Nice returns Ray.
In no particular order...
BMY
MRK
PFE
WELL
LHX
LMT
MET
NEE
AEP
XEL
This will change the first few months of the year. I intend some new top tens by brute force new investment.
I'd like to forget this year. I didn't own anything crazy speculative, but I got steamrolled in FEB-MAR anyway. I couldn't have had a worse selection of pandemic stocks. Owned virtually nothing most would consider a stay at home stock. Owned most everything sure to get crushed (oil, restaurants, commercial air, amusement park, lumber, basic materials). I rode a lot of them most of the way back. A few I dumped because they aren't coming back for years. I did what I thought best to recover. I'm up but I didn't beat any index. Well maybe XLE lol. Here are some round numbers, because I'd love to relive the nightmare lol.
JAN-MAR Down about 30% overall port. That sounds normal except I was at least 30% cash. For the year I am up about 20% including dividends but mostly option income tricks. The DGI bucket is still down 5%+ YOY due to aforementioned reasons. Flipped some stocks off the market low. Made money off the bottom and holding them would have worked out a lot better, but it was a small % or port. At least I am up for the year.
Here's hoping 2021 is better. I need a better top 10, more exposure to tech on a dip, and the option income will remain a core strategy as it is less risky than buy and hold when the bull takes a longer rest. That matters to me so close to full retirement.