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

To: chowder who wrote (817)	2/16/2022 4:01:04 PM
From: Top Of The World Ma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21801

Re: MAP Any particular reason for the two new CEF's? Were they just "opportunity" because of market pull back or portfolio enhancements to increase income? Global X Nasdaq 100 (QYLD) SPDR S&P 500 High Dividend (SPYD)

To: chowder who wrote (817)	3/1/2022 3:24:58 PM
From: chowder	Respond to of 21801

Re: Middle Age Portfolio ... Add On Buys Today I added to MS and O. These purchases were the result of determining a company's intrinsic value via a dividend cash flow (DCF) model. In valuing equity, securities analysts may use fundamental analysis—as opposed to technical analysis—to estimate the intrinsic value of a company. Here the "intrinsic" characteristic considered is the expected cash flow production of the company in question. Intrinsic value is therefore defined to be the present value of all expected future net cash flows to the company; i.e. it is calculated via discounted cash flow valuation. An alternative, though related approach, is to view intrinsic value as the value of a business' ongoing operations, as opposed to its accounting based book value, or break-up value. Warren Buffett is known for his ability to calculate the intrinsic value of a business, and then buy that business when its price is at a discount to its intrinsic value. In determining a companies intrinsic value, there are 3 stages on can base their valuation on. Here are those stages: 1) Bear Scenario 2) Base Scenario 3) Bull Scenario The Base Scenario is the middle price between Bull and Bear. In all 3 stages, all 3 companies are selling at a discount to its intrinsic value. The Base Scenario has the following discounts to fair value: MS - 46% discount. O - 22% discount.

To: chowder who wrote (817)	3/7/2022 6:46:38 PM
From: chowder	2 Recommendations Recommended By misscbd red cardinal Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21801

Re: Middle Age Portfolio ... Buys and Sells. With this portfolio I am still looking for yield, still needing to generate more income in order to meet the income objective at the time of retirement. With this in mind, I trimmed a few overweight positions and added to quite a few other positions in an attempt to increase dividend cash flows. I trimmed the following positions: ABBV, AVGO and DNP. I sold DLR in its entirety. ABBV was a 4x sized position and was the largest holding in this portfolio. I trimmed ABBV back to a 2x sized position so it's still way overweight. AVGO was simply trimmed back to a full position as was DNP. With the proceeds from these sales, I purchased several CEF's, looking for yield. AIO - 8.75% yield BHK - 6.79% yield EOI - 7.40% yield I then added a couple of high yield ETF's. QYLD - 14.40% yield RYLD - 12.97% yield I took out new positions in: ARE, EQIX and PLD (all REIT's), I added to APD, EPD and MS. I then took out a new position in UL. Bottom Line: The positions sold generated $1,504 in dividends/distributions annually. The new positions will generate $2,518 in dividends/distributions annually - a 67.4% increase in income.

To: chowder who wrote (817)	4/2/2022 7:41:58 AM
From: chowder	3 Recommendations Recommended By Markbn MinionMom&MarineWife red cardinal Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21801

Re: MIDDLE AGE PORTFOLIO ... PORTFOLIO UPDATED 4/1/22 Dividend income growth year to date +69.6% over year to date 2021. The 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. This portfolio is a 401K roll over from a previous job and does not include all of their investments. The income objective is $36K in annual dividends and the time frame is end of 2023. That's an increase of 20% per year. Portfolio Balance: $595,981 Forward 12 months income: $27,556 Portfolio yield: 4.62% Dividend Growth 5 Years: 5.9% Chowder Number: 10.52 Holdings: 70 Beta: 0.65 A full position is $10,000. CEF's are not included as a % of the equity portfolio weightings. ------------------------------------------ UTILITIES -- 15% of portfolio value. Southern Company (SO) ......... $15,506 .. +27.1% Duke Energy (DUK) ................. $14,342 .. +37.4% WEC Energy (WEC) ................ $11,832 .. +13.9% Brookfield Infrastructure (BIP) .. $9,900 ... +20.6% NextEra Energy (NEE) ............. $9,093 ... +151.5% Dominion Energy (D) ............... $6,129 .... +4.9% REAL ESTATE -- 15% of portfolio value. Realty Income (O) .................. $24,752 .. +13.1% W. P. Carey (WPC) ................. $13,007 .. +8.4% Crown Castle Int'l. (CCI) ......... $11,153 .. +7.4% Life Storage (LSI) ..................... $4,614 .. +7.7% Alexandria Real Estate (ARE) .. $3,501 .. +6.9% Prologis (PLD) .......................... $3,482 .. +10.3% Equinix (EQIX) ......................... $3,052 .. +7.6% National Retail Prop. (NNN) ..... $2,978 .... 0% FINANCIALS -- 14% of portfolio value. Prudential (PRU) ...................... $14,435 .. +11.9% Canadian Imperial Bank (CM) .. $12,543 .. +5.4% Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) .... $11,687 .. +16.3% Royal Bank of Canada (RY) ..... $8,560 .... +7.6% T. Rowe Price (TROW) ............ $8,102 ... <-25.8%> Morgan Stanley (MS) ............... $4,784 ... <-9.7%> CONSUMERS STAPLES -- 12% of portfolio value. Altria (MO) .................. $16,177 .. +10.8% Pepsi (PEP) ................. $9,533 .. +47.5% Kimberly-Clark (KMB) .. $8,555 .. +2.3% Tyson Foods (TSN) ..... $7,738 .. +13.0% Sysco (SYY) ................ $5,604 .. +12.2% Unilever (UL) ............... $4,707 .. +5.2% Mondelez (MDLZ) ....... $2,922 .. +3.0% INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- 11% of portfolio value. Broadcom (AVGO) ............... $17,042 .. +29.8% Microsoft (MSFT) ................... $9,848 .. +200.3% Apple (AAPL) ......................... $9,321 .. +318.8% Automatic Data Proc. (ADP) .. $6,313 .. +64.8% Texas Instruments (TXN) ....... $4,796 .. +0.6% HEALTHCARE -- 8% of the portfolio value. Amgen (AMGN) ................. $11,913 .. +19.3% Abbott Laboratories (ABT) .. $8,738 .. +168.0% Abbvie (ABBV) .................... $8,049 .. +43.3% Eli Lilly (LLY) ....................... $3,219 .. +14.2% CVS Health (CVS) .............. $2,729 .. <-6.3%> ENERGY -- 7% of portfolio value. Enbridge (ENB) .................. $12,395 .. +18.5% TC Energy (TRP) ................. $9,838 .. +18.0% Enterprise Products (EPD) .. $7,047 .. +11.8% CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY -- 6% of portfolio value. Lowe's (LOW) .............. $7,234 .. +119.7% Home Depot (HD) ........ $7,042 .. +96.1% Starbucks (SBUX) ....... $6,570 .. +19.8% Leggett & Platt (LEG) .. $5,235 .. <-20.0%> Dollar General (DG) .... $2,037 .. +1.4% COMMUNICATIONS -- 5% of portfolio value. Telus (TU) ... $20,991 .. +16.8% AT&T (T) ..... $2,998 .... <-0.4%> MATERIALS -- 4% of portfolio value. LyondellBasell (LYB) ....................... $11,965 .. +4.0% Air Products and Chemicals (APD) .. $4,980 .. <-9.5%> INDUSTRIALS -- 3% of the portfolio value. Lockheed Martin (LMT) .. $13,825 .. 29.9% ---------------------------------------- Closed End Funds (CEF's) - Business Development Companies (BDC's) - Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's) Reaves Utility Income (UTG) ........................................... $15,437 .. +8.2% Liberty All-Star Growth (ASG) .......................................... $12,308 .. <11.6%> Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write (ETV) ................... $11,717 .. <-4.4%> DNP Select Income (DNP) ............................................... $11,216 .. +7.3% Cohen & Steers REIT & Preferred Fund (RNP) ................ $9,444 ... +1.6% Eaton Vance Short Duration Income (EVG) ...................... $9,333 .. <-12.5%> Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite (QQQX) ............ $9,041 ... <0.4%> Virtus AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Tech. (AIO) ........... $8,793 .. <-6.7%> BlackRock Science & Technology (BST) ........................... $8,696 .. <-16.6%> Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call (QYLD) ................... $7,265 .. +1.9% Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity income II (EOS) ................ $6,465 .. <-12.7%> John Hancock Financial Opportunities (BTO) .................... $5,914 .. <-4.9%> Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call (RYLD) ..................... $5,201 .. +5.2% Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income (EOI) .................... $5,085 .. +3.7% Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities (GOG) ..................... $4,874 .. <-6.6%> BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK) .................................... $4,868 .. <-1.1%> John Hancock Tax-Managed Dividend income (HTD) ........ $4,033.. +0.5% Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Equity Income (EXG) .. $4,002 .. +0.2% Calamos Strategic Total Return (CSQ) .............................. $3,719 .. <-7.15%> --------------------------------------------- HIGHLIGHTS SINCE LAST UPDATE: DG increased the dividend by 31% PLD increased the dividend by 25% BTO increased the distribution by 18% HD increased the dividend by 15% CVS increased the dividend by 10% QQQX raised the distribution by 10% O increased the dividend by 0.2% WPC increased the dividend by 0.2%