Since my last review of the Hawking Portfolio I have added positions in ACRE (Real Estate) and FSK (Business Development Organizations). Both were “falling knives” that I tried to catch, sometimes unsuccessfully (ACRES – that I will say a little more about in my review of the Dirac Portfolio later today or tomorrow) and more […]

I have held off my review of the Hawking portfolio so as to log the month-end distributions for February. This Portfolio needs very little attention since it is essentially a “Buy and Hold” portfolio built on the purchase of high yield Closed-End Funds (CEFs) for income generation. The portfolio currently holds twenty-five (25) positions to […]

The Hawking Portfolio is another portfolio that I haven’t reviewed for some time (4 months) – so it’s about time for an update. The Hawking is essentially a Buy-And-Hold portfolio built from Closed-End-Funds (CEFs) that doesn’t require much attention other than to re-invest dividends every month. Current holdings look like this: and performance, over the […]

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 […]

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 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 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 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 […]