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401 Advisor

Founder,Financial Services,401 Advisor

  • Education University of Rochester
  • Qualifications BA Economics
  • Investment Experience 20+ years - Winner of the 2008 Charles H. Dow award
  • Founded 1993

Dividend and Income Plus

The Dividend and Income Plus portfolio attempts to provide investors with stable value while seeking a target yield of 8%. Bill attempts to buy high-yielding securities that his research suggests have the financial ability to maintain and possibly raise dividends. He keeps as much as 20% of the portfolio liquid for hedging purposes to maintain principal.
Bill strives to provide stable value while potentially generating a high yield. He typically invest 80% in domestic securities (U.S. stocks, preferred stocks, ETFs, also know as Exchange Traded Funds), and 20% in cash or a U.S. Index fund ETFs for principal stability. His goal is to manage downside risk, reduce volatility, and sustain capital appreciation. He invests in dividend stocks in an effort to protect investments and reinvests dividends to avoid share erosion through ill-timed distributions at market lows.
Bill conducts fundamental research using financial statements and other publicly available information. He first performs a top-down overview to assess future dividend prospects and employ award-winning proprietary technical analysis to determine a long, short, or neutral position. He attempts to maximize the effectiveness of hedges by identifying the most appropriate sector based on correlation to the overall model.
The portfolio typically holds a minimum of 10 income-producing securities, plus one or two additional market long or short positions. Holdings tend to increase as individual securities are added and decrease as more ETFs are selected.
Bill emphasizes income generation rather than market return, including low priced securities with stable dividends, and reevaluate those that reduce or suspend dividends. He attempts to hedge against market losses by purchasing short or leveraged-short ETFs in the sector, making it possible to collect dividends while potentially minimizing or reversing portfolio risk.
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Risk score

3
12.4%

Best 30 days

-11.9%

Worst 30 days

Performance

  • -1.9%
    30 day
  • 1.5%
    90 day
  • 7.9%
    365 day
Monthly vs S&P500
401 advisor - dividend and income plus
-15.7% 12 months
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Replicability

100.0%
  • Replicable

Top 5 Holdings View all

17.8%
12.1%
10.6%
10.3%
9.6%

Model commentary

  1. Reviewing our high dividend stock portfolio

    14 April 2013

    A modest P/E ratio combined with high yield has the potential to offer both a defensive position in a market correction and capital appreciation.

  2. Has 'sell in May' arrived early this year? 9 April 2013
  3. Bill DeShurko's investing right now: "We've got one foot very near the door" 4 April 2013
  4. Is the market now topping? Here's my tell. 10 March 2013
  5. This chart could be flashing a big warning sign 12 February 2013

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Performance detail

  • Manager
  • S&P 500
30D 90D 365D SI

Performance

Inception March 04, 2010
as of June 18, 2013 Manager S&P 500 Average Subscriber
Past 30 days -1.9% -0.9% -2.0%
Past 90 days 1.5% 6.0% 1.2%
Past 365 days 7.9% 22.8% 6.5%
Since Inception (Annualized) 11.5% 12.4% -
2013 (YTD) 5.9% 15.8% 5.4%
2012 7.6% 13.4% 4.8%
2011 4.7% -0.0% -

Risk Metrics

Last 365 days
as of June 18, 2013 Manager S&P 500
Best 30 days 7.4% 8.2%
Worst 30 days -6.3% -7.0%
Volatility 9.1% 12.4%
Sharpe Ratio 0.85 1.83
Sortino Ratio 1.17 2.74
Maximum Drawdown -6.8% -7.7%
Value-at-risk (95%, 1 week) -2.1% -2.9%
vs. S&P 500
Information Ratio -1.91
Alpha -4.2%
Beta 0.57
R-Squared 0.60
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Latest transactions view all

Average trades per month 2.1
Executed Symbol Security Replicable Type Price
05/23/13 EMR Emerson Electric Co Yes Buy $57.28
05/13/13 NLY Annaly Capital Management Inc Yes Sell $14.61
04/03/13 MCD McDonald's Corp Yes Sell $99.50
01/14/13 INTC Intel Corp Yes Buy $21.90
01/07/13 ESP ESPEY MFG & ELECTRONICS CORP   Sell $24.46
11/27/12 MCD McDonald's Corp Yes Buy $86.06
11/27/12 BKLN POWERSHARES SENIOR LOAN Yes Buy $24.66
11/14/12 JNK SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF Yes Sell $39.88


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9. Top Replicable Holdings: These securities are currently held in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable Holdings" currently pass Covestor's trading rules, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription holdings may vary.

10. Latest Transactions: These transactions were executed in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable" () passed Covestor's trading rules and were eligible for replication at the time of execution, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription trade activity may vary.

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