On The Turning Away: Sold GOOGL, ISRG, V

Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we're all alone

In the dream of the proud

The sales of GOOGL, ISRG, and V were not easy.  They had annualized returns of 17%, 11%, and 19% respectively, and comprised nearly 10% of of my portfolio's overall valuation.  One might say that they were victims of their own success.   

The proceeds from this sale were (once again) directed into my favorite basket of yield ETF/Ns:  the index covered calls of QYLD, RYLD, and XYLD; and the gold/silver/oil covered calls of GLDI, SLVO, and USOI.

With this most recent rotation from stocks into yield, my portfolio now yields a projected 6% annually.  This could grow as much as to 8% annually.

Boilerplate time...

As a stretch goal: for dividend income purposes, I'd like this portfolio to eventually be as much as a 50/50 25/75 split between stocks and yield. As seen below, it is currently 40/60.

I am in no rush to flip into yield. I would rather let my winners run forever. However, if in any given month I see no stocks that present themselves as especially good buying opportunities, I have no reservations in simply adding to my bond, preferred stock, and/or covered call ETF/Ns. It is truly a month-to-month situation (as it has always been!).

For the foreseeable future, I want to track my Big Five Two every month, whether I buy them or not.

Amazon (AMZN)

• $1.66T market cap
• no dividend
• $458.0B revenue
• 15% revenue growth
• $79.0B cash
• $155.8B debt
• $54.7B operating cash flow
• $9.3B free cash flow

Microsoft (MSFT)

• $2.36T market cap
• 0.8% dividend yield
• $176.3B revenue
• 22% revenue growth
• $130.6B cash
• $78.9B debt
• $82.0B operating cash flow
• $49.8B free cash flow

Here's my current portfolio (buy, hold, and sell). As always, I believe in all of these stocks/ETF/ETNs - until I sell them.

Microsoft (MSFT) 15.15%

Amazon (AMZN) 11.58%

Global X U.S. Preferred ETF (PFFD) 11.36%

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (USHY) 11.29%

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYLB) 11.20%
Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM) 6.98%

Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) 6.25%

Credit Suisse X-Links Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETNs (USOI) 5.22%

Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETN (SLVO) 5.01%

Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF (RYLD) 4.53%

Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (XYLD) 2.94%

Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF (QQQJ) 2.66%

Credit Suisse X-Links Gold Shares Covered Call ETN (GLDI) 2.42%

Costco Wholesale (COST) 1.70%

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) 1.52%

ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) 0.10%

ProShares UltraPro S&P 500 (UPRO) 0.04%

ProShares UltraPro Russell 2000 (URTY) 0.03%