You can also reinvest option income, of course, and many key long-term stock holdings I first obtained through option writing. They’re a tool that pays you as you use them strategically. Best for established portfolios, imo. Great for later in life.

It’s key to own stocks for years and rarely sell, imo. Options are a pretty “easy” income strategy to add to them, and especially great if you want to take cash out without selling any stocks.

Yes. In a much longer post about this on X, I basically said exactly that. :) One way to own them all. But I still also like choosing.

I do still hold MDT, and several others, but MDT has become insignificant in the port, and has (as you know) underperformed a long time. Good yield, though.

NOW is one of the best software growth stories out there.