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| | | VALUE | SHRS OR | SH/ | PUT/ | INVESTMENT | OTHER | VOTING AUTHORITY |
| NAME OF ISSUER | TITLE OF CLASS | CUSIP | (x$1000) | PRN AMT | PRN | CALL | DISCRETION | MANAGER | SOLE | SHARED | NONE |
| ProShares Short S&P500 (sh) | ETF | 74347R503 | 51,203,888 | 1,484,601 | SH | | SOLE | | 1,484,601 | 0 | 0 |
| CENTURYLINK INC (ctl) | COM | 156700106 | 12,567,783 | 533,211 | SH | | SOLE | | 533,211 | 0 | 0 |
| BP PLC SPONS ADR (bp) | ADR | 055622104 | 10,251,369 | 296,969 | SH | | SOLE | | 296,969 | 0 | 0 |
| SPDR S&P 500 TRUST ETF (spy) | ETF | 78462F103 | 9,371,136 | 39,752 | SH | | SOLE | | 39,752 | 0 | 0 |
| S&P 500 INDX (ivv) | ETF | 464287200 | 8,672,930 | 36,553 | SH | | SOLE | | 36,553 | 0 | 0 |
| Staples Inc. (spls) | COM | 855030102 | 8,636,581 | 984,787 | SH | | SOLE | | 984,787 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanguard Index S&P 500 (voo) | ETF | 922908363 | 8,627,388 | 39,877 | SH | | SOLE | | 39,877 | 0 | 0 |
| SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST ENERG (xle) | ETF | 81369Y506 | 8,318,100 | 119,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 119,000 | 0 | 0 |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC SPON ADR (azn) | COM | 046353108 | 8,241,979 | 264,675 | SH | | SOLE | | 264,675 | 0 | 0 |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation (xom) | COM | 30231G102 | 6,538,001 | 79,722 | SH | | SOLE | | 79,722 | 0 | 0 |
| International Paper Company (ip) | COM | 460146103 | 6,390,256 | 125,842 | SH | | SOLE | | 125,842 | 0 | 0 |
| General Mills (gis) | COM | 370334104 | 6,352,013 | 107,643 | SH | | SOLE | | 107,643 | 0 | 0 |
| New Senior Investment Group Inc. (snr) | COM | 648691103 | 5,693,232 | 558,160 | SH | | SOLE | | 558,160 | 0 | 0 |
| Global Medical REIT, Inc. (gmre) | COM | 37954A104 | 5,396,053 | 594,279 | SH | | SOLE | | 594,279 | 0 | 0 |
| NUCOR CORP (nue) | COM | 670346105 | 5,386,744 | 90,200 | SH | | SOLE | | 90,200 | 0 | 0 |
| WindStream Corp (win) | COM | 97382A101 | 5,321,475 | 976,417 | SH | | SOLE | | 976,417 | 0 | 0 |
| CVS Health Corp (cvs) | COM | 126650100 | 5,067,489 | 64,554 | SH | | SOLE | | 64,554 | 0 | 0 |
| CYS INVESTMENTS INC (cys) | COM | 23281A307 | 5,042,518 | 634,279 | SH | | SOLE | | 634,279 | 0 | 0 |
| Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (irt) | COM | 45378A106 | 4,953,357 | 528,640 | SH | | SOLE | | 528,640 | 0 | 0 |
| Invesco Mortgage Capital (ivr) | COM | 46131B100 | 4,625,336 | 299,957 | SH | | SOLE | | 299,957 | 0 | 0 |
| CBL & ASSOC PROPERTIES REIT INC (cbl) | COM | 124830100 | 4,593,758 | 481,526 | SH | | SOLE | | 481,526 | 0 | 0 |
| FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP (ftr) | COM | 35906A108 | 4,470,524 | 2,089,030 | SH | | SOLE | | 2,089,030 | 0 | 0 |
| UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (ups) | COM | 911312106 | 4,267,106 | 39,768 | SH | | SOLE | | 39,768 | 0 | 0 |
| Industrial Select Sector (xli) | ETF | 81369Y704 | 4,198,386 | 64,531 | SH | | SOLE | | 64,531 | 0 | 0 |
| ProShares TR UltraShort QQQ New (qid) | ETF | 74348A426 | 4,152,564 | 217,868 | SH | | SOLE | | 217,868 | 0 | 0 |
| GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC-ADR (gsk) | COM | 37733W105 | 4,138,172 | 98,154 | SH | | SOLE | | 98,154 | 0 | 0 |
| J M SMUCKER CO (sjm) | COM | 832696405 | 4,135,967 | 31,553 | SH | | SOLE | | 31,553 | 0 | 0 |
| AT&T, Inc.(t) | COM | 00206R102 | 4,071,758 | 97,996 | SH | | SOLE | | 97,996 | 0 | 0 |
| ARES CAPITAL CORP (arcc) | COM | 029066107 | 3,943,469 | 226,897 | SH | | SOLE | | 226,897 | 0 | 0 |
| Arlington Asset Investment (ai) | COM | 041356205 | 3,901,179 | 276,092 | SH | | SOLE | | 276,092 | 0 | 0 |
| Intel Corp (intc) | COM | 458140100 | 3,765,960 | 104,407 | SH | | SOLE | | 104,407 | 0 | 0 |
| Uniti Group Inc. (unit) | COM | 91325V108 | 3,745,820 | 144,906 | SH | | SOLE | | 144,906 | 0 | 0 |
| Wells Fargo & Co (wfc prj) | BOND | 949746879 | 3,634,240 | 138,500 | SH | | SOLE | | 138,500 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitestone REIT (wsr) | COM | 966084204 | 3,524,452 | 254,657 | SH | | SOLE | | 254,657 | 0 | 0 |
| Gap Inc. (gps) | COM | 364760108 | 3,495,889 | 143,923 | SH | | SOLE | | 143,923 | 0 | 0 |
| COCA-COLA COMPANY (ko) | COM | 191216100 | 3,409,799 | 80,344 | SH | | SOLE | | 80,344 | 0 | 0 |
| Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (axs prc) | COM | G0692U307 | 3,389,752 | 135,753 | SH | | SOLE | | 135,753 | 0 | 0 |
| MACY'S INC (m) | COM | 55616P104 | 3,273,263 | 110,434 | SH | | SOLE | | 110,434 | 0 | 0 |
| HANESBRANDS INC (hbi) | COM | 410345102 | 3,228,906 | 155,535 | SH | | SOLE | | 155,535 | 0 | 0 |
| Prospect Capital Corp. (psec) | COM | 74348T102 | 2,871,937 | 317,692 | SH | | SOLE | | 317,692 | 0 | 0 |
| Sr. Housing Properties Trust (snh) | COM | 81721M109 | 2,823,144 | 139,414 | SH | | SOLE | | 139,414 | 0 | 0 |
| Merck & Company Inc. (mrk) | COM | 58933Y105 | 2,780,917 | 43,766 | SH | | SOLE | | 43,766 | 0 | 0 |
| VODAFONE GROUP PLC SPONSORED ADR (vod) | ADR | 92857W308 | 2,687,508 | 101,684 | SH | | SOLE | | 101,684 | 0 | 0 |
| Pfizer Inc. (pfe) | COM | 717081103 | 2,566,742 | 75,029 | SH | | SOLE | | 75,029 | 0 | 0 |
| Telefonica, S.A. (tef) | COM | 879382208 | 2,483,416 | 221,931 | SH | | SOLE | | 221,931 | 0 | 0 |
| TWO HARBORS INVT CORP (two) | COM | 90187B101 | 2,390,305 | 249,249 | SH | | SOLE | | 249,249 | 0 | 0 |
| General Electric Company (ge) | COM | 369604103 | 2,314,688 | 77,674 | SH | | SOLE | | 77,674 | 0 | 0 |
| SELECT INCOME REIT (sir) | ETF | 81618T100 | 2,239,500 | 86,836 | SH | | SOLE | | 86,836 | 0 | 0 |
| DOLLAR GENERAL CORP (dg) | COM | 256677105 | 2,196,564 | 31,501 | SH | | SOLE | | 31,501 | 0 | 0 |
| Guess INC (ges) | COM | 401617105 | 1,988,401 | 178,332 | SH | | SOLE | | 178,332 | 0 | 0 |
| Aegon NV 8.000 02/15/2042 (aek) | COM | 007924608 | 1,870,560 | 72,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 72,000 | 0 | 0 |
| DCP Midstream, LP (dcp) | COM | 25746U208 | 1,726,120 | 44,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 44,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Triplepoint Venture Growth Corp (tpvg) | COM | 89677Y100 | 1,715,177 | 123,040 | SH | | SOLE | | 123,040 | 0 | 0 |
| Alpine Global Premier Pptys Fd (awp) | COM | 02083A103 | 1,642,795 | 287,202 | SH | | SOLE | | 287,202 | 0 | 0 |
| WAL-MART STORES INC (wmt) | COM | 931142103 | 1,538,908 | 21,350 | SH | | SOLE | | 21,350 | 0 | 0 |
| TARGET CORP (tgt) | COM | 87612E106 | 1,519,491 | 27,532 | SH | | SOLE | | 27,532 | 0 | 0 |
| Verizon Communications (vz) | COM | 92343V104 | 1,462,500 | 30,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 30,000 | 0 | 0 |
| MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC (mdu) | COM | 552690109 | 1,395,870 | 51,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 51,000 | 0 | 0 |
| The Western Union Company (wu) | COM | 959802109 | 1,363,450 | 67,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 67,000 | 0 | 0 |
| TPG Specialty Lending Inc. (tslx) | COM | 87265K102 | 1,323,107 | 64,890 | SH | | SOLE | | 64,890 | 0 | 0 |
| Solar Senior Capital Ltd. (suns) | COM | 83416M105 | 1,315,470 | 73,163 | SH | | SOLE | | 73,163 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (sho) | COM | 867892200 | 1,303,050 | 85,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 85,000 | 0 | 0 |
| MEDLEY CAPITAL CORP (mcc) | COM | 58503F106 | 1,268,353 | 164,935 | SH | | SOLE | | 164,935 | 0 | 0 |
| Solar Capital Ltd. (slrc) | COM | 83413U100 | 1,202,176 | 53,170 | SH | | SOLE | | 53,170 | 0 | 0 |
| BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp. (bkcc) | COM | 092533108 | 1,179,360 | 156,206 | SH | | SOLE | | 156,206 | 0 | 0 |
| THL CREDIT INC (tcrd) | COM | 872438106 | 1,174,284 | 117,900 | SH | | SOLE | | 117,900 | 0 | 0 |
| Caterpillar Inc. (cat) | COM | 149123101 | 1,168,590 | 12,598 | SH | | SOLE | | 12,598 | 0 | 0 |
| Carnival Corporation (ccl) | COM | 143658300 | 1,030,925 | 17,500 | SH | | SOLE | | 17,500 | 0 | 0 |
| LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST REIT (lxp) | COM | 529043101 | 1,021,922 | 102,397 | SH | | SOLE | | 102,397 | 0 | 0 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. (jpm) | COM | 46625H100 | 1,013,673 | 11,540 | SH | | SOLE | | 11,540 | 0 | 0 |
| INGERSOLL-RAND PLC SHARES (ir) | COM | G47791101 | 975,840 | 12,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 12,000 | 0 | 0 |
| SPDR Ser Tr S&P Biotech ETF (xbi) | ETF | 78464A870 | 886,511 | 12,785 | SH | | SOLE | | 12,785 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedar Fair, L.P. (fun) | COM | 150185106 | 793,377 | 11,700 | SH | | SOLE | | 11,700 | 0 | 0 |
| ProShares UltraShort S&P 500 (sds) | ETF | 74347B300 | 785,964 | 58,436 | SH | | SOLE | | 58,436 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishares S&P Europe 350 (iev) | ETF | 464287861 | 629,214 | 15,035 | SH | | SOLE | | 15,035 | 0 | 0 |
| PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (hack) | ETF | 26924G201 | 608,850 | 20,625 | SH | �� | SOLE | | 20,625 | 0 | 0 |
| BEST BUY CO INC (bby) | COM | 086516101 | 530,820 | 10,800 | SH | | SOLE | | 10,800 | 0 | 0 |
| MCDONALDS CORP (mcd) | COM | 580135101 | 505,479 | 3,900 | SH | | SOLE | | 3,900 | 0 | 0 |
| HOME DEPOT INC (hd) | COM | 437076102 | 502,599 | 3,423 | SH | | SOLE | | 3,423 | 0 | 0 |
| Sysco Corp. (syy) | COM | 871829107 | 477,664 | 9,200 | SH | | SOLE | | 9,200 | 0 | 0 |
| CA, Inc. (ca) | COM | 12673P105 | 475,800 | 15,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 15,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (lit) | ETF | 37954Y855 | 304,571 | 10,835 | SH | | SOLE | | 10,835 | 0 | 0 |
| Global X Fds Social Media ETF (socl) | ETF | 37950E416 | 302,560 | 12,200 | SH | | SOLE | | 12,200 | 0 | 0 |
| Schwab Fundamental Intl Small ETF (fndc) | ETF | 808524748 | 299,714 | 9,785 | SH | | SOLE | | 9,785 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Tr Corp (ntrsp) | COM | 665859872 | 271,799 | 10,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 10,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Facebook Inc. (fb) | COM | 30303M102 | 201,426 | 1,418 | SH | | SOLE | | 1,418 | 0 | 0 |
| InfraCap MLP ETF (amza) | ETF | 26923G103 | 178,488 | 15,965 | SH | | SOLE | | 15,965 | 0 | 0 |
| Axsome Therapeutics Inc. (axsm) | COM | 05464T104 | 80,320 | 20,595 | SH | | SOLE | | 20,595 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Asset High Income Fd (hio) | COM | 95766K109 | 54,356 | 10,785 | SH | | SOLE | | 10,785 | 0 | 0 |
| Enduro Royalty Trust (ndro) | COM | 29269K100 | 36,012 | 10,750 | SH | | SOLE | | 10,750 | 0 | 0 |
