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

To: chowder who wrote (1412)	1/2/2023 8:41:34 AM
From: peterad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21738

Didn’t you replace HTGC completely with ORCC? Thanks and happy new year Pete

To: chowder who wrote (1412)	1/2/2023 12:35:45 PM
From: Waitress	1 Recommendation Recommended By Menominee Respond to of 21738

Thank you Chowder, Happy New Year to you and your family.

To: chowder who wrote (1412)	1/3/2023 4:23:59 PM
From: chowder	1 Recommendation Recommended By Tam3262 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21738

Re: Older Folk Portfolio ... Add On Buys Under the current condition of the market, I continue to buy small, but buy often, and in this case buying small is $1,000 lot sizes. The following positions were added to today: EQUITIES: ABT - 9.108 shares @ $111.00 BEP - 39.463 shares @ $25.50 BTI - 25.013 shares @ $40.32 CVS - 10.731 shares @ $91.72 D - 16.308 shares @ $61.32 ENB - 25.575 shares @ $38.90 GD - 4.03 shares @ $247.85 JNJ - 5.661 shares @ $176.16 SJM - 6.311 shares @ $158.08 TSCO - 4.445 shares @ $225.39 CEF'S: IDE - 109.051 shares @ $9.20 NIE - 54.855 shares @ $18.39 TYG - 31.476 shares @ $31.67 UTF - 41.684 shares @ $24.22 CURRENT POSITION SIZES WITH TODAY'S ADD ONS: ABT ...... $71,032 BEP ...... $30,212 BTI ....... $45,141 CVS ..... $43,783 D .......... $61,229 ENB ..... $53,767 GD ....... $41,056 JNJ ...... $78,533 SJM ..... $53,449 TSCO .. $32,510 IDE ... $34,788 NIE ... $17,974 TYG .. $32,147 UTF .. $33,189 All of these purchases are a result of dividends hitting the account. Over $30,000 in dividends were paid in December.

To: chowder who wrote (1412)	2/5/2023 2:24:12 PM
From: chowder	6 Recommendations Recommended By apatel1 DT160 Jacob Marley Markbn Menominee and 1 more member Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21738

Re: OLDER FOLK PORTFOLIO ... UPDATED 02/03/23 Portfolio Balance: $6,290,281 Annual Income: $305,666 Portfolio Yield: 4.86% Dividend Growth 5 Years: 3.5% Holdings: 97 Beta: 0.63 INCOME GROWTH 2017 - $91,556.12 2018 - $132,548.54 .. +44.7% 2019 - $174,588.90 .. +31.7% 2020 - $213,374.56 .. +22.2% 2021 - $257,279.04 .. +20.5% 2022 - $311,139.14 .. +20.9% 2023 YTD - $30,474.81 ---------------------------------------------- TOP 10 HOLDINGS: O .. XEL .. PG .. UTG .. SRE .. SO .. DUK .. GPC .. PEP .. KMB. --------------------------------------------- HOLDINGS: CD's 367612AE8 Gateway First Bank CD .............. 4.60% .. 08/16/23 .. $5,000 61690UU57 Morgan Stanley Bank CD ........... 4.25% .. 05/03/23 .. $20,000 66476QDB1 Northern Bank CD ...................... 4.45% .. 08/15/23 .. $5,000 800364EN7 Sandy Spring Bank CD ............... 4.50%.. 05/16/23 .. $5,000 90421MEJ8 Umpqua Bank Rosewood .. CD .. 4.15% .. 02/17/23 .. $10,000 9497633F1 Wells Fargo Bank CD ................... 4.25% .. 05/04/23 .. $5,000 -------------------------------------------- EQUITY SECTOR BREAKDOWN: Utilities - 25% Consumer Staples - 19% Financials - 15% Real Estate - 10% Consumer Discretionary - 9% Healthcare - 8% Industrials - 6% Communications - 4% Information Technology - 2% Energy - 1% Materials - <1% ------------------------------------------ UTILITIES: Symbol ..... Value ..... % Port. ..... YLD ..... Income XEL ...... $154,855 ..... 3.1% ..... 2.87% ... $4,442 SRE ..... $152,158 ..... 3.0% ..... 2.94% ... $4,470 SO ....... $151.662 ..... 3.0% ..... 4.04% ... $6,132 DUK ..... $139,589 ..... 2.8% ..... 4.00% ... $5,579 NEE ..... $131,690 ..... 2.6% ..... 2.28% ... $2,998 WEC .... $122,283 ..... 2.4% ..... 3.33% ... $4,077 AEP ..... $84,726 ....... 1.7% ..... 3.60% ... $3,053 BIPC .... $74,544 ....... 1.5% ..... 3.51% ... $2,617 LNT ..... $67,655 ........ 1.4% ..... 3.39% ... $2,295 D ......... $60,476 ........ 1.2% ..... 4.43% ... $2,679 CNP .... $50,590 ........ 1.0% ..... 2.60% ... $1,316 AQN .... $35,545 ........ 0.7% .... 5.90% ... $2,095 BEP .... $33,794 ......... 0.7% .... 4.82% ... $1,628 CONSUMER STAPLES: PG ....... $154,667 ...... 3.1% ..... 2.56% ... $3,962 PEP ..... $136,652 ...... 2.7% ..... 2.72% ... $3,716 KMB .... $132,175 ...... 2.6% ..... 3.60% ... $4,752 KO ....... $127,548 ...... 2.6% ..... 2.94% ... $3,752 MO ...... $111,259 ....... 2.2% ..... 8.02% ... $8,917 GIS ...... $91,515 ........ 1.8% ..... 2.86% ... $2,618 UL ........ $78,761 ........ 1.6% ..... 3.52% ... $2,772 SJM ..... $52,601 ........ 1.1% ..... 2.72% ... $1,431 BTI ...... $42,350 ......... 0.8% ..... 7.50% ... $3,178 MDLZ .. $31,165 ........ 0.6% ..... 2.34% ... $728 FINANCIALS: TD ......... $122,861 ..... 2.5% ..... 4.15% ... $5,094 BMO ..... $99,032 ........ 2.0% .... 4.23% ... $4,190 PRU ...... $79,284 ....... 1.6% ..... 4.71% ... $3,736 ARCC ... $64,278 ....... 1.3% ..... 9.75% ... $6,267 RY ........ $61,635 ........ 1.2% .... 3.77% ... $2,323 ORCC .. $60,795 ........ 1.2% .... 9.95% ... $6,051 CM ....... $59,191 ........ 1.2% .... 5.48% ... $3,246 BX ........ $51,092 ........ 1.0% .... 4.53% ... $2,314 ORI ...... $47,006 ........ 0.9% .... 3.50% ... $1,645 HTGC .. $44,743 ........ 0.9% .... 9.76% ... $4,365 MS ....... $42,662 ........ 0.9% .... 3.12% ... $1,330 ARES .. $40,156 ........ 0.8% ..... 2.87% ... $1,152 REAL ESTATE: O ......... $158,171 ...... 3.2% .... 4.41% ... $6,978 WPC ... $112,852 ....... 2.3% .... 5.08% ... $5,738 VICI .... $65,389 ......... 1.3% .... 4.52% ... $2,955 ADC .... $51,431 ........ 1.0% .... 4.52% ... $1,999 CCI ..... $46,196 ......... 0.9% ... 4.29% ... $1,981 NTST .. $45,887 ......... 0.9% ... 3.94% ... $1,806 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: GPC ..... $137,258 .... 2.7% .... 2.13% ... $2,919 HD ........ $119,009 .... 2.4% .... 2.29% ... $2,728 TGT ...... $86,511 ...... 1.7% .... 2.44% ... $2,114 LEG ...... $54,552 ...... 1.1% .... 4.73% ... $2,578 TSCO ... $35,496 ...... 0.7% .... 1.61% ... $571 HEALTHCARE: ABBV .... $124,248 ... 2.5% .... 4.08% ... $5,065 AMGN ... $96,597 ..... 1.9% .... 3.48% ... $3,356 JNJ ........ $72,562 ..... 1.5% .... 2.75% ... $1,992 ABT ....... $72,511 ...... 1.5% ... 1.82% ... $1,323 CVS ....... $40,515 ..... 0.8% .... 2.82% ... $1,143 INDUSTRIALS: LMT ...... $121,294 .... 2.4% .... 2.61% ... $3,170 PH ........ $43,678 ...... 0.9% .... 1.52% ... $663 GD ........ $40,269 ..... 0.8% ..... 2.18% ... $876 CMI ....... $33,981 ..... 0.7% ..... 2.45% ... $833 FDX ...... $32,523 ..... 0.7% ..... 2.14% ... $696 UNP ...... $18,315 ..... 0.4% ..... 2.47% ... $452 COMMUNICATIONS: VZ ........ $99,587 .... 2.0% ..... 6.29% ... $6,261 TU ........ $58,537 .... 1.2% .... 4.79% ... $2,801 T .......... $55,207 ..... 1.1% .... 5.60% ... $3,090 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: AVGO .. $61,555 .... 1.2% .... 3.08% ... $1,895 TXN ..... $33,570 .... 0.7% .... 2.72% ... $913 ENERGY: ENB ..... $55,922 .... 1.1% .... 6.44% ... $3,601 MATERIALS: APD ..... $35,193 .... 0.7% .... 2.46% ... $864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CEF's and ETF's: Symbol ..... Value ..... Yield ..... Income UTG ...... $152,555 ... 7.63% ... $11,636 BUI ........ $68,366 .... 6.54% ... $4,471 RFI ........ $62,342 .... 7.00% .... $4,365 AIO ....... $60,612 ... 10.21% ... $6,188 UTF ...... $58,641 .... 7.39% .... $4,333 PTY ...... $56,819 .... 9.95% .... $5,652 DNP ..... $51,431 .... 6.83% .... $3,515 BMEZ ... $47,755 ... 10.24% ... $4,890 JEPI ..... $45,095 .... 11.75% ... $5,297 BME ..... $44,941 .... 5.91% .... $2,655 XYLD ... $44,533 ... 12.71% .... $5,692 RYLD ... $44,012 ... 12.91% ... $5,683 ETO ..... $43,427 .... 7.31% .... $3,094 ARDC .. $41,489 ... 10.10% ... $4,191 QYLD .. $39,711 .... 12.71% ... $5,048 IDE ...... $38,713 .... 9.15% ..... $3,524 BDJ ..... $38,569 .... 7.28% ..... $2,808 SPE ..... $37,739 .... 8.79% .... $3,318 TYG ..... $34,510 .... 8.51% .... $2,937 EVT ..... $34,138 .... 7.26% ..... $2,476 BSTZ ... $31,506 ... 12.29% ... $3,873 EXD .... $30,429 .... 8.72% .... $2,654 CII ....... $26,514 .... 6.39% .... $1,693 IGA ..... $22,297 .... 8.75% ..... $1,950 NIE ..... $22,265 .... 9.77% ..... $2,175 BGY ... $20,200 .... 7.40% ..... $1,495 ETW ... $16,759 .... 8.54% .... $1,430 ETY .... $15,431 .... 8.17% .... $1,260 EOS ... $14,948 .... 7.90% .... $1,181 EOI .... $14,272 .... 8.21% ..... $1,172 BST ... $12,879 .... 9.06% ..... $1,166 ETV .... $9,980 ..... 8.68% ..... $866 ASG ... $7,592 ..... 8.39% ..... $637 ------------------------------------------------ YTD DIVIDEND INCREASES: APD raised by 8.0% BIPC raised by 6.3% LNT raised by 5.8% BEP raised by 5.5% ARDC raised by 4.9% KMB raised by 1.7% AQN decreased by 40% SPE decreased by 21%