| Re: MIDDLE AGE PORTFOLIO ... PORTFOLIO UPDATED 10/1/21. 
 My goal is to try to present a balance between high dividend cash flows, dividend growth, and capital gain potential, so there will be a mix of assets.
 
 Portfolio Balance: $511,410
 Forward 12 months income: $21,068
 Portfolio yield: 4.12%
 Dividend Growth 5 Years: 5.70%
 Chowder Number: 9.82
 Holdings: 52
 Beta: 0.69
 
 Full Position: $20,000
 Full CEF Position: $8,000
 
 Symbol .... Market Value ... % of Account
 
 CONSUMER STAPLES: -- 18.4% of portfolio value.
 
 Coca-Cola - KO .................. $21,649 ... 4.2%
 Procter & Gamble - PG ...... $19,251 ... 3.8%
 Pepsi - PEP......................... $12,245 ... 2.4%
 Altria - MO .......................... $10,548 .. 2.1%
 McCormick & Co. - MKC .... $10,473 .. 2.0%
 Kimberly-Clark - KMB ......... $9,045 ... 1.8%
 Tyson Foods - TSN ............. $4,934 ... 1.0%
 Sysco - SYY ........................ $4,364 ... 0.9%
 Lancaster Colony - LANC ... $1,868 ... 0.4%
 
 UTILITIES: -- 15.9% of portfolio value.
 
 Duke Energy - DUK .................. $36,632 .. 8.6%
 NextEra Energy - NEE ............. $19,288 ... 4.5%
 Southern Company - SO .......... $18,351 .. 4.3%
 Brookfield Infrastructure - BIP .. $7,202 .... 1.7%
 
 REAL ESTATE: -- 11.2% of portfolio value.
 
 Realty Income - O ...... $37,406 ... 7.2%
 Iron Mountain - IRM ... $10,574 ... 2.1%
 Digital Realty - DLR ... $3,191 ..... 0.6%
 Crown Castle - CCI .... $3,114 ..... 0.6%
 W. P. Carey - WPC .... $2,904 ..... 0.6%
 
 HEALTHCARE: -- 10.5% of portfolio value.
 
 AbbVie - ABBV ..................... $26,639 ... 5.2%
 Johnson & Johnson - JNJ .... $17,256 ... 3.4%
 Abbott Laboratories - ABT .... $9,692 ..... 1.9%
 
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: -- 8.8% of portfolio value.
 
 Automatic Data Processing - ADP .. $20,309 ... 4.0%
 Microsoft - MSFT ............................ $8,912 ..... 1.7%
 Apple - AAPL .................................. $8,056 ..... 1.6%
 Broadcom - AVGO ......................... $4,418 .......0.9%
 Texas Instruments - TXN ............... $3,507 ...... 0.7%
 
 FINANCIALS: -- 7.6% of portfolio value.
 
 Prudential Financial - PRU ....... $12,668 .. 2.5%
 Toronto-Dominion Bank - TD .... $8,112 .... 1.6%
 Canadian Imperial Bank - CM .. $7,758 .... 1.5%
 Royal Bank of Canada - RY ..... $5,790 .... 1.1%
 T. Rowe Price - TROW ............. $4,566 .... 0.9%
 
 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: -- 5.2% of portfolio value.
 
 Home Depot - HD ........ $9,344 .... 1.8%
 Lowe's - LOW .............. $8,706 .... 1.7%
 Starbucks - SBUX ....... $5,737 .... 1.1%
 Leggett & Platt - LEG .. $2,913 .... 0.6%
 
 ENERGY: -- 3.1% of portfolio value.
 
 Enbridge - ENB ...................... $6,323 ... 1.2%
 Magellan Midstream - MMP ... $4,985 ... 1.0%
 Enterprise Products - EPD .... $4,796 .... 0.9%
 
 MATERIALS: 1.7% of portfolio value.
 
 LyondellBasell - LYB ... $8,632 ... 1.7%
 
 INDUSTRIALS: 1.0% of portfolio value.
 
 Lockheed Martin - LMT ... $5,217 ... 1.0%
 
 COMMUNICATIONS: -- Zero exposure.
 
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 Closed End Funds (CEF's): -- 16.4% of portfolio value.
 
 DNP Select Income - DNP ................................... $15,121 .. 3.0%
 Reaves Utility Income - UTG ............................... $13,962 .. 2.7%
 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed - ETV ........................ $11,463 .. 2.2%
 Cohen & Steers REIT & Preferred - RNP ............. $8,689 ... 1.7%
 Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income II - EOS .. $5,908 ... 1.2%
 John Hancock Financial - BTO ............................. $5,369 ... 1.0%
 Liberty All-Star Growth - ASG ............................... $4,962 ... 1.0%
 Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic - QQQX ................ $4,879 ... 1.0%
 PIMCO Dynamic Credit - PCI ............................... $4,031 ... 0.8%
 BlackRock Science & Technology - BST .............. $3,691 ... 0.7%
 Eaton Vance Short Duration Income - EVG ......... $3,039 ... 0.6%
 Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities - GOF ........ $2,653 ... 0.5%
 
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 TOP 10 INCOME SOURCES:
 
 O ......... 7.6%
 DUK .... 7.0%
 ABBV .. 6.0%
 DNP .... 5.2%
 UTG .... 4.6%
 ETV .... 4.5%
 MO ..... 3.9%
 SO ...... 3.7%
 KO ...... 3.3%
 IRM ..... 2.8%
 
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 SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS:
 
 TXN -- raised the dividend by 13%
 MSFT -- raised the dividend by 11%
 SBUX -- raised dividend by 8.9%
 LMT -- raised dividend by 7.7%
 EVG -- raised the distribution by 0.27%
 WPC -- raised dividend by 0.2% (multiple raises)
 O -- raised the dividend by 0.2% (multiple raises)
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