My 4% Dividend Yield Portfolio: Q4'18 Summary And Plans For The Coming Months

The recent quarter was a pretty crazy one in the Equity markets. The high level of volatility that we faced during the months of Feb-April returned with a huge selloff which no one can tell when it would end.
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There are many explanations that were highlighted to explain this huge selloff. Political instability, global economy coolness, trade wars, inflation, disconnection between the Fed and Main Street, Commodity prices and in particular Oil prices collapse. All could be very much valid and the combination of it all could raise the anxiety which led the S&P500 to dive from ~2,900 points to ~2,400 points in less than a quarter.
Investors should remember that these things happen from time to time. And during these times of red screens every bad news is interpreted as a disaster.
Assuming that there is some rational out there, and any crisis is controlled to some degree by the players there are good chances that towards H1’19 there would be some deal (either good or bad) with China, the Brexit would come to some type of a resolution, the FED would be able to take his two hikes later than sooner, or even in 2020 (we’ve seen it before) and Oil price could rise up again due to lower supply and higher demand and quickly drive the Energy sector upwards.
At this point my main focus are opportunities in the Energy sector. Not necessarily the big mammoths, like Exxon Mobil (XOM) but Close End Funds that pay handsome dividends and that were bitten down... Read more