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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

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COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
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