My message remains the same.

I plan on ramping up the positions in our actively managed portfolios (Buffett and Growth/Value) over the next expiration cycle. My goal is to have a minimum of 5 positions per portfolio, but I’m not going to race to get there. I’ll continue to pounce when the opportunity presents itself. We’ve taken our time adding positions since initiating our portfolio and, so far, our patience has served us well.

I plan on ramping up the positions in our actively managed portfolios (Buffett and Growth/Value) over the next expiration cycle. My goal is to have a minimum of 5 positions per portfolio, but I’m not going to race to get there. I’ll continue to pounce when the opportunity presents itself. We’ve taken our time adding positions since initiating our portfolio and, so far, our patience has served us well.

With expiration upon us, we have several trades to place during the holiday-shortened week. All but one position in our two “passive” portfolios (All-Weather, Yale Endowment) have short calls that need to be rolled. Additionally, there is a good chance that I will sell my 2025 LEAPS and extend my duration through buying new 2026 LEAPS. I like to do this when my LEAPS have 10-12 months’ worth of life. It is possible that I will wait one more expiration cycle before making the transition, but as always, I’ll let everyone know in my numerous trade alerts this week. It’s going to be a busy expiration cycle and a great opportunity to add some new positions.

We have some exciting times ahead! All of our Dogs and Small Dogs positions will be closed out prior to the December 29, 2023, expiration cycle and we will once again start anew by adding all the qualifying Dogs for 2024 during the first week of the new year. Stay tuned as I will have more information as we near the end of the December 29 expiration cycle.

Shortly after we add our Dogs and Small Dogs during the first week of 2024, we will begin the process of phasing out of our 2025 LEAPS and into 2026 LEAPS in the passive portfolios (All-Weather and Yale Endowment).

The latest market surge has left the All-Weather portfolio up a respectable 6.5%, with our poor man’s covered call in the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) continuing to do the heavy lifting, up 25.2%. The S&P 500 is up 5% over the same time frame.

Our SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) position has been resurgent of late. After being down roughly 20%, our poor man’s covered call position in GLD now sits 8% higher.

The market rally in 2023 and recent pullback have left the All-Weather portfolio up a respectable 4.5%, with our poor man’s covered call in the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) continuing to do the heavy lifting, up 21.4%. The S&P 500 is flat over the same time frame.

Our SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) position has been resurgent of late. After being down roughly 20%, our poor man’s covered call position in GLD now sits 7% higher.

The market rally in 2023 and recent pullback have left the All-Weather portfolio up a respectable 6.5%, with the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) continuing to do the heavy lifting, up 25.2%.

Nothing has changed from last expiration cycle, both bond funds (TLT and IEF) and the commodity fund (DBC) continue to lag behind, but that is the yin-yang protective nature of the All-Weather portfolio just doing its job. That being said, all of our positions are outperforming their respective ETF benchmarks, once again showing the power of using a poor man’s covered call approach.

The market rally in 2023 and recent pullback have left the All-Weather portfolio up a respectable 8.5%, with the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) continuing to do the heavy lifting, up 27.5%.

Nothing has changed from last expiration cycle, both bond funds (TLT and IEF) and the commodity fund (DBC) continue to lag behind, but that is the yin-yang protective nature of the All-Weather portfolio just doing its job. That being said, all of our positions are outperforming their respective ETF benchmarks, once again showing the power of using a poor man’s covered call approach.

The market continues to rally and the All-Weather portfolio is now up 10.2%, with the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) and SPDR GLD Shares ETF (GLD) doing the heavy lifting, up 26.0% and 8.6%, respectively.

Nothing has changed from last month, both bond funds (TLT and IEF) and the commodity fund (DBC) continue to lag behind, but that is the yin-yang protective nature of the All-Weather portfolio just doing its job.

With the market rallying as of late, the All-Weather portfolio is now up 6.0%, with the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) and SPDR GLD Shares ETF (GLD) doing the heavy lifting, up 19.3% and 6.5%, respectively.


Both bond funds (TLT and IEF) and the commodity fund (DBC) continue to lag behind, but that is the yin-yang protective nature of the All-Weather portfolio just doing its job.



Only one of our positions has been rolled so far. We still have four June 16, 2023 calls due to expire this week, As a result, expect to see quite a few alerts come through early in the week as we roll our positions and sell more premium going out 30 to 60 days.

After the recent pullback, the All-Weather portfolio is now up 9.88%, with the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) doing the heavy lifting, up 25.36% since it was introduced to the portfolio back on 6/15/22.

I will be rolling all of our LEAPS positions to the 2025 expiration cycle this week. So, be prepared to make a few trades this week as we increase the duration of our LEAPS while simultaneously continuing to sell more call premium.

After the recent pullback, the All-Weather portfolio is now up 9.88%, with the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) doing the heavy lifting, up 25.36% since it was introduced to the portfolio back on 6/15/22.

I will be rolling all of our LEAPS positions to the 2025 expiration cycle this week. So, be prepared to make a few trades this week as we increase the duration of our LEAPS while simultaneously continuing to sell more call premium.

All-Weather Portfolio Alert (GLD, IEF, VTI, TLT, DBC), Buffett’s Patient Investor Portfolio Alert (AAPL, GOOGL, TXN), Cabot Options Institute Fundamentals – Yale Endowment Portfolio Alert (SPY, EEM, VNQ, TIP, EFA)

Dogs of the Dow Portfolio (DOW), Buffett’s Patient Investor Portfolio Alert (GOOGL)

After a surprising gap higher, MMM has continued to follow through with its recent trend higher, with nary a pullback. As a result, we need to buy back our calls and once again extend our deltas back into positive territory.

Dogs of the Dow Portfolio Alert (VZ, AMGN), Buffett’s Patient Investor Portfolio Alert (GOOGL)

For those who are new and wish to enter a trade, all of the details are listed in the alert (as always) for those wanting to initiate a position. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at andy@cabotwealth.com.

Alerts- VNQ, EEM, IBM

GLD has pushed through our short call strike and the deltas of our LEAPS and short call contract are at parity. As a result, let’s buy back our short call and sell more going out to the April expiration cycle. As a reminder to those with an established position, I will be selling our LEAPS contract the next time around and initiating a new LEAPS position going out to the January 2026 expiration cycle. Our position is up over 22%, while the individual ETF, by comparison, is only up 10% over the same time frame.

For those who are new and wish to enter a trade, all of the details are listed in the alert (as always) for those wanting to initiate a position. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at andy@cabotwealth.com.

For those who are new and wish to enter a trade, all of the details are listed in the alert (as always) for those wanting to initiate a position. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at andy@cabotwealth.com.

Okay, it’s time to start rolling the remainder of our February 16 short calls. I’m going to start with our GLD position in All-Weather and then move on to the Yale Endowment Portfolio followed by the various Dogs of the Dow Portfolios.

As I stated yesterday, I’ll be rolling our February expiration short call positions into March expiration over the next few days. Moreover, per usual this time of year, I’ll be selling our LEAPS in the passive portfolios (All-Weather and Yale Endowment) at March expiration and buying new LEAPS going out to the January 2026 expiration.