I bought more QQQI 0.00%↑ on this huge up day in the markets in the SP 500 because of the long-dated debt buybacks by the treasury. The reason I bought more QQQI 0.00%↑ is to bring it up to par in my ETF portfolio with the other two ETFs and to increase my yearly dividend yield.
Those who follow me know that my initial goal is to reach around $12k a year in dividends to fund my individual stock purchases and then build from there in a virtuous cycle of buying growth stocks, trimming and funding more dividend yield over the longer term.
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My holdings are as shown as of Aug 19th 2026 and you can see that the cyclical plays are the big winners today with AMR 0.00%↑ and HCC 0.00%↑ doing incredible. Even CELH 0.00%↑ is going up today with a strong move. I chose to add to QQQI 0.00%↑ a bit more as you can see the weighting of the 3 ETFs is a little off and it is my lowest weight in the entire portfolio.
Anyways let me know your thoughts on this bar-bell portfolio, the ETFs, and anything else you want to know from me!