balance that can start paying for every other aspect of your life like your mortgage or electric bill or kids tuition or groceries or whatever… The point is, the existence of a car payment is stressful because most people have tied it to having to work N hours to make that payment. Dividends show up like magic cash in your account every month. And you just auto-pay/auto-xfer everything with a cushion and just login to check that everything looks good once in a while.

Key-Mark4536

Adding to this, the reason accredited investor status has that income or wealth hurdle is because these investments tend to be risky and illiquid. Wealthy or high-income people are allowed to make these investments because they can afford to have their money tied up for months or years, and if the startup goes bust they’re not going to be hurt too badly.  If that’s not you, OP, an alternative might be investing in a Business Development Company (BDC). BDCs provide debt and equity financing to smaller businesses. Many focus on the mid-market, companies too big for local banks to handle but too small for venture capital firms. Many are publicly traded, so you can invest smaller amounts and get in & out relatively quickly. A couple popular BDCs around here (not recommendations, just examples) are Ares Capital Corp. (ticket ARCC) and Main Street Capital (MAIN). 

big-rob512

Yea MAIN is the Michael Jordan of BDCs

Canadiannewcomer

Quality BDCs- MAIN?

CRYPTIC_SUNSET

A lot of BDCs and REITs have been basically flat or negative the last few years that is true.  However, Reddit’s favorite BDC (MAIN) bottomed out at $17 during April 2020 at was $41 a year later. Didn’t cut their dividend either.  Obviously there’s no guarantee that’s repeatable, but I think it’s a good example of what OP has in mind. 

Khelthuzaad

Sorry but blackjack is the MAIN event

sonofalando

What do you mean? I’m the only person who sits or who is important. # I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER 

limestone2u

SA also stated that one "should wait for a pull back" since HTGC is currently within $.20 of an all time high. I have owned HTGC since 2015. Like them a lot. They are somewhat cyclical. One of the things that made them popular and rich is that they invested in FaceBook before its' IPO. Do not know how HTGC does it, but they successfully invest more often, in a hard to invest in space. That is why I like them. They are almost as boring (at making money) in their day-to-day operations (this is a good thing) as MAIN (BDC but totally different industry that they shop in). Might also want to look at TRIN & TPVG. TRIN is also a little pricey right now.

ddttox

There are good companies yielding over 2%. So I have things like ARCC (13%), IRM (4%), KMI (7%), MAIN (6.5%), Mo(10%) NGG (5.5%), O(6%), WEC(4%). SCHD is yielding 3.5% as well.

itchyouch

I agree with this here. There’s also equities like MAIN (it’s like a little index fund of a company that owns a ton of companies in its portfolio, so they are well diversified.) which yield close to 6%/yr but dividend monthly. 600k in MAIN and 700k in VTI, the dividends can basically pay a 600k mortgage at 7%. You’d gain on the interest deductions from your w2 income (if you have any) If you decided to reallocate your portfolio after some refinancing when interest rates go down, then you’ll have a really nice nest egg. The question I have is basically whether that 600k house is going to do as well in appreciation than the stock market average of 8%/yr. I’m willing to bet that you come out ahead 5-10 yrs from now by taking the loan.

Daishan2020

Okay, but my comment was in regards to MOST people now ONLY HAVE A SMALL amount of risk capital for investing . True in that some strategies require LARGE sums of money ! But many have only like $$100.00 to start with & some have literally turned that into a multimillion fortune ! This is relevant because the MAIN aim of ALL of this is to make $$ money 💰 😎💰💰

van_rejn

I invest in dividend paying companies. BDCs: ARCC, TCPC, PFLT, FSK, MAIN, SLRC. Good luck!

trainwreck001

TIM COOK BUYING NVDA TO SAVE APPLE. APPLE WILL DISCUSS DURING THEIR ER CONFERENCE CALL. AI IS NOW APPLE'S MAIN FOCUS GOING FORWARD. ALL RESOURCES WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THIS EFFORT. NVDA $4K+ 

reydhalio

Hello everyone, I am 24yo working in sales and trying to start investing for my future, I have 0 knowledge and want an investment with low risk and stable. Every video on youtube that I saw says that i need to start investing and make the compound interest work for me, but when I see the interest of the syp500 for example in the long term is around 8% but what happens when compared with inflation? isnt all profit right? In my country annual inflation is around 8% too, that means Im not going to make a profit? Example to be clear: [https://gyazo.com/354b544a7e6a9e1f47e0477e89e0b691](https://gyazo.com/354b544a7e6a9e1f47e0477e89e0b691) In the example it says in 30 years im going to have $100.000, but in my understanding the interest and the inflation have the same value, so I didnt make any profit, I just dont lose any money (maybe Im seeing it wrong and my brain cant undestand) Maybe some of you had that same question and now have the answer to help me. SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH, ISNT MY MAIN LANGUAGE

zachsace

Only sell cash covered puts on stocks you would be glad to own at a price you would be glad to buy at. I know it seems like a losing trade but some of the best trades I have made came out of puts that went in the money. Example, I was assigned MAIN at 39.73 a couple months ago. Now it’s over 43 and I’m collecting a great monthly dividend. Plus I’m selling covered calls.

Stunning-Issue5357

While impossible to give you good advice on reddit I will give you the safest. She is 67 in poor health. Take the money and place it in multiple banks. Take out long term CDs and have the interest deposited in a single checking account you guys have access too. At 3% your interest is 120k a year. Hold back a third for taxes and enjoy life. THE MAIN thing is to not let a greedy bastard get ahold of it and waste it away or risk it. This way requires you to trust zero people. Just the FDIC since your spreading the money among many banks. A large bank might help you set this up just be firm YOU only want FDIC insured investments. If you ignore this then ensure whoever you speak with is a certified financial planner and has a fiduciary responsibility to your mom.

Luv2FUKmenAZZ

#NEVER FORGET IN YOUR JOB SMALL CHET OFFICE U ARE THE MAIN CHARACTER!! 2024 EPIC TRAINING ARK EAT EGG YOLK AND POMOGRANITE FOR TESTASTARONE FULL COCK BLOOD FLOW DRAGOM BALLS Z MY SON IT IS TIME !!! ⚔️⚔️⚔️🪓🪓🛰🚀🚀🫡🫡🤌🤌🤌 #FIST ON CHEST NO FEAR # Shinzou Sasageyo

BattleMage2000-

yesterday 2.16% portfolio gain, took some profits and bought more MAIN and ARCC. Excited for today.

BattleMage2000-

I couldn't resist to take a small profit and bought more MAIN

Technical-Bit-5197

I'm not making any medical claims, I don't have to be a PHD to read the common side effect list, read the companies or description of when it does and does not work, look back at historical context and draw a very obvious conclusion Yes, every medicine has side effects, that's the point I'm making. The general population will need to decide is hair loss, vomiting and kidney failure is a risk worth taking to lose weight. And a study of 102 people, is a VERY small sample size and again, the company says the weight loss is only effective when COMBINED WITH DIET AND EXERCISE. Which is the MAIN problem for the majority of the population. So according to THEIR website, if the patient does not also control diet and exercise, they won't have weight loss. What I'm pointing out, is not medical, but societal, the people who are moderately overweight are not going to chose this medicine or be as successful because the underlying problem is their behavioral problem of diet and exercise. If they just do the diet and exercise - which is required for this drug to work - they will lose weight regardless. Everything I'm saying is on THEIR website, I'm not pulling any shit out of any ass, the ass I'm looking at is THEIR website.

Shot-Concentrate6485

I mean how can amc puts go wrong?! Only if it stays flat.. but even again a 50cent temp drop can push his position up if it’s not a super high IV. I mean IV IS THE MAIN component of this trade imo… never buy a contract with over 80% iv imo… and amc usually is well over that..

Sparky_SE81

WSB MAIN PAGE: FLOODED and infested with cockaroach bear calling for CRASHES, DOOM and apocalypse!! This is all you need to know to stay max long

geliduse

My mistake. OMF wasn’t consistent, yes. https://imgur.com/a/iCvHwwI Above, KMI, DGICA, CAPL, MAIN, GPP and APLE have all been consistent enough in their dips to go back up within 1 month but sometimes 2-3 months. These photos are terrible but if you check the undated graphs you’d see it’s consistent enough to do limit orders and expect return within 2 months at most, usually. Maybe sometimes but not if the stock stays sustainable, and the strategy is diversified.

geliduse

That’s wrong. Dividend yield is a yearly % and the dips mentioned are not reflective of 1/12th of a 6-10% dividend. Read the actual post. You can take a look at $APLE, $OBDC, $OMF, $MAIN, $GPP to see consistent monthly dips, going back up without much price change over 5-10y periods.

geliduse

It’s not about collecting the dividend. It’s the opposite- actively avoiding dividend collection and selling before monthly dips from the ex-date. The period between each dip is 30 days and the ex-date is around the 15th of each month. I’d love your answer if you would read the post in full. It’s swing trading without collecting dividend, just buying consistent monthly dips. $APLE $OBDC $OMF $MAIN and $GPP are some popular examples with 5-10% dips at the ex-dates that go back up without much, if any change in price fluctuations over 5-10 year periods. Just consistent implied volatility.

stocks-mostly-lower

Not really. It’s been ten years since we mercifully retired from self-managing landlords. I mean $100,000 for a rental house, and put $100,000 into REITs such as MAIN, O, and ABR, you’ll mark money on both investments. I think that being a landlord is more risky and much more work than REITs. The potential for upkeep costs, non-payment of rent, damage, revenge damage, city inspections, and dealing with tenants is fraught with problems and a real physical and emotional time suck. REITs are hands-off investments. However, people have to know which REITs to invest in, since there are factors such as share price erosion and right now, most REITs are facing possible tough times, and some, such as MPW and the office building REITs, are actually collapsing.

trainwreck001

10-YEAR IS MY NEW MAIN SQUEEZE. 

jlipps11

$150k MAIN and $150K O. Monthly dividends. It could maybe work.

Dampish10

Considering r(slash) dividend is going to just preach SCHD not a bad option coming here. Your looking at a 5% - 6% portfolio yield. As of right now put it in high yield savings (5%+), Or VERY slowly build positions in stocks yielding that, or greater, overtime as the market is super volatile so you could lose a parge amount and if your not up for it may panic sell. Obviously do your own research but dig into the 2 below: EX: $O yields 5%+, grows it 4% avg. Yearly, and has paid monthly dividends 160+ times. $MAIN yields 7%, grows dividends when possible, and pays out special dividends when they can afford it (being a BDC in this enviornment has helped them raise dividends a lot and pay a special dividend that now exceeds their monthly div. (BDCs are required to pay 80%+ to investors. So to get around this they pay 50% as normal monthly dividends and the rest as special. Because if their income suddenly drops 20% they can atill afford the monthly one.) $TGIF a Gimmick fund (pays every week), yields 5.2%+, and owns 100+ corporate bonds with the introduction of debt instruments (ABS, MBS etc.), its raised dividends a decent amountnand has paid a special "end of year dividend" for 2 consecutive years. But thetr is still risk

gnotseen

Truthfully man why not just put it into VOO or do SCHGxSCHD and that’s all ? or VOOxSCHD or even VTI QQQM SCHD but on a serious note, Disney will die sooner that people think yes I’m a person from the future. But I would look into PG PEP or MAIN, VICI or if your looking for a gamble growth stock BROS.They have more expanding to do.

WideCardiologist3323

Current fav is MAIN. After reading non stop about it for 2 weeks. It looks to be a solid company. They have a hard filtering process on how to lend money to businesses. They give a consistent dividend. They have a great strat for bad times. My goal is to reach enough shares till he buys it self every month.

quietyoucantbe

I remember reading that one of the MAIN things you wanted was to end the "point system" (?) that punished you for any little thing right? and being punished for not having enough time to do proper safety inspections? Those seem to have gotten buried when all of this was going on

skat_in_the_hat

I slowly work it into O/ALLY/MAIN/ENB as interest rates rise(and the share prices bottom out). Then when interest rates go back down, those positions will increase in value, while still returning a dividend. Then wait for the sex scandal and buy the shit out of NVDA.

SnS2500

Dividends are not good for someone your age. They work against your purpose which is to get money into the market to compound, not take it out. It's not a bad idea to consider that a stock offering a dividend might be a good one, but you should mostly just ignore dividends. They don't matter. What matters is the total return: price performance + dividends = total return. VOO with some QQQ is a very good place to start. Infrastructure is also an excellent longterm choice given leaders of both US partys say they are in favor of upgrading infrastructure. Also consider AIRR. I have AIRR/PAVE equally. IFRA's performance is far weaker than those two. I don't know what you mean by O+ MAIN. 5% individual stocks is good. It gives you some room to experiment with the "fun" aspect. Also make use of play money portfolios to compete against yourself, and especially compete against your VOO/QQQ main holding, including just varying the percentages.

plantBoiHour

21 year old college student Long term investing oriented but also like the idea of dividends. VOO (70%/s&p) / QQQM (10%/nasdaq) / IFRA + PAVE (10%/infrastructure) / O+ MAIN (5%/reit&bdc) / random stocks (5%) Any new investor mistakes I am making please let me know! Is this portfolio diverse and appropriate for someone who has a long way to go until retirement? VOO and QQQM are supposed to be safe bets for the future and IFRA/PAVE/O/MAIN are supposed to help me feel motivated to continue investing/fun (the monthly dividends make me feel like I'm doing something right+ will be reinvested for the foreseeable future)

Diligent_Frosting_66

Look .. the liability side even when commingled is not bad or unmanageable.. is a classic Liberty holding play!!! ​ and that's what I have to say about it all.. the Liability side?.. who cares.. Let me ask you something.. are you even able to see my original post? or what are we talking about here?.. since it was deleted for one reason or another? I think I was trying to highlight the undervalued aspect of it.. implying that most would know what kind of animal we deal with here.. and not dissect their liability side which is a non concern here getting a Liberty Media empire management stock for the pennies? (if you are not aware, who Liberty is.. go google it) Best management out there Greg Maffei one could add John C. Malone. to the mix but that's another story.. ;) that guy is a legend some say is larger than buffet, and yes he invented Ebitda.. believe it or not!! Always maximized shareholders value with its alphabet ticker soup holdings using them as leveraged assets , agents of growth while building empires!! to understand Liberty Tripadvisor in relation to its former sister Liberty Expedia, l@@K::>> Liberty Expedia Holding $LEXEA & $LEXEB maintained its close price range of 40's until retirement WHY in the world Liberty Triadvisor Holding is not trading close range in price? [https://fundamentalfinanceplaybook.com/2018/10/17/should-liberty-expedia-holdings-even-exist/](https://fundamentalfinanceplaybook.com/2018/10/17/should-liberty-expedia-holdings-even-exist/) that's more to the story.. Expedia main bought out Liberty EX for 0.36 not to mention Trip was an expe spin-off?? if you doin't know?.. see it now? Is hard to back up with convo.. many info gaps that I have for myself but I have to consider that some people might not even be aware of?.. that's why I am not even looking at debt per se.. is I know in this case is just a tool on books, you can have a 2nd look for yourself. BTW liability wise.. u can go and have a look for yourself..Trip is spelled Tripadvisor and Liberty is shown as tripCO on books like I said not a concern long run as they repurchase it all.. by deadlines ​ **wait a min.. was it you that said Liberty has putable debentures??** ​ lol NOPE and nope again.. let me paste WHAT matters from those liability books cuz u don't see it?? **Is a story NOT just numbers!!** Initially, Liberty took 325 mils from centares.. in 2020 >Pursuant to the assigned Investment Agreement, on March 26, 2020, TripCo issued 325,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Certares for a purchase price of $1,000 per share. Secondly, Tripadvisor MAIN, came to rescue!! >In 2021, Tripadvisor issued $345 million in outstanding aggregate principal amount of 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 > >Tripadvisor has 345 mils Senior Notes are governed by the 2026 Indenture. The 2026 Convertible Senior Notes mature on April 1, 2026, unless earlier, converted, redeemed, or repurchased. > >As of June 30, 2023, Tripadvisor estimated the fair value of its outstanding 2026 Convertible Senior Notes to be approximately $291 million > >Tripadvisor entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions (the “Capped Calls”) with certain of the initial purchasers of the 2026 Convertible Senior Notes > >The Capped Calls cover, subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the conversion rate of the 2026 Convertible Senior Notes, the number of shares of TRIP common stock initially underlying the 2026 Convertible Senior Notes, or up to approximately 4.7 million shares of TRIP common stock (BTW did you know that Tripadvisor main co just completed a stock a share repurchase of 4.7 mils at 15.85???.. hahahaaaa.. so they retired/paid or set aside 4.7 mils of their own stock to puture pay off those conversions for 75 mils?.. buying out 300 mils of debt right?.. they are soo bad at business..hahaaa.. just kidding.. they are great.. but this is Tripadvisor main side of debt now, they took to HELP liberty repurchase the series A preffered back ??.. deal comes NEXT ) ​ Thirdly , >On March 22, 2021, TripCo and Certares entered into a stock repurchase agreement (the “Repurchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, on March 29, 2021, TripCo repurchased 126,921 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and on April 6, 2021, > >TripCo repurchased a total of 137,586 shares of Series A Preferred Stock from Certares, representing 42% of the Series A Preferred Stock originally held by Certares, for an aggregate value of approximately $373 million. There were 187,414 shares of Series A Preferred Stock authorized, issued and outstanding at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. NOW here comes the PUT right WAIVER!! >Put Right Following March 26, 2021, during certain periods, the Purchaser had the right to cause TripCo to redeem all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the Redemption Price for, at the election of TripCo, cash, shares of Eligible Common Stock, shares of TRIP common stock or any combination of the foregoing, subject to certain limitations (the “Put Option”). The Company evaluated the Put Option as an embedded derivative and determined it was not required to be bifurcated. As a result of the Repurchase Agreement, Certares has permanently waived the Put Option Liberty has CALL right to buy it back >TripCo Call Right Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, beginning March 27, 2024, TripCo has the option, from time to time, to call and repurchase any and all of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at the optional repurchase price (the "Call Right"), the shares of Series A Preferred Stock generally are non-transferable, > >Any transferee of shares of Series A Preferred Stock must agree to the permanent waiver of the Put Option, and to the Call Right and to the permanent waiver of the right to appoint the Series A Preferred Threshold Director, As of June 30, 2023, the estimated fair value of the debt host component was $214 million, based on the present value of the liquidation price ​ >Subsidiary Purchases of Common Stock During the three months ended June 30, 2023, Tripadvisor repurchased 4,724,729 shares of its outstanding common stock at an average share price of $15.85 per share, exclusive of fees and commissions, or $75 million in the aggregate, which completed Tripadvisor’s share repurchase program. ​ ​ Done pasting stuff from Q2 disclosure.. you see ??.. they are jogling numbers and deals.. moving stuf around like a hot potatoe.. duble entry debt on books , end of story is the same money taken from one side and moved to the other, while all those 200/300 mils or whatever are backed up by only 4-5 million of TRIP shares... no biggie .. they are financial gurus!! hats off to them,.. but that's it.. final say in this convo.. I am not going to waste any more time, explaining.. is one thing to LOOK at the books.. and another thing to understand it!!

Alarming-Fox2900

There are very stable stocks and ETF's that pay well over 7% and some also have special dividends on a regular basis. I run a wheel in my income portfolio. I sell OTM puts on an equity I wouldn't mind owning-some monthly, some quarterly--if/when the equity is assigned, I then sell slightly OTM calls for a year out--collect the dividend for a year and collect the premium. If/when the equity sells, I sell another put and do it all over again. I make well over 15% annually in my investment account. It takes some research to find the equities you would be comfortable with but you can start with $MO and $MAIN. Good luck

wasinwill

Trading and trying to predict short-term price movement is closer to gambling than investing. But if you're after revenue streams without risking to constantly lose money like many day-traders, your best bet would be selling covered calls or buying dividend stocks (e.g. ENB, BTI, O, MAIN...). If you're adverse to risk, SCHD is one of the top dividend ETFs (lower yield but quite a solid ETF). As far as selling covered calls, your biggest risk would be to get assigned and sell your shares at strike price and realize the gain (and miss out on a possible run-up over strike price prior to expiration). But don't get fooled by those "influencers" who always share their gains when they're lucky, and go all quiet when they lose it all. Or those "technical analysis" charlatans who pretend to be able to predict prices with a chart. They have hundreds of patterns to explain anything and everything, so they always have one in hindsight. If it worked in the long run, no one would ask for insights from Warren Buffet or Peter Lynch. They'd ask Bradley from TikTok who made $5,000 this week trading stocks, and Mike who doubled his $7,000 on bitcoin in 2020.

neoyokvio

I started with about $2400 & wanted simplicity. In my taxable account(Webull), I have 5 that I have positions in at the moment. VTI (25%) SCHD (25%) VXUS (20%) MAIN (15%) O (15%) Do I need to make any changes, takeaway/add anything? I plan on adding a lot more to VTI than the others (about $125 a week) but just wanted to be sure I was heading in the right direction. I also have VOO(.5 shares) and SCHD(1 share) in my Roth IRA but only about $350 worth so far so not very much.

neoyokvio

Any advice for investing beginner? (I’m 24 years old) I started with about $2400 & wanted simplicity. In my taxable account(Webull), I have 5 that I have positions in at the moment. VTI (25%) SCHD (25%) VXUS (20%) MAIN (15%) O (15%) Do I need to make any changes, takeaway/add anything? I plan on adding a lot more to VTI than the others (about $125 a week) but just wanted to be sure I was heading in the right direction. I also have VOO(.5 shares) and SCHD(1 share) in my Roth IRA but only about $350 worth so far so not very much.

neoyokvio

Investing as a beginner (24 years old) I started with about $2400 & wanted simplicity. In my taxable account(Webull), I have 5 that I have positions in at the moment. VTI (25%) SCHD (25%) VXUS (20%) MAIN (15%) O (15%) Do I need to make any changes, takeaway/add anything? I plan on adding a lot more to VTI than the others (about $125 a week) but just wanted to be sure I was heading in the right direction. I also have VOO(.5 shares) and SCHD(1 share) in my Roth IRA but only about $350 worth so far so not very much.

Mysterious-Panic-809

Hello everyone. I’m 22, in the military, and I have the following portfolio: TSP consists of $16K with 70% C, 15% S, 15% C, Fidelity Individual Investments Consists of $620 with 2.041 shares of VT, 2 shares of SCHD, 116.05 of FZFXX, 1.36 of O, 2.036 of INTC, .306 of AAPL, 1.292 of MAIN. I just opened a Roth IRA with fidelity and would like to take my TSP investments down from 8% to 5% and use that 3% and as much as I can into the IRA. I’m looking for advice in general with my shares in my individual investments, recommendations for the IRA, and anything else to note. Thank you all for your help!

RapeySurprises

MAIN earnings lottos still cheap

RapeySurprises

Picked up some MAIN lottos 8/18 44c $.05

RapeySurprises

MAIN 8/18 44c .05 can’t pass this lotto

dossdboss

Put it all in MAIN and get your monthly 8.18% DiVI which equals $675/month. Take that money then buy 1 roll of still plastic wrapped scratch offs every other week to keep that dopamine rush going. Spend scratch off winnings on Peruvian flake and Pussy.

Serious_Reporter2345

MAIN too. Held them for years.

Worried-Ingenuity409

It’s the MAIN 1 they use with chicken & broccoli, shrimp & vegetables, steak & vegetables.

ImposterMe418

Great Job! I might throw around 10% in stable high yield dividend stocks though. Nice way to earn 6-9% interest. EPD, ABBV, CCI, ENB, RF, MMM, O, VZ, MAIN, DOC

colliric

It ain't going the way of the Beanie Baby.... It just got pumped in Mission Impossible..... Remember when Apple got pumped in Forest Gump? Hewlett-Packard got pumped in Wall Street? US Steel got beared out on in Godfather 2? Bitcorn and Blockchain got pumped in Mission Impossible 7 AND 8.... LITERALLY PART OF THE MAIN STORYLINE!

Sea_End_1893

😂 JEPI, JEPQ, MAIN and O here, and SPAXX. I'm a disabled veteran, been "retired" from the workforce since I was 31 so I invest like a retired old man who already has passive income. Pretending to be a hotshot dipshit in investing and dividend subs gave me a lot of insight in my goals and direction.

JustFloatingAbout

They aren’t necessarily bad, but they’re definitely a bit cyclical so I would personally try and add them to my portfolio when they are trading at a lower valuation, collect the divs until the price recovers and sell. On my watchlist but not something I’d prioritize investing in currently. With CEF/BDCs the biggest factor imo is the management: you are investing in a company that invests in other companies, if they have shit judgement and throw cash at every startup that says ai, you’re gonna have a bad time. From what I’ve read/heard ARCC and MAIN have good management, but I have not verified that myself. MAIN is more diversified than ARCC and I believe ARCC is more concentrated in software IIRC (not that that’s necessarily a bad thing)

A20Havoc

I am retired. Have been since 2017. I didn't liquidate my entire portfolio when I retired. I rebuilt it over several years prior to retiring. I reallocated from a long term / growth oriented portfolio to an income oriented one. Basically I exchanged the higher long term overall & much more variable performance of long term investments for the lower but more consistent performance of dividend oriented stocks and ETFs such as HTGC, MAIN, JEPIX/JEPI, etc. As a result when the broad market crapped itself lightly in 2018, severely toileted in early 2020, and dropped throughout 2022 my income was virtually unaffected. Had I been holding broad market indexes or individual growth stocks I'd have been screwed. And even with the recent jump in the market I'd still be way behind where I am. It's also worth noting that the economy evolves constantly; the companies worth investing in 30, 20, even 10 years ago are often not the companies to hold today or in the future. For instance, in the last 30 years 27 of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average have been replaced. My point to all of this is that there are plenty of valid reasons not to "hold forever".

csbextreem

Looks like covering to me. Or profit taking. Or buyers stepping in. Or fuck it YOLO. NAW MAIN FUGGG THAT SHIT.

Jolly_Refuse_5475

Listen I’m not here to mock you but first of all but $5.00 what you expect LOBSTER these are billion dollar companies you need to start of maybe some monthly dividends such as QYLD GAIN MAIN etc.. or start looking into options trading your $5 could’ve turned into 1000% with Tsla jump off the 184 if you gonna play the game learn the game before you give it your money like vending machine trade wisely

MissMyPippa-2020

Why is this thread reporting ‘times’ of comments being 1min to 1hr when I’m POSITIVE saw lots of SAME here 2days ago..does MAIN time (@top) as it says 2days ago,mean top comment notated as 1min ago mean ‘2DAYS & 1min’?or do people paste comment from previous day sometimes-? Super appreciate ur time if anyone would care 2 clarify

MeatStepLively

Again, this is hysterical. Yes, the FBI used the Steele Dossier to justify the “legal” wiretapping under Crossfire Hurricane. Let’s not get hung up on the fact that the FBI knew it was bullshit immediately after interviewing its MAIN source: Igor Danchenko (who was a fellow at Brookings). What you seem to be selectively leaving out is that Steele was directly being paid by the Clinton campaign through his work for Fusion GPS. But hey, whatever, let’s get those wiretaps going. I’ve never voted for Trump, but this Q Anon level wine-mom psychosis literally makes me want to…for the sole purpose of pissing off delusional people like you.

EngineeredStocks

Since when did REITs become recession proof?!? How can you say indexing is risky due to a recession but then say got to REITs. You trying make this man lose all the money? O, MAIN and most other REITs all lost like 40%+ during the 2008 crash and COVID crash.

ByLwwSllHy

MAIN

DannyGyear2525

is $500 all their cash or like 1/3 or like a tiny amount? If you are the MAIN cash investor - but not providing anything else... and they are cool with it: 10% otherwise, ask for 1% wish them well...

Zorga1

There is a ton that goes into this question. Something to consider for planning purposes is if the restaurant is a partnership or S-Corp and you don’t plan on selling your interest when you retire is that you will have to pay taxes on the income of business. If it is a C-Corp then this is not an issue. For passive income there are many issues. One is that you generally will have companies or funds that pay out high amounts now but either do not grow or depreciate in value over time. Some examples are Business Development Corporations (BDC) some examples are ARCC, MAIN, And HTGC. There are many others but just a few that come to mind. Others that fit this category are Income funds like JEPI or QYLD (generally most funds that end in YLD or DIV fall in this category). These funds will make money from selling covered calls and distribute to premiums as a dividend. Other options for high dividends are Real estate investment trusts (REIT) they can be risky given their restrictions and the nature of real estate but give relatively high dividends due to these same restrictions. For long term appreciation while getting lower passive income you can look at stocks that fall into the dividend aristocrat list or funds that focus around dividend growth and capital appreciation. The only one that comes to mind is SCHD but there should be others that meet the same criteria and will probably be better for your situation. Hope this provides some help.

chudezee

CNC Programmer/ Machinist... Mainly Semi-Conductor.. P.S. Puts on LAM Research they aren't making crap right now. My company is one their MAIN Suppliers.. We've had to big Lay Offs.. in the past 4 months... Luckily I have a specialty in 5th axis and Live tooling machining...

PositiveWonderful548

MAIN offers a great dividend. Not sure I’d call them undervalued though

robbyruby752

MAIN great company & about 7% div yield paid monthly plus bonuses of extra divs.

limestone2u

HASI, SACH, IRM, & ABR. Held these the longest. IRM & ABR are like MAIN. They are boring predictable stocks. Say what they do & do what they say.

CrazyBitz

ON a more serious note, i like to help when I can.. dividend stocks are where its at and nows the time boys. ​ [https://twitter.com/realjgbanks/status/1627726998083866625?s=46&t=HWRckbCfuEAGE4MwhZUL\_Q](https://twitter.com/realjgbanks/status/1627726998083866625?s=46&t=HWRckbCfuEAGE4MwhZUL_Q) Dividend Stocks That Pay Monthly [$PSEC](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24PSEC&src=cashtag_click) \- Prospect (9.4% yield) [$EPR](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24EPR&src=cashtag_click) \- EPR Properties (7.8% yield) [$GOOD](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24GOOD&src=cashtag_click) \- Gladstone (7.33% yield) [$GAIN](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24GAIN&src=cashtag_click) \- Gladstone (6.82% yield) [$MAIN](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24MAIN&src=cashtag_click) \- Main Street (6.7% yield) [$LTC](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24LTC&src=cashtag_click) \- LTC Properties (6% yield) [$PBA](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24PBA&src=cashtag_click) \- Pembina (5.7% yield) [$O](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24O&src=cashtag_click) \- Realty Income…

A20Havoc

When our daughter was born we opened a conventional taxable brokerage account for her as well. Invested in a broad market index fund and left it alone until she started earning money as a teen. We then moved the money into a Roth IRA for her (IRAs must be funded using the person's earned income). Had to pay taxes on the profits the investment had earned when we moved the money but it wasn't any big deal. Her retirement is is pretty much taken care of. We sold our first vacation rental in the fall of 2021 (about the time the U.S. stock market peaked). I kept 35% in cash and over the next year put the rest into income oriented ETFs and stocks including Devon Energy (DVN), MLPA (ETF for midstream oil and gas companies), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), QYLD (income ETF that sells covered calls for the NASDAQ 100), Annaly Capital (NLY), JEPI (income oriented ETF, mainly covered call options) and a couple of others. These investments combined with Social Security produce enough income that we don't have to withdraw anything from our IRAs. The portfolio's current value is down from what we invested, but less so than the broad market and in any case growth isn't the focus of these investments. Had I to do it over I would not invest in Annaly and I would have put less into QYLD. I'm still holding the 35% portion in cash and enjoying the high short term interest rate it's receiving. We intend to use the proceeds from the property we're selling now mainly to indulge ourselves (extended travel, charity donations, etc.) 10 or so years. We're hoping to earn about 5% per year on the money during that time and protect the principal. After 10ish years we'll likely be slowed down enough that we'll move to super safe investments that basically keep up with inflation and we'll use or give away the principal. I'm currently researching the best investments to achieve the 5% annual return as safely as possible. May just end up with bonds (we don't own any bonds currently) and a lower rate of return. Sorry if this is too much detail. Happy to answer any questions.

SPAC_Time

[KALERA PLC ANNOUNCES ITS WHOLLY-OWNED AND MAIN OPERATING SUBSIDIARY, KALERA, INC., FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 PROTECTION TO PURSUE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL REOGRANIZATION](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/04/04/2640808/0/en/KALERA-PLC-ANNOUNCES-ITS-WHOLLY-OWNED-AND-MAIN-OPERATING-SUBSIDIARY-KALERA-INC-FILES-FOR-CHAPTER-11-PROTECTION-TO-PURSUE-FINANCIAL-AND-OPERATIONAL-REOGRANIZATION.html) \- KAL KALWW This one just announced this morning. Business combination closed June 29, 2022, so that one was a bit around 9 months. As u/ItalianRicePie commented, ENJY was 8 months and FSRD also 9 months. VORB around 14 months.

VisualMod

>MAIN EXPORTER OF VENEZUELAN PETCOKE MAROIL TRADING'S ACCOUNTS UNDER REVIEW BY PDVSA -SOURCES \>MAROIL'S OUTSTANDING DEBTS TO PDVSA HAVE CLIMBED TO $423.7 MILLION SINCE 2020 -DOCUMENTS ^First ^Squawk ^[@FirstSquawk](http://twitter.com/FirstSquawk) ^at ^2023-03-28 ^14:53:11 ^EDT-0400

FlakyGift9088

Literally EVERY back has had money on their books. The MAIN reason SVB failed (difference from other banks) is that deposits were pulled resulting in illiquidity. If the bank you're "targeting" has rising deposits, ceteris paribus, you are making a mistake.

Dampish10

bought shares (PDI, MAIN, CJ, HYLD) have a buy order on HYLD @ $11.20, and $7.00 for CJ

megaultraman

Bail WHO out?! The startups who were just looking to park their money somewhere safe? Their employees?1 WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO BAIL OUT MAIN STREET?

KingTempus88

Most stellar BDCs that survived 2008 like HTGC and ARCC are currently trading well below NAV with yields upwards of 10% due to the past week’s turbulence. MAIN is another great BDC but trades well over NAV and has for some time. I’d say the only BDC that could be risky right now is TRIN due to its exposure to crypto start-ups and space tech firms. I use market uncertainty to scoop up ARCC under $19 and HTGC under $14 so this is a prime buying opportunity for me. The FTX contagion didn’t last long and didn’t bring down crypto like many doomsayers predicted and I suspect this SVB banking contagion will be limited as well.

Hallal_Dakis

There were a couple articles this fall that got people really excited about private credit, I've been holding/buying OCSL for a couple years now and they've been doing fantastic. Did well with low interest rates during covid, doing even better with high interest rates now, seem well run and disciplined. I know MAIN is another small cap in that space.

VisualMod

>TESLA SAYS GLOBAL HQ REMAINS IN AUSTIN; EW ENGINEERING HQ IN PALO ALTO WILL SERVE AS THE MAIN LOCATION FOR TESLA ENGINEERING - TWEET ^First ^Squawk ^[@FirstSquawk](http://twitter.com/FirstSquawk) ^at ^2023-02-23 ^18:53:05 ^EST-0500

Rhyndir

They didn’t talk about anything of relevance. Revenue, cashflow, THEIR MAIN BUSINESS AS A CHIP DESIGNER, nothing. They spent 2 hours talking about a hypothetical cloud AI that’s going to “million x in value” that was an actual fucking quote. It sounded like a pitch for a startup AI company by 4 potheads. I’ve never heard anything like it in my life. It’s like the woman speaking had trading view open, and watching as everytime she said “AI,” nvidia moved up 1bps lmao

Front_Entertainer395

Listen you degenerate gamblers: This table basically tells you to buy REITs. Few of you will do so because you won't touch anything other than OTM 0DTE with a ten foot pole but look: If once in your life you buy like 100 stocks of O, you currently get 25 bucks each month to gamble away. If you initially invest in a high-yield BDC like MAIN or CSWC you get close to 10 percent yield which could net you like 50 bucks on an initial investment of 5.000 dollars. 50 bucks you repeatedly can gamble away for the rest of your life - much better than gamble it away all at once! Tl;dr: For once in your life don't be a total regard, invest some money in a high yielding REIT or BDC and gamble for the rest of your life.

Accomplished-Sink393

MAIN. I will not give any info as you need to make your own assessment. However, they’re 92% of my 30k portfolio. ET is my only other.

VisualMod

>MESTER: RECENT DATA SHOWS DEMAND SIDE OF ECONOMY NOT SOFTENING AS EXPECTED \>MESTER: DOES NOT WANT TO SURPRISE MARKETS WITH FED ACTION \>MESTER: DOUBTS NEED TO CUT RATES THIS YEAR, MAIN FOCUS NOW IS ON RAISING RATES ^\*Walter ^Bloomberg ^[@DeItaone](http://twitter.com/DeItaone) ^at ^2023-02-16 ^10:35:35 ^EST-0500

dchamp26

It technically is a strategy. A good one too. Although if the stock went up $100 within 2-3 weeks; I would wait till it hits close to $500 and make what you would and run. Fuck the task of collecting and then taxing the collected amount. Tax the one and only big run bro. I think we all believe tsla is way under where it should be. DON'T DOUBT YOURSELF AND IF YOU ARE A REALLY GOOD TRADER YOU'LL KNOW WHEN TO SELL. MAIN POINT. And fuck 200. Go for 200000. (5-6) mo.