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Strategies & Market Trends : Young and Older Folk Portfolio -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chowder who wrote (295)	9/2/2021 5:44:56 PM
From: garygr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21738

Hi Chowder: Excluding CEF's, if you had to choose only 20 of your stocks in the OFP based on valuation, safety, yield, and dividend safety , it would be great if you had the time to just list them.

To: chowder who wrote (295)	9/7/2021 1:38:17 PM
From: chowder	2 Recommendations Recommended By Menominee Zen Dollar Round Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21738

Re: Old Folk Portfolio ... Add on buys. Today I added $1K each to CMI .. NDAQ .. NKE. These are relatively new positions in this portfolio and it is my wish to keep building these positions up in size one small step at a time. A full equity position in this portfolio is $150,000. With the add on on buys today, the current position size of today's purchases are: CMI ....... $6,922 NDAQ ... $7,145 NKE ...... $5,731 Dividend growth did play a part in wanting to own these companies. CMI has a 98 Very Safe dividend rating according to Simply Safe Dividends. The yield is 2.47% and the 5 year dividend growth rate is 9%. NDAQ has a 61 Safe dividend rating. The yield 1.09% and the 5 year dividend growth rate is 17%. NKE has a 99 Very Safe dividend rating. The yield is 0.68% and the 5 year dividend growth rate is 12%. Cummins Inc. (CMI) designs, manufactures, distributes, and services diesel and natural gas engines, electric and hybrid powertrains, and related components worldwide. It operates through five segments: Engine, Distribution, Components, Power Systems, and New Power. The company offers diesel and natural gas powered engines under the Cummins and other customer brands for the heavy and medium-duty truck, bus, recreational vehicle, light-duty automotive, construction, mining, marine, rail, oil and gas, defense, and agricultural markets; and offers new parts and services, as well as remanufactured parts and engines. Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ) operates as a technology company that serves capital markets and other industries worldwide. It operates through four segments: Market Services, Corporate Platforms, Investment Intelligence, and Market Technology. The Market Services segment includes equity derivative trading and clearing, cash equity trading, fixed income and commodities trading and clearing, and trade management service businesses. This segment operates various exchanges and other marketplace facilities across various asset classes, which include derivatives, commodities, cash equity, debt, structured products, and exchange traded products; and provides broker, clearing, settlement, and central depository services. NIKE, Inc., (NKE) together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories worldwide. The company offers NIKE brand products in six categories, including running, NIKE basketball, the Jordan brand, football, training, and sportswear. It also markets products designed for kids, as well as for other athletic and recreational uses, such as American football, baseball, cricket, golf, lacrosse, skateboarding, tennis, volleyball, walking, wrestling, and other outdoor activities; and apparel with licensed college and professional team, and league logos, as well as sells sports apparel

To: chowder who wrote (295)	9/10/2021 11:33:42 AM
From: Halfdave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21738

Hello Chowder, Reviewing your port, it looks like you don't own many individual REITs, is there a reason for that? Thanks

To: chowder who wrote (295)	9/15/2021 12:22:57 PM
From: chowder	2 Recommendations Recommended By INCOGNIT0$ Menominee Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21738

Today I started a new position in SPGI in the Older Folk Portfolio. I opened a new position with $4K to begin with. The market has been showing weakness lately and thus I have been buying smaller purchases to get started and will add if the market or specific company performance strengthens. A full equity position in this portfolio is $150K. Since I have exceeded the income number required to meet this year's income objective, I am looking for capital gain growth going forward. In looking at total return, I'm looking for assets that have outperformed the S&P 500 in the 3, 5 an 10 year time frames. The reason for beating in all 3 time frames is that I am looking for consistent performance. I believe consistency helps strengthen one's resolve in sticking with the process. Total Return Results: 3 years - SPGI .. +116.9% ... S&P 500 .. +61.48% 5 years - SPGI .. +290.3% ... S&P 500 .. +129.7% 10 years - SPGI .. +1,140% ... S&P 500 .. +357.5% S&P Global Inc., (SPGI) together with its subsidiaries, provides ratings, benchmarks, analytics, and data to the capital and commodity markets worldwide. The company operates through four segments: S&P Global Ratings (Ratings), S&P Global Market Intelligence (Market Intelligence), S&P Global Platts (Platts), and S&P Dow Jones Indices (Indices). The Ratings segment offers credit ratings, research, and analytics to investors, corporations, governments, municipalities, commercial and investment banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and other debt issuers. The Market Intelligence segment provides multi-asset-class data, research, and analytical capabilities that integrate cross-asset analytics and desktop services to investment managers, investment banks, private equity firms, insurance companies, commercial banks, corporations, professional services firms, government agencies, and regulators. The Platts segment offers essential price data, analytics, and industry insights for the commodity and energy markets. It serves producers, traders, and intermediaries within the energy, petrochemicals, metals, and agriculture markets. The Indices segment provides index that maintains various valuation and index benchmarks for investment advisors, wealth managers, and institutional investors. The company also offers analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data visualization systems to Wall Street's premier global banks and investment institutions, as well as the National Security community; subscription and custom reports on bank deposits, loans, fees, and other product data to the financial services industry; and insights on global supply chains. The company was formerly known as McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. and changed its name to S&P Global Inc. in April 2016. S&P Global Inc. was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

To: chowder who wrote (295)	9/30/2021 11:42:27 PM
From: chowder	5 Recommendations Recommended By Menominee red cardinal stardusting The Beard workingonit Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21738

RE: OLDER FOLK PORTFOLIO ... UPDATE .. SEPTEMBER 30, 2021. Portfolio Objective for 2021: Reach $250,000 in annual dividends. The objective had been achieved but due to market weakness, a good amount of trimming has taken place and this portfolio now has a large cash position of $384,051. Portfolio Balance: $5,922,713* Forward 12 months income: $239,766 Portfolio yield: 4.05%* Dividend Growth 5 Years: 3.9% Holdings: 114 Beta: 0.63* ( * ) includes cash position Equity Full Position: $150,000 CEF Full Position: $40,000 Company/Symbol .... Position Size UTILITIES: -- 21.0% of portfolio value Southern Company - SO ............ $209,553 NextEra Energy - NEE ............... $176,670 Xcel Energy - XEL ...................... $145,250 Sempra - SRE ............................ $144,139 Duke Energy - DUK .................... $140,514 WEC Energy -WEC .................... $110,426 American Water Works - AWK .... $77,082 American States Water - AWR .... $38,741 Brookfield Infrastructure - BIPC .. $37,724 Chesapeake Utilities - CPK ........ $37,095 California Water Service - CWT .. $36,949 Alliant Energy - LNT .................... $36,835 American Electric Power - AEP ... $36,450 Brookfield Renewable - BEP ....... $19,082 CONSUMER STAPLES: -- 14.7% of portfolio value Procter & Gamble - PG .............. $170,662 Pepsi - PEP ................................ $120,665 Coca-Cola - KO .......................... $111,858 Kimberly-Clark - KMB ................. $104,623 Altria - MO .................................. $73,606 General Mills - GIS ..................... $72,229 Unilever - UL ............................... $69,835 Tyson Foods - TSN ..................... $41,917 Clorox - CLX ............................... $40,740 McCormick & Co. - MKC ............ $25,605 Sysco - SYY ............................... $21,666 Costco - COST ........................... $8,987 Lancaster Colony Corp - LANC .. $4,499 Hershy - HSY ............................. $3,893 Mondelez - MDLZ ...................... $3,724 HEALTHCARE: -- 7.4% of portfolio value Abbvie - ABBV ................... $193,154 Johnson $ Johnson - JNJ .. $149,553 Abbott Laboratories - ABT .. $72,296 Amgen - AMGN .................. $18,926 STERIS, Inc - STE ............. $4,615 FINANCIALS: -- 6.9% of portfolio value Bank of Montreal - BMO .......... $128,982 Toronto-Dominion Bank - TD ... $116,482 Prudential Financial - PRU ...... $61,437 Royal Bank of Canada - RY ..... $38,001 Canadian Imperial Bank - CM .. $37,508 BlackRock - BLK ...................... $12,580 Nasdaq - NDAQ ....................... $6,974 S&P Global - SPGI .................. $3,824 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: -- 6.0% of portfolio value Home Depot - HD .......... $114,563 Genuine Parts - GPC .... $108,089 Target - TGT .................. $102,489 Tractor Supply - TSCO .. $10,536 Dollar General - DG ...... $9,007 Pool Corp. - POOL ........ $4,353 Starbucks - SBUX ......... $3,861 Nike - NKE .................... $3,340 REAL ESTATE: -- 4.9% of portfolio value Realty Income - O .... $179,282 W. P. Carey - WPC ... $100,284 Crown Castle - CCI .. $9,706 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: -- 1.6% of portfolio value Texas Instruments - TXN ... $37,865 Broadcom - AVGO ............. $33,460 Paychex - PAYX ................ $13,831 Mastercard - MA ............... $8,692 INDUSTRIALS: -- 1.6% of portfolio value Fastenal - FAST ................ $26,837 General Dynamics - GD .... $20,191 Union Pacific - UNP .......... $14,505 Graco - GGG .................... $8,117 Deere & Company - DE .... $7,910 Cummins - CMI ................. $6,627 Toro - TTC ......................... $4,304 Norfolk Southern - NSC .... $3,589 COMMUNICATIONS: -- 1.4% of portfolio value Verizon - VZ ... $82,863 MATERIALS: -- 0.6% of portfolio value Celanese - CE .............................. $19,433 Air Products & Chemicals - APD .. $17,928 ENERGY: -- Zero Exposure CASH: -- 4.8% of portfolio value ------------- CLOSED END FUNDS (CEF's): -- 30.2% of portfolio value Reaves Utility Income - UTG ..................... $152,762 DNP Select Income - DNP ......................... $149,709 PIMCO Corporate & Income - PTY ............ $137,705 Cohen & Steers REIT & Preferred - RNP ... $85,132 AllianzGI Diversified Income - ACV ............ $67,353 Cohen & Steers Infrastructure - UTF .......... $57,127 Calamos Strategic Total Return - CSQ ....... $56,084 Eaton Vance Tax-Advantage - ETO ............ $53,360 Virtus AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence - AIO ..$47,704 BlackRock Science & Tech. II - BSTZ .........$46,913 Pimco Dynamic - PDO ............................... $45,401 Tekla Healthcare - THQ ............................. $44,892 BlackRock Science & Tech. - BST ............. $43,971 Liberty All-Star Growth - ASG .................... $39,223 Cohen & Steers Quality Income - RQI ....... $37,250 Duff & Phelps Utility - DPG ........................ $37,079 Eaton Vance Tax-Advantage - EVT ........... $36,124 John Hancock Tax-Advantage - HTD ........ $35,852 Eagle Point Credit - ECC .......................... $30,427 Ares Dynamic Credit - ARDC .................... $30,308 Special Opportunities - SPE ...................... $29,541 Eaton Vance Short Duration - EVG ........... $29,193 Calamos Dynamic - CCD .......................... $29,072 Guggenheim Strategic - GOF ................... $23,918 BlackRock Health Sciences II - BMEZ ...... $23,634 Eagle Point Income - EIC ......................... $21,630 Delaware Investments - DDF ................... $20,461 Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return - FLC .... $20,431 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global - ETW .. $19,588 Eaton Vance Tax-Advantage Bond - EXD .. $19,249 Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred - FFC ......... $18,640 BlackRock Core Bond - BHK ..................... $15,285 John Hancock Financial - BTO .................. $14,584 BlackRock Health Sciences - BME ............ $14,581 Gabelli Healthcare - GRX .......................... $9,828 Eaton Vance Municipal Bond - EIM ........... $9,781 Gabelli Dividend & Income - GDV ............. $9,774 Eaton Vance Municipal Bond - EVN .......... $4,965 AllianceBernstein National Muni. - AFB ..... $4,930 Nuveen Intermediate Term Muni. - NIQ .... $4,914 DWS Municipal - KTF ............................... $4,879 Nuveen Select Tax Free Income - NXQ ... $4,855 Federated Hermes Premier Muni. - FMN . $4,777 Eaton Vance Municipal - ETX .................. $4,756 ================== SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS: TXN -- raised dividend by 13% SBUX -- raised dividend by 8.9% VZ -- raised dividend by 2.0% EVG -- raised dividend by 0.27% WPC -- raised dividend by 0.2% (multiple raises this year) O -- raised dividend by 0.2% (multiple raises this year)