11.1% Yielding Portfolio With Good Coverage And Decent Growth Prospects

At the end of every month I publish a Cash Flow Kingdom 'CFK' Synopsis article which reviews the month, current Best Opportunities (includes both growth and income), updates the CFK Income Portfolio and takes care of some housekeeping chores (upcoming calendar, YTD realized gains and losses disclosure, etc.). Normally this Synopsis article is not released to the public. However, with CFK members' acquiescence, a suitable delay, and a few edits, I thought I'd do this one time. If it's well received, I may provide it to Seeking Alpha readers for free once per year.
CFK Year End Review:
Q4 was a lousy quarter for the market. Between September 24th and December 24th the S&P 500 dropped 20% while the Russell 2000 dropped 26%. While this was official bear market territory, I suggested investors not worry about it too much publishing, "Fear in the Streets: Ignore it, Go Play with the Kids", on the 24th.
For various reasons-- a few days off, a chance to calm down and gain perspective over the holidays, Chairman Powell doing an about face on interest rate increases, good early indicators coming in for Christmas sales, a strong jobs reports, etc.-- we've seen a pretty nice recovery since then. From the December 24th through yesterday (1/4/2019) the Russell 2000 has rebounded almost 8% and the S&P 500 6.4%. We are off to a very strong start for 2019. With some additional trade deal help from Chairman Xi and President Trump, I think we can see... Read more