Portfolio Read & Learning Tool — Macarena Garcia

Every holding bucketed against George Antone's PLEX three-bucket method (Fynanc Academy), compared to the ideal, with the selection guardrails and honest limits. A teaching demo by The Property Joes Group.
What this is. From the shared portfolio link we read a portfolio already sorted by its author into Bedrock-Core / Cashflow-Engine — so the lesson is whether that bucketing holds up against George's <b>actual</b> PLEX criteria. The engine sorts every position into George Antone's three buckets — Bedrock (stability), Cash Flow (the yield engine), Hedge (insurance) — checks the mix against the method, and is honest about what a holdings-only view can and cannot see.

At a glance

15holdings65 / 35filed Bedrock/Cashflow16.9%weighted yieldpre-bucketedby author20.4%weighted yield (live)

1 · The method — George Antone's three buckets (Fynanc Academy)

BucketTargetJobSelection criteria (priority order)
Bedrock65%Stability first. Low drawdown, low correlation, low maintenance. Yield is bonus, not goal.price stability · max drawdown · market correlation · maintenance requirement · yield
Cash Flow34%High yield engine. Accept NAV erosion and higher volatility for income generation.yield · dividend reliability · spread
Hedge1%Portfolio insurance. Moves opposite direction. Asymmetric bets. Tiny allocation.negative correlation · asymmetric payoff

Source: Fynanc Academy PLEX strategy (George Antone). Principle: stability first — Bedrock is the base, the yield engine sits on top, the hedge is a tiny asymmetric insurance sleeve.

2 · Every holding, bucketed

TickerFundTypeWtFiled asPLEX criteria say
AMLPEnergy Infrastructure / MLPsEnergy Infrastructure / MLPs · 7.5% yld6%Bedrock CoreBedrock
SRLNSenior Secured LoansSenior Secured Loans · 8.2% yld6%Bedrock CoreBedrock
HIGHFixed Income / BondsFixed Income / Bonds · 9.5% yld5%Bedrock CoreBedrock
JAAAAsset-Backed / AAA CLOAsset-Backed / AAA CLO · 6.5% yld5%Bedrock CoreBedrock
SCHDUS Equity Dividend GrowthUS Equity Dividend Growth · 3.5% yld5%Bedrock CoreBedrock
PDIFixed Income / Mortgages CEFFixed Income / Mortgages CEF · 14.2% yld12%Bedrock CoreCash Flow ⚠️
BIZDPrivate Credit / BDC basketPrivate Credit / BDC basket · 11.5% yld10%Bedrock CoreCash Flow ⚠️
QDTEBroad-market 0DTE optionsBroad-market 0DTE options · 35.0% yld10%Cashflow EngineCash Flow
JEPQNasdaq covered-call incomeNasdaq covered-call income · 10.5% yld8%Bedrock CoreCash Flow ⚠️
SPYIS&P 500 covered-call incomeS&P 500 covered-call income · 11.6% yld8%Bedrock CoreCash Flow ⚠️
SVOLVolatility premium / VIXVolatility premium / VIX · 21.0% yld7%Cashflow EngineCash Flow
QQQINasdaq options incomeNasdaq options income · 14.0% yld6%Cashflow EngineCash Flow
CLMMulti-asset equity CEFMulti-asset equity CEF · 18.3% yld5%Cashflow EngineCash Flow
YMAGMag-7 options incomeMag-7 options income · 45.0% yld4%Cashflow EngineHedge ⚠️
NVDYSingle-stock (NVDA) optionsSingle-stock (NVDA) options · 60.0% yld3%Cashflow EngineHedge ⚠️

This portfolio came pre-bucketed, so §2 doubles as a scorecard: Filed as vs what the PLEX criteria say. ⚠️ marks a disagreement.

Buckets assigned by fund type/strategy against the PLEX criteria above.

3 · This portfolio vs the method — the gap

As built:

Bedrock 27%Cash Flow 66%7%

Bedrock 27% (5) · Cash Flow 66% (8) · Hedge 7% (2)

PLEX target:

Bedrock 65%Cash Flow 34%

Bedrock 65% · Cash Flow 34% · Hedge 1%

The read — do the buckets hold up? The author aimed for the PLEX 65/35 and the shape is sensible. But re-scored against George's actual criteria, several holdings land in a different bucket — so the real structural split is 27% / 66% / 7%, not 65/35/0: Net: a solid first draft, but it over-counts "Bedrock" — high-yield credit, a BDC basket, and equity-options-income ETFs carry full market correlation/volatility, which is the opposite of what Bedrock screens for — and buries true Hedge-tier single-stock option funds inside Cash Flow. Close the gap by re-tagging those and adding an explicit small Hedge sleeve.

4 · The selection guardrails — how a holding earns "Bedrock"

Source: Fynanc Academy — PLEX Community Call, "Bedrock Debt-Based Candidates v2.0" (Apr 16, 2025).

5 · What an "ideal" PLEX version looks like

Same income objective, but stability-first and hedged (weights are within each bucket):

Bedrock — 65%

TickerFundTypeYieldWtAction
UTGReaves Utility Income FundCEF5.7%15%KEEP
UTFCohen & Steers Infrastructure FundCEF7.5%12%KEEP
NMLNeuberger Berman Energy Infrastructure & Income FundCEF8.6%12%KEEP
VVRInvesco Senior Income TrustCEF5%10%GROW
BKLNInvesco Senior Loan ETFETF5%10%GROW
FTSLFirst Trust Senior Loan ETFETF7%10%GROW
FLRTPacer Pacific Ridge Floating Rate High Income ETFETF6.5%10%GROW
TBILUS Treasury 3-Month Bill ETFETF4%12%ADD
NIEVirtus Equity & Convertible Income FundCEF7.9%9%KEEP

Cash Flow — 34%

TickerFundTypeYieldWtAction
KIOKKR Income Opportunities FundCEF13.1%18%KEEP
RLTYCohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income FundCEF8.6%14%KEEP
BBDCBarings BDCBDC11.8%16%KEEP
PBDCPutnam BDC Income ETFETF10%14%KEEP
ASGLiberty All-Star Growth FundCEF8.4%12%KEEP
FSCOFS Credit Opportunities CorpCEF13.5%10%MONITOR

Hedge — 1%

TickerFundTypeYieldWtAction
YMAXYieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFsETF47% (mostly ROC)55%ADD
YMAGYieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFsETF48% (mostly ROC)45%ADD

Model picks & actions per the Fynanc Academy PLEX tier model.

6 · What a holdings-only view CANNOT see

Treat the bucketing as a structural read (what jobs the holdings do), not a statement about returns. No login was requested or needed.

Yield & Risk — answering Amir (live)

This is the live, code-computed answer to the questions Amir's group asks: what is the real blended yield, how deep does it draw down versus the S&P 500, and how much of the "income" is actually return-of-capital? Every number below comes from code (yfinance total-return + distribution data), not estimates. Computed 2026-06-11T10:50:00.120816+00:00.

1 · Weighted yield. Headline 20.4% (sanity-capped)  ·  raw uncapped 23.86%  ·  coverage 100.0% (15/15 holdings priced). The raw figure includes data-feed outliers (QQQI (57.0%), NVDY (62.38%)) that breach the 50.0% sanity cap; the headline figure caps those, so it is the honest one to quote.

2 · Drawdown vs the S&P 500 (total-return, window 2023-06-12 → 2026-06-10; benchmark SPY).

Portfolio vs S&P 500 (SPY) drawdown / total-return, 2023-06-12 to 2026-06-10
MetricThis portfolioS&P 500 (SPY)
Max drawdown-16.66%-18.76%
Annualized volatility11.47%15.2%
Total return (window)50.63%73.78%
Sharpe (rf=0)1.2561.296
Beta vs SPY0.7151.00
Correlation vs SPY0.9481.00

Honest caveat: 3 holding(s) have less than the full window of price history (QDTE, QQQI, YMAG); the engine renormalizes weights daily so each ticker only counts from its own start date — no fabricated history. Coverage 15/15, all priced.

3 · Income quality — how much is really earned vs return-of-capital? (total-return-coverage proxy; LIKELY-ROC = distribution rate exceeds 1y total return by >3pp. Coverage 100.0%.)

Earned 38.0%Likely-ROC 62.0%

Earned 38.0%  ·  Mixed 0.0%  ·  Likely-ROC 62.0%  (by portfolio weight)

Riskiest high-yield holdings (payout outran earnings — NAV-erosion signal):

TickerFundWtDist rateTotal ret 1yWhy flagged
NVDYSingle-stock (NVDA) options3%66.78%35.74%dist rate 66.8% exceeds total return 35.7% by 31.0pp — payout outran earnings (NAV-erosion signal)
YMAGMag-7 options income4%54.79%18.9%dist rate 54.8% exceeds total return 18.9% by 35.9pp — payout outran earnings (NAV-erosion signal)
QDTEBroad-market 0DTE options10%46.04%29.96%dist rate 46.0% exceeds total return 30.0% by 16.1pp — payout outran earnings (NAV-erosion signal)
SVOLVolatility premium / VIX7%24.58%8.71%dist rate 24.6% exceeds total return 8.7% by 15.9pp — payout outran earnings (NAV-erosion signal)
CLMMulti-asset equity CEF5%21.4%10.7%dist rate 21.4% exceeds total return 10.7% by 10.7pp — payout outran earnings (NAV-erosion signal)

Sources: yield from the weighted-yield engine (yfinance distributions, sanity-capped); drawdown/vol/Sharpe/beta from total-return price history vs SPY over the shared 3-year window; income-quality from the distribution-sustainability (ROC) engine. This is a total-return-coverage proxy for ROC, not a read of each fund's official 19(a) notice. Honest by construction: short-history and data-feed outliers are disclosed above, not hidden.

7 · Key terms & sources

TermMeaning hereWhere it's taught (course · session · date)
BedrockStability bucket — low drawdown/correlation/maintenance. Target ~65%.PLEX · "Bedrock Debt-Based Candidates v2.0" · Apr 16, 2025 (PLEX tier model)
Cash FlowYield engine — accepts volatility & NAV erosion for income. Target ~34%.PLEX · Call 2 "PLEX Portfolio" · Feb 2, 2026 (PLEX tier model)
HedgeTiny asymmetric insurance sleeve. Target ~1%.PLEX · "The Ultimate Hedge Against Inflation" · Sep 2024
0DTE / weekly covered callETFs selling very-short-dated options for high income; high ROC, capped upside.General market product — referenced in PLEX portfolio examples
YieldMax / single-stock option incomeAsymmetric option-income on one stock (NVDA, TSLA…). Hedge-tier by risk.General market product — used as PLEX Hedge-tier examples
CLO equityRiskiest CLO tranche (OXLC/ECC/OCCI/CCIF) — high yield, equity-like risk → Cash Flow, not Bedrock.PLEX · "Bedrock Debt-Based Candidates v2.0" · Apr 16, 2025 (CLO candidates listed)
ROCReturn of capital — your own money handed back as "yield"; erodes NAV.PLEX · "Income Sources — Advanced: Open-End Funds (Part 2)"
Correlation / Standard deviationThe volatility & market-linkage screens that decide Bedrock vs Cash Flow.PLEX · "Qualifying New Income Sources" · May 4, 2022 · scored in "Bedrock Candidates v2.0" · Apr 16, 2025

Sources (Fynanc Academy): PLEX Community Call — "Bedrock Debt-Based Candidates v2.0" (Apr 16, 2025); PLEX tier model (Bedrock/Cash-Flow/Hedge targets & model picks, George Antone); "The Ultimate Hedge Against Inflation" (Sep 2024). Holdings read from the shared portfolio link.

A teaching demonstration by The Property Joes Group · educational only, not investment advice · method & criteria credited to the Fynanc Academy (George Antone / PLEX) · figures are trailing/target estimates, not realized results. · validate independently before acting — do your own research, join a tech call, or discuss with your coach
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