You Must Be Crazy! (YMBC) -A Small Cap Value, High Yield Portfolio - Q3 2016 Review

Since you have many attachments, you are only a little crazy. This is not crazy enough. You must become completely crazy before you can begin to understand.
- Seungsahn
The YMBC (You Must Be Crazy) High Yield Portfolio utilizes primarily UBS leveraged 2x ETNs and sector ETFs in order to formulate an easily managed, very high yield portfolio. It typically only does one transaction per quarter, re-investing dividends. The 2014 annual review article, includes an explanation of the goals, characteristics, and a risk analysis of the YMBC portfolio.
The YMBCi (You Must Be a Crazy - individual) Portfolio on the other hand primarily utilizes non-leveraged individual equity positions and usually has many more trades each quarter. It thus requires much more research and effort than the YMBC portfolio. That however does not mean it is the better portfolio. YMBCi represents how I have historically managed most of my assets. YMBC represents an alternative that I hope will allow me to generate similar returns with much less effort. The 2015 annual review article introduces the YMBC(i) portfolio and contains more information regarding risk and the downdraft experienced by pass-through securities during that year.
For this quarterly update to the two portfolio's it is assumed the reader is already familiar with the general goals and characteristics of these portfolios, and has a basic understanding of the inherent risk involved with these largely small-cap, high-yield positions.... Read more