According to Elon Musk, "With respect to academic questions, Grok 4 is better than PhD level in every subject, no exceptions. At times, it may lack common sense, and it has not yet invented new technologies or discovered new physics, but that is just a matter of time.” We live in crazy times!

Is anyone here investing a portion of their portfolio into alternative income-generating assets? I recently read The Income Factory: An Investor’s Guide to Consistent Lifetime Returns by Steven Bavaria. The core idea is to invest in higher-yielding instruments like CLOs, CEFs, BDCs, and similar assets that collectively generate reliable income—typically in the 8–12% range. Some yield more, some less, but on average the portfolio can earn around 10%. Following Bavaria’s framework, I built my own “Income Factory” made up of 40 tickers. So far, it’s producing an average yield of about 10.4%, and interestingly, the portfolio is also up about 8% YTD. Is anyone else doing something like this? What are some other ways you're putting your money to work and generating income?

Watching SOUN It recently broke out of a base and looks like headed upwards with some momentum. I'm watching this for next week for a swing trade. This would not be a long term hold - just hoping to capitalize on short term price movements....and also testing out new strategies I'm using for swing trading.