The Hawking is an “Income” portfolio based on the income generated from Closed-End-Funds (CEFs). Current holdings look like this:

The Hawking Portfolio is a Buy-and-Hold “Income” Portfolio built from Closed-End-Funds (CEFs) paying high yields (>8%) and, generally, selling at a discount (at least at the time of purchase). The composition of the current portfolio looks like this: with performance over the past 2 years looking like this: i.e. returns have stayed consistently ahead of […]

The Hawking Portfolio is an “Income” portfolio built from Closed-End-Funds (CEFs). As such, it requires very little management, other than to re-invest any dividends paid, except for occasional reviews to check on current yields (min 8% target) and discount/premium to Net Asset Value (NAV). The Portfolio is currently holding 25 CEFs with an estimated annual […]

The Hawking Portfolio is, essentially, a Buy-And-Hold Portfolio designed to generate Income from investments in Closed End Funds (CEFs). This class of Funds were hit quite hard over the past month: although the dividends generated by the Funds is still keeping portfolio returns ahead of the benchmark AOR Fund. Being an Income Fund the only […]

The Hawking Portfolio is essentially a Buy-And-Hold “Income” Portfolio built from Closed-End-Funds. Normally. the only actions required are to re-invest dividends into the Funds so as to maximize the benefits of compounding. At present, the composition of the portfolio looks like this: I know this type of portfolio is out of favor with Lowell at […]

The Hawking Portfolio continues to outperform the AOR benchmark Fund over the long term despite giving back a lot of it’s lead from the February highs: We are still trying to recover from the ~25% Draw-Down experienced in 2022. Current holdings look like this (apologies for the lack of Descriptive names – but Yahoo is […]

The Hawking Portfolio is an “Income” portfolio built from Closed-End-Funds (CEFs) with distribution yields in excess of 8%. The portfolio needs very little maintenance other than to re-invest dividends so as to optimize geometric returns. Current holdings in the portfolio look like this: that has produced the following performance to date: i.e. it has generated […]

The Hawking Portfolio is a “Buy-and Hold” Income generating portfolio built using Closed End Funds (CEFs) with high distributions. Usually, the only action required is to re-invest the dividends received so as to promote geometric growth. Current Holdings look like this: with performance like this: Over this ~30 month period, the Hawking Portfolio has outperformed […]