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Summary

• (^) Total Trades: 84 • (^) ROI: 12.34% (as of 03DEC2024) • (^) Portfolio Market Value:

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Best Performing Trades (COST) Costco Wholesale

• (^) 20 Long-Call Options bought:
  • (^) Strike: $875 & $
  • (^) Over 140% return
  • (^) Bought due to oncoming holiday

season and macro inflationary

economy, COST is well known to being

resistant to inflationary trends.

(AMZN) Amazon

• (^) Bought at 1,000 shares at $189.
  • (^) Investment increased 12.41%
  • (^) Purchased due to AMZN’s value as a

trillion-dollar company and the

approaching holiday shopping season.

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Worst Performing Trades (MSBHF) Mitsubishi Corporation

• (^) Purchased 6500 shares with an average price of $18.
• (^) Sold with a ($4,198.75) loss
  • (^) Bought with a long hold in mind

however to to the lowering value and

short time frame of the project it was

sold at a loss.

(TGT) Target

• (^) 10 Long-Call Options bought:
  • (^) Strike: $
  • (^) Sustained loss of ($11,040)
  • (^) Bought due to oncoming holiday

season which spurs increased sales

meaning TGT has a good chance of

exceeding $150 at the time.

Short Sales COMPANIES

• (BA) BOEING CO
• (SMCI) SUPER MICROCOMPUTERS INC PROFITS $2, $5, 0 1 / 0 8 / 2 0 2 5 S H O R T S A L E S (^7)

These short sales were made

with little research breaking

news of listed companies. All

short trades where covered

withing a week's time.

Mutual Funds

1. (FMMFX) American Funds Mortgage Fund - American Funds Mort
2. (FSUGX) American Funds Income Series - The American Funds I
3. (CIPMX) Champlain Mid Cap Fund
4. (TRBCX) T ROWE PRICE FD
5. (VFIAX) VANGUARD 500 INDEX FD

The five mutual funds listed were given

equal weight of ~$10,000. They were

all selected using Morning Stars

reviews and ranking system. Each fund

as 3 star or above.

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CEFs

1. (FFC) Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Inc
2. (TEAF) Ecofin Sustainable & Social Impact Term Fund
3. (PDI) PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund
4. (FAX) Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund Inc
5. (MUI) BlackRock Municipal Income Fund Inc

These Equities were purchased to

diversify the portfolio in different

types of securities such as Munis,

Treasuries, etc.

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0 1 / 0 8 / 2 0 2 5 E X C H A N G E - T R A D E D F U N D S 11

ETFs

1. (VOO) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
2. (SPY) S&P 500 ETF TRUST ETF
3. (VEA) Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
4. (MUB) iShares National Muni Bond ETF
5. (QQQ) Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1

These ETFs were intended to expose the

portfolio to other markets and to create a

stable platform as the portfolio was

managed into riskier growth securities

while supporting the diversity goal of the

CEFs.