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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
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