Sometimes the best way to understand strategy isn’t theory—it’s transparency. That’s why we’re doing a full “What’s in the Bag” portfolio reveal—our own ticker parade.

We walk you through both the retirement portfolio and the van-life portfolio, breaking down not just the dividend payers and high-yield income machines we’re known for, but also the growth stocks we rarely talk about. From steady cash-flow REITs and BDCs to experimental weekly payers and stealth growth plays like NVDA and CMG, this sets the stage for next week’s Q2 dividend earnings recap. Think of it as the context before the numbers drop—because what we hold today determines how we’ll profit tomorrow.

Retirement Account

Growth Stocks

ASTS: Space stock/satellite. I believe this will be a huge trend the next few years

CGNX: Robotics. I believe this is a huge untapped section of AI and technology

CIVI: Oil exploration/transportation. Extremely undervalued good energy company.

CMG: Chipotle. Super undervalued.

PLTR: Palentir. Just riding the wave.

RXRX: AI Medicine. IMO the next wave of medicine will come from the merger of AI and pharma (EXAI was bought by this company)

SBSW: Mining/Precious Metals. Just riding the wave, was super undervalued when we got into it.

SOFI: Banking. IMO the younger generations want an all encompassing online marketplace for finance.

STM: Space. Same as ASTS

SWKS: Chip stock. Super undervalued

Dividend Growers

ADM: Agriculture. 51 year dividend growth streak

ARCC: Bank/Lending. Largest BDC by AUM

BKH: Utility. 55 year dividend growth streak

BMY: Pharma. 16 year dividend growth streak

BTI: Tobacco overvalued so we have taken our initial investment out so all profits growing and compounding moving forward

EPD: Oil and Natural Gas Midstream. 26 year dividend growth streak

ES: Utility. 25 year dividend growth streak

IIPR: Pot REIT. 8 year dividend growth streak. While I do think a dividend cut is likely, marajuana is a section of the market I expect to explode with more policies being implemented that de-criminalize its use.

LYB: Plastics/Chemicals. 15 year dividend growth streak

MMM: Industrial Goods. Overvalued IMO so we have taken our initial investment out and like BTI profits are growing and compounding moving forward

OZK: Banking. 26 year dividend growth streak

PEP: Cola/Pop. 53 year dividend growth streak

TGT: Consumer Goods store. 54 year dividend growth streak. This is a new position that I hope to add to with the price being depressed as much as it is. Super under valued

UPS: Delivery. 16 year dividend growth streak. Just like TGT adding to the position as long as the price is depressed. Super undervalued

VZ: Communications. 21 year dividend growth streak. Might be the next one that I pull out the initial investment as it is getting high in price, BUT the numbers suggest continued growth.

REITs

LTC: Medical. According to multiple sources 10,000 boomers retire each day. Medical costs are one of, if not the biggest, expenses these boomers will incur moving forward.

STWD: REIT conglomerate of hotels, single family, mortgage loans etc. The valuation of this one at the time we got into it was why we got into it. It is a reliable steady REIT, which is kind of rare.

BDCs

ABR:  Mortgage REIT lender. One of the best, in fact if you’re starting a portfolio many times I have said you should have this one in your starter portfolio. Now it did just trim it’s dividend to $0.30. But the fundamentals are still good.

HTGC: Technology and life sciences lender. IMO the best investment we have made.

TRIN: Technology and life sciences lender. IMO the second best investment we have made.

ETFs

AIPI: AI focused fund. AI is in the beginning of a decade or two decade explosive growth period.

JEPQ: NASDAQ covered call fund. IMO the best ETF for income and NASDAQ exposure out there.

LFGY: Crypto industry and technology fund. IMO we are just in the early stages of mass crypto adoption. We are finally seeing “big money” players dumping massive resources into this area.

NLR: Nuclear. As long as AI power needs are not met, nuclear power will continue to pop off.

NVDY: NVidia synthetic options fund. Steady income each month.

THTA: Treasuries and credit spread options. I do like this, at the current price, as a place to dump your dry powder while you’re waiting for buy windows for other investments.

XYLD: S&P 500 covered call fund. IMO the best ETF for income and S&P exposure.

YMAX: YieldMax fund of funds. As an income generator, which this and all YieldMax ETFs should be used for, this is really good as they rebalance each month.

YYY: CEF fund of fund index. Slow and steady wins the race and this ETF has been slow and steady with the income we get. $0.12 each month and very little price depreciation.

CEFs

NAD: Muni bond fund. Tax-exempt steady fund

NBXG: Next generation mobile network connectivity and technology fund. IMO the third best investment we have made.

NZF: Muni bond fund. Tax-exempt steady fund.

Other

AFG: Insurance. Double-edged sword more and more money is going into insurance each year, BUT more and more claims are paid out each year.

AUST: Gold miner. Just a flyer that has generated around 40% return thus far.

BSM: Oil and natural gas minerals royalties. My dabbling in the area of royalties

QVCGP: TV shopping network preferred. HUGE whoopsie

SBLK: Dry bulk shipping stock. Wanted exposure to shipping stocks

TRMD: Refined and dirty petroleum transportation. Like SBLK I wanted exposure to shipping stocks.

UAN: Nitrogen fertilizer. Humans will always use fertilizer so we needed exposure to that

VALE: Metals and mining. Just a shot in the dark at an undervalued metals and mining stock

Bonds

MO Bond: 

Mylan Bond:

Nine Energy Bond:

Van Life Portfolio

Income ETFs

AAPW: Roundhill Apple Weekly Payer. Apple is not going anywhere anytime soon, so might as well make some cash from them.

AIPI: Already discussed

AMZY: Amazon YieldMax. Amazon is here to stay so we might as well make some cash from them as well.

CONY: Coinbase YieldMax. 2025-2026 should be very big for Coinbase

FEPI: Already discussed

FIAT: Coinbase Short YieldMax. Cause just in case why not

LFGY: Already discussed

MSTY: Microstrategy YieldMax. BTC, BTC, BTC

NVDW: Roundhill Nvidia weekly payer. Used NVDY to seed and continue to add to this with every NVDY dividend.

NVDY: NVDA YieldMax. If anyone thinks Nvidia is going anywhere, they smoke crack

PLTW: Roundhill Palantir Weekly Payer. If you missed the boat on PLTR, we tried to tell you. 

USOY: Weekly Oil Payer. USO which does not correlate to oil prices is the underlying stock here. But it is still a weekly payer with exposure to oil.

WNTR: Microstrategy Short YieldMax. Again cause just in case why not.

YBTC: Roundhill Bitcoin Covered Call. Again BTC BTC BTC

YMAX: YieldMax fund of fund. Already discussed

Other ETFs

JEPQ: Already discussed

NBXG: Already discussed

QQQI: NEOS NASDAQ Covered Call. Using dividends from the cash payers to seed this investment. A lot like JEPQ

RYLD: Global X Russell Covered Call. Small caps need friends too.

THTA: Already discussed

Dividend Stocks

AB: Investment management company with AUM of $829 billion. Unlike a BDC which lends money out, AB invests money for clients such as government, estates, banks, pensions etc.

ABR: Already Discussed

AGNC: IMO this mREIT is undervalued. mREITs should have good times ahead when interest rates are cut

ARLP: COAL, which contrary to what everyone thinks, isn’t going anywhere. ARLP is one of my favorite holdings, because it goes against the grain.

BME: CEF that holds some of the biggest healthcare companies. If you’re new, I’m very big on anything to do with a rapidly aging population.

BSM: Already Discussed

CIVI: Already Discussed

CWH: UMMM moving on. Undervalued rv and camping products company. This bitch has been a thorn in the side of our successful investing portfolio.

FSK: BDC that almost no one has heard of. It’s no HTGC or TRIN, but it is very well run. Worth a look for those that need BDC exposure in their portfolio.

HTGC: Already Discussed

IEP: Industrial Conglomerate that has its hands in just about everything. Energy, automotive, food packaging, home fashion, real estate ETC. IMO severely undervalued, hence why we’re still in it. I BELIEVE.

IIPR: Already Discussed

KRP: A small cap interest and royalty company that almost no one has heard of. 

MO: Smokers going smoke smoke smoke (sorry for the Taylor Swift parody)

MPW: Healthcare REIT that has had, shall we say, a few rough quarters. I see the potential here. And the strategic vision being implemented. Sadly, not sure how long it will take to get back to where it should be.

QVCGP: Already Discussed

RWAY: BDC that invests in life sciences, technology, IT and health care. All areas which, if invested properly, can be very lucrative.

SPMC: A new BDC, which to be honest is really a flyer. Fingers crossed on the intuitive guesswork here.

SRV: CEF that holds the best MLPs on the market. Really like this one.

TRIN: Already Discussed

UAN: Already Discussed

UPS: Already Discussed

Growth Stocks

AUR: Autonomous vehicles. If I’m being honest, could care very little what this stock does, but how COOL is it that we live in a world where self-driving cars are here?

CMG: Already Discussed

HAFN: An international oil tanker business that I know no one has heard of.

INTC: Intel is making a comeback, as all good 80s and 90s things do.

NVDA: I really shouldn’t have say anything.

OPRA: A Norwegian web browser company that few people know about, but millions already use.

RXRX: Already Discussed

SOFI: Already Discussed

WULF: Bitcoin mining and mining power company.