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To: Investor2 who wrote (31088)	4/10/2019 9:10:42 PM
From: JimisJim	Respond to of 34328

I only have 5 holdings that pay over 8%ish... and the only one of those that has had significant cap losses is MRCC, a BDC I've owned a long time, and the cap loss total on that was paid for with just one year's divvies. And they keep sending me that 11.4% divvy like clockwork. I have about 5 that pay 8%ish; 2 at 7%ish and the fall off from there is big... my lowest yielder is MCD at 2.44% at current prices -- and my original holding in that one has doubled or more. JNJ and PG are the only others I have below 3%, but still above the SP500 average yield and offer diversified growth along with their cousins like KO for example (3.4% yield and a triple in share price)... The share price gains are nice, but not mandatory for me in the ST or even IT because those stocks have a history of going flat for awhile and then outperforming all of their peers -- I remember distinctly when MCD went flat for several years as every "expert" told me to sell it and buy something better... Ha! I'll match my PF's total gains against anyone, and while I'm sure there are many just even here that have better total returns, I'm in the ball park and if anything exceeding my goals when I started down this road.