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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 |
| SPDR S&P 500 TRUST ETF (spy) | ETF | 78462F103 | 11,167,296 | 42,437 | SH | | SOLE | | 42,437 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanguard Index S&P 500 (voo) | ETF | 922908363 | 10,114,102 | 41,780 | SH | | SOLE | | 41,780 | 0 | 0 |
| S&P 500 INDX (ivv) | ETF | 464287200 | 10,068,668 | 37,942 | SH | | SOLE | | 37,942 | 0 | 0 |
| ProShares UltraShort S&P 500 (sds) | ETF | 74347B300 | 9,331,957 | 227,831 | SH | | SOLE | | 227,831 | 0 | 0 |
| ProShares Short S&P500 (sh) | ETF | 74347R503 | 7,575,757 | 250,025 | SH | | SOLE | | 250,025 | 0 | 0 |
| ARES CAPITAL CORP (arcc) | COM | 029066107 | 5,897,276 | 371,599 | SH | | SOLE | | 371,599 | 0 | 0 |
| MEDLEY CAPITAL CORP (mcc) | COM | 58503F106 | 5,746,220 | 1,443,774 | SH | | SOLE | | 1,443,774 | 0 | 0 |
| ALPS ALERIAN MLP ETF (amlp) | COM | 00162Q866 | 5,362,797 | 572,337 | SH | | SOLE | | 572,337 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitestone REIT (wsr) | COM | 966084204 | 5,307,409 | 510,819 | SH | | SOLE | | 510,819 | 0 | 0 |
| IShares S&P 100 ETF (oef) | ETF | 464187101 | 4,561,770 | 39,329 | SH | | SOLE | | 39,329 | 0 | 0 |
| Sr. Housing Properties Trust (snh) | COM | 81721M109 | 3,755,383 | 239,807 | SH | | SOLE | | 239,807 | 0 | 0 |
| SELECT INCOME REIT (sir) | ETF | 81618T100 | 3,438,609 | 176,520 | SH | | SOLE | | 176,520 | 0 | 0 |
| Procter & Gamble Co. (pg) | OM | 742718109 | 3,294,638 | 41,557 | SH | | SOLE | | 41,557 | 0 | 0 |
| BP PLC SPONS ADR (bp) | ADR | 055622104 | 3,239,146 | 79,900 | SH | | SOLE | | 79,900 | 0 | 0 |
| The Walt Disney Company (dis) | COM | 254687106 | 3,044,838 | 30,315 | SH | | SOLE | | 30,315 | 0 | 0 |
| PEPSICO INC (pep) | COM | 713448108 | 2,998,568 | 27,472 | SH | | SOLE | | 27,472 | 0 | 0 |
| Merck & Company Inc. (mrk) | COM | 58933Y105 | 2,928,977 | 53,772 | SH | | SOLE | | 53,772 | 0 | 0 |
| CENTURYLINK INC (ctl) | COM | 156700106 | 2,887,096 | 175,721 | SH | | SOLE | | 175,721 | 0 | 0 |
| iPath Bloomberg Coffee SubTR (jjoff) | ETF | 06739H297 | 2,884,806 | 201,172 | SH | | SOLE | | 201,172 | 0 | 0 |
| Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (irt) | COM | 45378A106 | 2,825,720 | 307,812 | SH | | SOLE | | 307,812 | 0 | 0 |
| CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY (cpb) | COM | 134429109 | 2,810,948 | 64,903 | SH | | SOLE | | 64,903 | 0 | 0 |
| AT&T, Inc.(t) | COM | 00206R102 | 2,763,160 | 77,508 | SH | | SOLE | | 77,508 | 0 | 0 |
| KINDER MORGAN INC DEL (kmi) | COM | 49456B101 | 2,354,405 | 156,335 | SH | | SOLE | | 156,335 | 0 | 0 |
| CVS Health Corp (cvs) | COM | 126650100 | 2,301,645 | 36,998 | SH | | SOLE | | 36,998 | 0 | 0 |
| ROCHE HOLDINGS LTD ADR (rhhby) | COM | 771195104 | 2,218,151 | 77,490 | SH | | SOLE | | 77,490 | 0 | 0 |
| CITIGROUP INC COM (c) | COM | 172967424 | 2,198,340 | 32,568 | SH | | SOLE | | 32,568 | 0 | 0 |
| New Senior Investment Group Inc. (snr) | COM | 648691103 | 2,170,031 | 265,285 | SH | | SOLE | | 265,285 | 0 | 0 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (wba) | COM | 931427108 | 2,167,449 | 33,106 | SH | | SOLE | | 33,106 | 0 | 0 |
| Telefonica, S.A. (tef) | ADR | 879382208 | 2,158,606 | 218,703 | SH | | SOLE | | 218,703 | 0 | 0 |
| AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (amc) | COM | 00165C104 | 2,068,160 | 147,200 | SH | | SOLE | | 147,200 | 0 | 0 |
| Olin Corp. (oln) | COM | 680665205 | 1,997,990 | 65,745 | SH | | SOLE | | 65,745 | 0 | 0 |
| Intel Corp (intc) | COM | 458140100 | 1,800,926 | 34,580 | SH | | SOLE | | 34,580 | 0 | 0 |
| Global Medical REIT, Inc. (gmre) | COM | 37954A104 | 1,734,678 | 249,594 | SH | | SOLE | | 249,594 | 0 | 0 |
| PROSHARES TRUST ETF ULTRASHORT 20 (tbt) | ETF | 74347B201 | 1,550,034 | 42,736 | SH | | SOLE | | 42,736 | 0 | 0 |
| Uniti Group Inc. (unit) | COM | 91325V108 | 1,537,363 | 94,607 | SH | | SOLE | | 94,607 | 0 | 0 |
| Apollo Investment Corp (ainv) | COM | 03761U106 | 1,531,260 | 293,345 | SH | | SOLE | | 293,345 | 0 | 0 |
| Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp. (ocsl) | COM | 67401P108 | 1,519,637 | 360,959 | SH | | SOLE | | 360,959 | 0 | 0 |
| Eli Lilly (lly) | COM | 532457108 | 1,483,724 | 19,177 | SH | | SOLE | | 19,177 | 0 | 0 |
| GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC-ADR (gsk) | ADR | 37733W105 | 1,304,234 | 33,382 | SH | | SOLE | | 33,382 | 0 | 0 |
| PowerShares S&P Emerging Mkt ETF (eemo) | ETF | 73937B670 | 1,289,244 | 61,775 | SH | | SOLE | | 61,775 | 0 | 0 |
| ISHARES NASDAQ BIOTECH (ibb) | ETF | 464287556 | 1,285,149 | 12,040 | SH | | SOLE | | 12,040 | 0 | 0 |
| SPDR S&P BANK ETF (kbe) | ETF | 78464A797 | 1,225,265 | 25,585 | SH | | SOLE | | 25,585 | 0 | 0 |
| OWENS & MINOR INC NEW (omi) | COM | 690732102 | 1,212,713 | 77,988 | SH | | SOLE | | 77,988 | 0 | 0 |
| Medley Management Inc. (mdly) | COM | 58503T106 | 1,131,678 | 198,540 | SH | | SOLE | | 198,540 | 0 | 0 |
| NUCOR CORP (nue) | COM | 670346105 | 1,087,096 | 17,795 | SH | | SOLE | | 17,795 | 0 | 0 |
| MACY'S INC (m) | COM | 55616P104 | 1,046,907 | 35,202 | SH | | SOLE | | 35,202 | 0 | 0 |
| HCP Inc. (hcp) | COM | 40414L109 | 1,031,876 | 44,420 | SH | | SOLE | | 44,420 | 0 | 0 |
| PENNANTPARK INVSTMNT CRP (pnnt) | COM | 708062104 | 1,004,137 | 150,320 | SH | | SOLE | | 150,320 | 0 | 0 |
| Prospect Capital Corp. (psec) | COM | 74348T102 | 996,930 | 152,203 | SH | | SOLE | | 152,203 | 0 | 0 |
| TARGET CORP (tgt) | COM | 87612E106 | 995,417 | 14,337 | SH | | SOLE | | 14,337 | 0 | 0 |
| OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP (oxy) | COM | 674599105 | 948,416 | 14,600 | SH | | SOLE | | 14,600 | 0 | 0 |
| CBL & ASSOC PROPERTIES REIT INC (cbl) | COM | 124830100 | 888,376 | 213,040 | SH | | SOLE | | 213,040 | 0 | 0 |
| UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (ups) | COM | 911312106 | 883,958 | 8,446 | SH | | SOLE | | 8,446 | 0 | 0 |
| HESS CORPORATION (hes) | COM | 42809H107 | 851,883 | 16,829 | SH | | SOLE | | 16,829 | 0 | 0 |
| TIME WARNER INC (twx) | COM | 887317303 | 850,368 | 8,991 | SH | | SOLE | | 8,991 | 0 | 0 |
| ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP (apc) | COM | 032511107 | 842,236 | 13,942 | SH | | SOLE | | 13,942 | 0 | 0 |
| Ladder Capital Corp (ladr) | COM | 505743104 | 812,812 | 53,900 | SH | | SOLE | | 53,900 | 0 | 0 |
| J M SMUCKER CO (sjm) | COM | 832696405 | 804,452 | 6,487 | SH | | SOLE | | 6,487 | 0 | 0 |
| COCA-COLA COMPANY (ko) | COM | 191216100 | 784,215 | 18,057 | SH | | SOLE | | 18,057 | 0 | 0 |
| Verizon Communications (vz) | COM | 92343V104 | 754,599 | 15,780 | SH | | SOLE | | 15,780 | 0 | 0 |
| CYS INVESTMENTS INC (cys) | COM | 126650100 | 736,357 | 109,577 | SH | | SOLE | | 109,577 | 0 | 0 |
| Arlington Asset Investment (ai) | COM | 041356205 | 696,944 | 63,129 | SH | | SOLE | | 63,129 | 0 | 0 |
| Triplepoint Venture Growth Corp (tpvg) | COM | 89677Y100 | 688,941 | 57,652 | SH | | SOLE | | 57,652 | 0 | 0 |
| TWO HARBORS INVT CORP (two) | COM | 90187B101 | 686,501 | 44,665 | SH | | SOLE | | 44,665 | 0 | 0 |
| LOWES COMPANIES INC (low) | COM | 548661107 | 634,432 | 7,230 | SH | | SOLE | | 7,230 | 0 | 0 |
| Solar Senior Capital Ltd. (suns) | COM | 83416M105 | 611,217 | 36,382 | SH | | SOLE | | 36,382 | 0 | 0 |
| Solar Capital Ltd. (slrc) | COM | 83413U100 | 609,949 | 30,032 | SH | | SOLE | | 30,032 | 0 | 0 |
| Office Depot Inc (odp) | COM | 676220106 | 565,708 | 263,120 | SH | | SOLE | | 263,120 | 0 | 0 |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation (xom) | COM | 30231G102 | 539,430 | 7,230 | SH | | SOLE | | 7,230 | 0 | 0 |
| KOHLS CORP (kss) | COM | 500255104 | 529,975 | 8,090 | SH | | SOLE | | 8,090 | 0 | 0 |
| Ladenburg Thal Fin 6.5 (ltsl) | COM | 50575Q300 | 529,619 | 21,450 | SH | | SOLE | | 21,450 | 0 | 0 |
| WELLS FARGO COMPANY (wfc) | COM | 949746101 | 519,278 | 9,908 | SH | | SOLE | | 9,908 | 0 | 0 |
| PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CAPITAL (pflt) | COM | 70806A106 | 505,274 | 38,600 | SH | | SOLE | | 38,600 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvell Tech Group (mrvl) | COM | G5876H105 | 489,930 | 23,330 | SH | | SOLE | | 23,330 | 0 | 0 |
| Ford Motor (f) | COM | 345370860 | 483,088 | 43,600 | SH | | SOLE | | 43,600 | 0 | 0 |
| Global Net Lease Inc. (gnl) | COM | 379378201 | 468,420 | 27,750 | SH | | SOLE | | 27,750 | 0 | 0 |
| KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP (kmb) | COM | 494368103 | 457,039 | 4,150 | SH | | SOLE | | 4,150 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Midstream Partners LP (mmlp) | COM | 573331105 | 456,300 | 33,800 | SH | | SOLE | | 33,800 | 0 | 0 |
| LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST REIT (lxp) | COM | 529043101 | 445,245 | 56,575 | SH | | SOLE | | 56,575 | 0 | 0 |
| Kraft Heinz Co (khc) | COM | 500754106 | 429,801 | 6,900 | SH | | SOLE | | 6,900 | 0 | 0 |
| ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC SPONSORED (rds a) | ADR | 780259206 | 406,469 | 6,370 | SH | | SOLE | | 6,370 | 0 | 0 |
| Alliance Resource Partners LP (arlp) | COM | 01877R108 | 317,700 | 18,000 | SH | | SOLE | | 18,000 | 0 | 0 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. (jpm) | COM | 46625H100 | 258,209 | 2,348 | SH | | SOLE | | 2,348 | 0 | 0 |
| Plains All American Pipeline,L.P. (paa) | COM | 726503105 | 255,548 | 11,600 | SH | | SOLE | | 11,600 | 0 | 0 |
| Pier 1 Imports Inc. (pir) | COM | 720279108 | 247,618 | 76,900 | SH | | SOLE | | 76,900 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaming & Leisure Pptys Inc. (glpi) | COM | 36467J108 | 235,963 | 7,050 | SH | | SOLE | | 7,050 | 0 | 0 |
| Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (ohi) | COM | 681936100 | 234,977 | 8,690 | SH | | SOLE | | 8,690 | 0 | 0 |
| HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT TRUSTCOM (hpt) | COM | 44106M102 | 231,861 | 9,150 | SH | | SOLE | | 9,150 | 0 | 0 |
| ProShares Tr Short S&P500 (spxu) | ETF | 74348A632 | 223,120 | 19,975 | SH | | SOLE | | 19,975 | 0 | 0 |
| WESTERN GAS PARTNERS LP (wes) | COM | 958254104 | 206,949 | 4,850 | SH | | SOLE | | 4,850 | 0 | 0 |
| Model N Inc. (modn) | COM | 607525102 | 190,788 | 10,570 | SH | | SOLE | | 10,570 | 0 | 0 |
| Capital Product Partners LP (cplp) | COM | Y11082107 | 98,592 | 31,600 | SH | | SOLE | | 31,600 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (clf) | COM | 18683K101 | 73,913 | 10,635 | SH | | SOLE | | 10,635 | 0 | 0 |
| Axsome Therapeutics Inc. (axsm) | COM | 05464T104 | 34,888 | 14,240 | SH | | SOLE | | 14,240 | 0 | 0 |
